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Coach Abducted, Adding Focus to Common Mexican Dread

Armed men kidnapped a famous soccer coach in broad daylight on Tuesday afternoon as he left practice, fanning the anger of supporters of crime victims who say that kidnapping gangs are running amok in Mexico. The coach, Rubén Omar Romano, had just left a practice session with his team, Cruz Azul, about 2 p.m. when five armed men in two stolen cars ambushed him and his driver, trapping his car on a narrow road. Full Story