Tag: ransom
Janette Ramirez, Kidnapping and Ransom Demand, Louisiana 2021
New Orleans is a city built on shadows, and the latest case ripped from its underbelly proves it. Janette Ramirez, 34, will spend the next 42 months in federal prison for her role in a chilling kidnapping and ransom plot that unfolded in 2021. U.S. District Judge Barry Ashe handed down the sentence Monday, a…
Franklin Ulises Rodriguez-Rivas, Kidnapping, Texas 2024
⏱ 2 min read Franklin Ulises Rodriguez-Rivas, a repeat deportee, is looking at a possible life sentence after being indicted for kidnapping and holding an undocumented immigrant hostage in San Antonio, Texas. The feds allege Rodriguez-Rivas demanded ransom for the victim’s release. The case blew up after his initial arrest by San Antonio Police on…
