Relatives of Missing Mexican Youths Hold Out Hope for Their Return EFE
go to original June 28, 2013

Relatives of 12 young people kidnapped in Mexico last month, are hoping a $750,000 reward will help find them. Authorities have also opened a dedicated hotline for information. Al Jazeera's Rachel Levin reports from Mexico City. (AlJazeeraEnglish)

MEXICO CITY - The relatives, friends and neighbors of the 12 Mexico City youths who were taken from a bar in May in the capital marked the one-month anniversary of their disappearance and expressed hope that the young people would return home alive.

The youths' friends and loved ones staged a march on Wednesday that ended at the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's most important church and a destination for visitors from around the world.

"I ended up being the grandmother of one of them and, obviously, I want to wake up from this nightmare," Maria Teresa Ramos told Efe.

Ramos's 16-year-old grandson, Jerry Ortiz, is one of the 12 young people who were led away from the Heaven bar in Mexico City's popular Zona Rosa tourist district by masked gunmen on May 26.

"Where are they? Give them back to us already," Ramos said.

Three people, including a suspected gang leader, have been arrested in connection with the mass kidnapping.

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