Member of Tucanes de Tijuana's Son Arrested for Kidnapping

Borderland Beat

TIJUANA, October 25. - Earlier this week Municipal police dismantled a kidnapping ring. Among those arrested was a son of the drummer of the famous norteno band,  los Tucanes de Tijuana

 
Municipal Public Security Secretariat  reported at the time of his arrest , David Servin, 31, the son of the drummer of Tucanes de Tijuana, was carrying a submachine gun loaded with ammo.

  David Servín Rodríguez

David Servín Rodriguez was arrested with four other alleged members of the criminal kidnapping gang, after they extorted a person who they had already kidnapped on a previous occasion to demand more money. The victim told authorities that on October 5 he was deprived of his freedom and paid $ 25,000 to be released, but then they called him back with death threats demanding more and than eight thousand U.S. dollars a vehicle.

After the criminals got the money and the automobile, they fled in two cars but were stopped by police and arrested in the vicinity of the dam.

Besides David  Servín, the other detainees are Jose Alfredo Alvarado Orozco aka "El Clipper", who is identified as gang leader, Marco Iran Ortiz Martinez, Victor Ivan Rodriguez Villaand Jesus Heriberto Arballo Burgara, 31.

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The municipal Public Security Secretariat (SSP) said at the time of the arrest of the five people, they also seized firearms, including the machine gun carried at the time by David Servín Rodriguez. 

Los Tucanes de Tijuana haven't been present in Tijuana after Lieutenant Colonel Julián Leyzaola accused them of having ties to organized crime.

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