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EPISODE · Apr 20, 2021 · 52 MIN

A Kidnapping Gone Very Wrong - Brendan I. Koerner - May 2021

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In 1974, John Patterson was abducted by the People’s Liberation Army of Mexico—a group no one had heard of before. The kidnappers wanted $500,000, and insisted that Patterson’s wife deliver the ransom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1974, John Patterson was abducted by the People’s Liberation Army of Mexico—a group no one had heard of before. The kidnappers wanted $500,000, and insisted that Patterson’s wife deliver the ransom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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