A wealthy woman allegedly behind illegal gamblings in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao was kidnapped by the gunmen after she failed to pay extortion money, officials said yesterday. Dozens of gunmen, believed to be members of the Pentagon kidnap gang, seized the 47-year old Roxas Dacil inside her house in Poblacion village in Sultan Kudarat Pendatun town late Saturday, said Col. Fredesvindo Covarrubias, commander of the military 4th Civil Relations Group (CRG). âThe Pentagon kidnap gang is believed to be behind this and troops are tracking down the kidnappers,â Covarrubias, said.
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Covarrubias said the gunmen seized the woman after she refused to pay extortion money to the Pentagon Gang, listed last year by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization. |