Tennis event cancelled after players and coach are victims of a 'virtual' kidnapping in Mexico

The Mexican Tennis Federation has cancelled a inferior tourney successful nan cardinal authorities of Guanajuato aft 10 players, each underage, and a coach, were victims of a “virtual” kidnapping

MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican Tennis Federation announced connected Wednesday that it had cancelled a inferior tourney that was been played successful nan cardinal authorities of Guanajuato aft 10 players, each underage, and a coach, were victims of a “virtual” kidnapping.

Virtual kidnapping is an extortion strategy that tricks nan victims into paying a ransom to free a family personnel whom they judge is threatened pinch unit aliases death. Unlike accepted abductions, virtual kidnappers, immoderate wrong prisons, do not abduct anyone, but effort done deception to execute their goal.

The J30 aliases Juniors 30 tournament, nan lowest-ranked tourney nether nan International Tennis Federation's umbrella, was being held successful nan metropolis of Irapuato.

The players and their coach are from nan cardinal authorities of Queretaro, and each are backmost astatine their homes, nan Mexican federation said.

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