Monica de Leon Barba, 29, was last seen walking her dog home from work in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico, authorities said.
De Leon was headed to a gym between 5-6 p.m. called Fit 4 Life in the Guadalupe Fraction when she was forced into a van"leaving the poor puppy alone in the street," her family and friends said on a community Facebook page dedicated to finding the missing woman.
Mexico has one of the highest kidnapping rates in the world, in part due to the organization and opportunism of Mexican criminal enterprises,from Global Guardian, a security risk intelligence firm. Virtual and express kidnapping are widespread in Mexico, they found, and are often done for financial extortion, robberies or ransoms.
Almonte said that kidnappings are on the rise because cartels they"feel emboldened," while the relationship between Mexican and U.S. law enforcement has deteriorated.
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