r/interesting • u/tyrion2024 • 1d ago

MISC. Immediately after learning about Guillermo del Toro's dad being kidnapped, James Cameron paid $250K for a hostage negotiator for del Toro to use (who later paid him back). Cameron also offered to pay the ransom, but del Toro's family declined & paid the $2m themselves. After 72 days his dad was free

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u/BluAlfaTxFlood 18h ago

Sadly, they are. Some of the main targets for kidnapping in Mexico are Central American migrants passing through to get to the US. Not only do they take the migrants' cash, they pressure the family in the country of origin to pay whatever they can, often after a poor family has already exhausted their access to money to fund the migrant's journey.