21/09/30 12:16:00.50 GvuBtalq.net
Twenty days after being kidnapped, Daniel escaped from his captors as they were changing locations, and he traveled for a week to reach a city on the U.S. border. He requested asylum for humanitarian reasons and is waiting to hear from the authorities. He doesn't know what happened to his relatives who were still being held hostage.
Some of the migrants who were also captives and were freed opted to return immediately to Honduras. Others continued on their way to the U.S.
Lack of political will to combat extortion
Daniel said a relative in Texas negotiated the $25,000 ransom for the group. The family member did confirm to Noticias Telemundo Investigates that he and other family members sold their cars in the U.S., as well as a farm in Honduras.
All transfers were made to women by the same methods used to send remittances to Mexico. Women look less suspicious because they are the ones who usually receive remittances from their immigrant relatives in the U.S., the kidnappers told several of the kidnapped migrants' families, according to the testimonies collected by Noticias Telemundo Investiga.
Denis keeps the seven transfers that he sent to his brother’s captors. It is a method used by criminals to deceive the authorities and receive extortion money through name men.