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One Woman's Terrifying Story of a Kidnapping in Mexico
Berkley
May 2011
On Sale: May 3, 2011
119 pages
ISBN: 0425241785
EAN: 9780425241783
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Non-Fiction
In the mountains of Guanajuato, Mexico sits a picturesque
community favored by artists and tourists. But for
American-born Jayne Valseca and her husband Eduardo, son of
a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, it became a hell on
earth when Eduardo was ambushed by strangers and kidnapped
in the summer of 2007. Jayne knew that in Mexico kidnapping was a pervasive and
lucrative business-a burgeoning criminal industry with few
happy endings. This time the merchandise was her husband.
Sealed in a dark seven-by-six, two-feet-wide box, Eduardo
lived for seven months on little more than eggshells and
chicken bones. He was subjected to the most cruel and
humiliating mental and physical torture imaginable. He had
no reason to believe he'd ever be found alive. As the ransom
escalated, so did the stakes. But Jayne refused to be a pawn
in the kidnappers' sick game. She decided to become a
player. If she was to get her husband back alive, she'd have
to be more cunning than the kidnappers and be cool,
calculated and determined...
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