H/T Drudge:
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A well-known U.S. anti-kidnapping expert has himself fallen victim to the wave of abductions in Mexico as unidentified assailants snatched him from a street in the northern state of Coahuila.
Local authorities say American Felix Batista was in Mexico to give talks and offer advice against kidnapping. The former U.S. army officer sometimes serves as a negotiator with kidnappers. Batista is a consultant for the Houston, Texas-based security firm ASI Global LLC.
ASI Global President Charlie LeBlanc says Batista was abducted on Dec. 10 in Saltillo, the capital of Coahuila. LeBlanc said Monday that the FBI and Mexican police are working on the case, but would not say whether any ransom demand has been received.
A 70-YEAR-old man opened fire with his hunting rifle on a rap group at a concert in northeast Senegal at the weekend because he felt their song lyrics were insulting him.
Five young people were wounded in the shooting incident at Lobali village in the Matam region on Senegal's border with Mauritania, some 700 km from the capital Dakar.
The man told the rappers to stop when they started singing about a "cranky old man", and when they did not, he opened fire with his rifle, a local police officer said. "The elderly gentleman felt that these young people were insulting him in their songs," the officer said.
The man was arrested.
Rap songs, whose lyrics often criticise political leaders, aspects of daily life or social behaviour, have become increasingly popular in recent years in mostly Muslim Senegal.
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Yo! Bus this, Rantburgians! I was bustin' mad rhymes down there in Senegal
Got my homies rockin, I was keepin' 'em enthralled
When some geezer with a rifle came a-walkin' past
Got me in his sight picture, put a cap in my ass . . .
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So...no more dissin the old guy now that he went all gansta on them. You homies down wid dat?
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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A 70-YEAR-old man opened fire with his hunting rifle on a rap group at a concert in northeast Senegal at the weekend because he felt their song lyrics were insulting him.
