"From 1969 until the collapse of the Soviet Union, Soviet naval groups regularly called in Cuba, where there was a major intelligence collection station, says military analyst Nathan Hughes of Stratfor online intelligence service."
Associated Press"Kidnappings are a daily occurrence in Mexico. So when a resident of Monterrey or Puebla receives a phone call with news that his son or daughter has been snatched, he has every reason to believe the tale... 'They’re so shocked that their thought pattern is completely disrupted,' says Fred Burton, a counterterrorism specialist at Stratfor, a geopolitical risk-analysis firm... 'many parents just reach for their wallets.'"
New York Times
