Mexican Footballer Alan Pulido rescued after fighting kidnapper
International footballer Alan Pulido has been rescued after being abducted in Mexico. He fought one of his kidnappers and called the police.
Footballer Alan Pulido rescued
Pulido, 25, was abducted at gunpoint on Saturday night in his home town of Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas state.
An official report of the calls Pulido made to the emergency operator, obtained by the Associated Press, revealed that he threatened and beat the kidnapper while on the phone, demanding to be told where they were.
In one of the calls, Pulido is said to have described his clothes to avoid being mistaken for a kidnapper as police were outside and had starting to shoot.
Pulido, who plays for the Greek club, Olympiakos, cut his wrist when he punched a glass pane on a door as he tried to escape before police arrived.
A 38-year-old man has been arrested.
The BBC reports officials saying the man had confessed to belonging to a local criminal gang. Police are searching for another three men believed to have been involved in the kidnapping.
State prosecutor Ismael Quintanilla said the masked gang had taken Pulido to a house in Ciudad Victoria where he eventually found himself alone with one of his abductors.
