Honduran Illegal Immigrant Suspected of Kidnapping Another Illegal Immigrant

Published on September 17, 2024

A Honduran national living illegally in New Mexico was indicted in Los Angeles on Sept. 16 for allegedly helping to kidnap a Guatemalan man, who was also living illegally in the country, and demanding ransom from his family living in Southern California. Darwin Jeovany Palma Pastrana, 30, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was charged with one count of conspiracy, one count of kidnapping, one count of interstate communication involving a ransom demand, and one count of making a threat. Federal authorities arrested Palma in New Mexico on Aug. 21, and he was arraigned in the U.S. District Court in Riverside on Sept. 13, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles....

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