The John Patterson Kidnapping in Mexico – The Atlantic

A Kidnapping Gone Very Wrong

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.

via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/05/john-patterson-kidnapping-mexico/618396/

“That young 31-year-old woman, she acted with no help, no one to hold her; her best friend was missing,” she said. “But she acted—I acted—completely honorably throughout that whole period. And I love her.”