Houston Chronicle - Human traffickers are threatening family members of a Houston boy who was kidnapped in an apparent Christmas Eve dispute over $4,000 owed for smuggling his sister from Mexico, the boy’s mother said.

Francisca Torres, 37, said Wednesday she has received three calls at her home from smugglers since her son Luis Antonio Gonzalez, 14, was freed by authorities in Austin and returned to Houston late Christmas Day.

‘’They don’t want money. They are telling me to retract my statement, to say it was a mistake, a misunderstanding,” Torres said. ‘’It’s a big organization they have, and they could hurt us here and in Mexico.”

During the calls, she said the smugglers threatened relatives in Houston and …

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I wonder if Houston is enjoying its status as a sanctuary city? Idiots!

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