Not much detail in the story, but disturbing nonetheless. On the plus side, would appear to be good work by the police.
Kidnapped in Pto Plata and recovered in Licey. That's quite a distance for the kidnappers to travel to get their victims. You'd almost have to think these people had in some way come to the attention of the kidnappers and weren't just random victims.
Let's hope we don't see this become a trend. Friends of mine who lived in Mexico for a couple of years said they had to remain very conscious of the risk at all times. According to them, employees of U.S. corporations were seen as ideal victims since the corporations carried kidnap insurance - and the corporations couldn't try to negotiate down a ransom demand as this could lead to a large lawsuit if this action led to harm to the victim.