World IN BRIEF : MEXICO : Kidnapers Free Leading Banker
From Times Staff and Wire Services
A leading Mexican banker abducted more than three months ago was released by his kidnapers after his family paid a cash ransom of about $30 million. Alfredo Harp Helu, 50, president and a major stockholder in the banking-financial firm of Banamex-Accival, was freed on the south side of Mexico City. “I don’t have any details. But, yes, he has been freed and he is safe and sound,†a highly placed law enforcement source said. Harp Helu was kidnaped March 14. The kidnapers have not been identified.
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