CNN New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar October 19, 2021 10:23:00
>> reporter: that's true. and it is a huge escalation from what this group, 400 marozo, has done in the past. they've done many kidnappings, and they've asked for a few thousand here, a few thousand there. now, asking for $1 million. they've been allowed to escalate because they've operated in a vacuum. first, they started out stealing livestock. then they moved to stealing cars. then they moved to kidnapping individuals. now, they're kidnapping groups. before, it was usually locals, people from haiti. this time, of course, we're talking about americans. it's created an international incident....
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