The satisfaction drawn by federal officials from the figures that showed a fall in the number of reported kidnappings has been dimmed not only by the reiteration of challenges to its statistics but also, to a greater extent, by the arrest of a number of federal officers accused of involvement in the kidnapping of a businessman in Tamaulipas (on the heels of another such episode in Baja California), and by off-the-record admissions, picked up by the media, that the much-heralded anti-kidnapping units across the country are not functioning as expected.End of preview - This article contains approximately 967 words.
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