Kidnappers told the boy's mother that he was taken because his father had stolen something.
, the teen was found on the floor of the hotel by law enforcement officials after his captors had told his family that if they did not pay a $500,000 ransom, he would be hurt.
“Few things can be as terrorizing to a parent as having your child kidnapped and held for ransom under threat of physical harm,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in a statement. The family did not pay the ransom.
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