Women and Children Held Freed, Large Haul of Weapons and Drugs Recovered

Police in Mexico have rescued 73 kidnapped migrants from a house close to the US border.
The victims are believed to have been snatched from buses or bus stations and held - in some cases for up to four months - while their captors demanded payment for their release.

The police followed the alleged captors to the building at the edge of the city of Reynosa, in the north-east state of Tamaulipas, where they heard frantic calls for help.
Women and children were among those rescued. Some claimed to have suffered sexual abuse during their time in captivity.

Police confirmed the nationalities of the victims as Hondurans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans and Mexicans.
Three suspects are being held by police, who also seized weapons and drugs from the property, including a grenade and almost 10,000kgs of what is thought to be marijuana.
Tamaulipas borders with the US city of McAllen in Texas, and the state is one of Mexico’s most violent regions.

Mass graves containing hundreds of bodies have been found in recent years and Los Zetas, a criminal cartel, is known to operate in the area.
President Enrique Pena Nieto, who took office in December 2012, has previously promised to tackle the country's crime levels.

British Government advice alerts UK travellers to the risk of violent incidents and warns that buses may be susceptible to being hijacked in Tamaulipas.