A federal jury in Los Angeles found a brother and sister from Mexico guilty of kidnapping a neighbor at gunpoint in 2022, then driving across the border to the U.S. to collect a ransom payment from his family.
Mario Alex Medina, 54, and María Alejandra Medina, 51, both of Rosarito, were each found guilty of conspiracy to commit hostage-taking and conspiracy to demand a ransom payment, according to an Oct. 25 announcement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.