The New York Times, 12/22/2010
About 50 Central American migrants were kidnapped on Thursday when armed men stopped the cargo train they were riding in southern Mexico and abducted all of the women aboard, El Salvadorsaid Tuesday. The Mexican Interior Ministry said it found no evidence of a disappearance; the Salvadoran Foreign Ministry cited interviews conducted by consular staff in Mexico. It was unclear what might have happened to the men on the train, though El Salvador said many of the immigrants had been robbed and beaten.


