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Culiacan, Sinaloa.- An armed group stormed the Mar and Sea restaurant and deprived about 15 people of their freedom, including a pair of musicians.
The restaurant located at the convergence of the boulevards Sánchez Alonso and Diego Valadez.
It was at 00:30 hours, when several vehicles, including carrying a large group of men with high-powered weapons, who exited stormed the premises of a restaurant.
When the evening was abruptly interrupted, the guests tried to flee, but all exits had been blocked by gunmen.
Local employees were forced to the floor and stripped of their cell phones and wallets, while the male clients were taken from the premises. The ladies present were not bothered, according to a witness's version.
The restaurant was about to close, in fact some customers were already saying leaving in anticipation of its closing, when the gunmen arrived," said one eyewitness.
He added that there is no exact number, but it is estimated that 15 people, including the two musicians who were entertaining at the restaurant, were forced to board the units in which the command was traveling.
In the parking lot of the restaurant were eight units, allegedly owned by customers who had been kidnapped, one of them, a red compact, was practically at the exit door.
However authorities are saying it was only 8 that are kidnapped.
The undersecretary of Public Security, Cristobal Castañeda Camarillo, reported that so far they have the report of eight people deprived of their freedom, of which only two were identified and is waiting for the complaint to be completed to announce identification of all the victims.
The undersecretary said that in one of the pickups of people who were "lifted" cartridges were found 9 millimeters and .40 caliber.
Last Wednesday, close by to the restaurant, Alfredo Juarez, owner of an accountancy office was beheaded..