Deputies: Teen Wrestling Champ Stops Kidnapping of Children

Deputies: Teen Wrestling Champ Stops Kidnapping of Children
Daniel Arroyo Beltran. Courtesy of Dona Ana County Detention Center
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LAS CRUCES, N.M.—A 16-year-old wrestling champion helped stop a kidnapping and assault near Las Cruces, New Mexico, by pinning a man to the ground until deputies arrived, authorities said.

Mayfield High School student Canaan Bower was being lauded as a hero after controlling suspect Daniel Arroyo Beltran, 22, of Phoenix, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported on March 26.