MEXICO CITY, Jan 19, 2004 (Cronica/Corporate Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- Of the 1,200 cases of kidnappings in Mexico last year, only 422 were reported, according to the Citizens Council for Public Security of the Mexican Employers Confederation (Coparmex). The president of the council, Jorge Espina Reyes, said that this high number of kidnappings makes Mexico second only to Colombia on the continent regarding this crime.
The Coparmex official said the fact that only a third of these offences were reported was because the public had low confidence in the authorities. He stressed that the public needed to report these crimes, to ignore their fear and act bravely because there is no other way of eradicating the phenomenon.
Espina mentioned that 1997 saw the largest number of kidnappings in the country, with a total of 1047 cases reported. Although he acknowledged that the number of these crimes had diminished, he said it was still a factor that inhibited investments, as it was a proven fact that businesspeople looked at their personal risk in a country before risking capital.
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