United States v. Perez

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

J. SCOTT HACKER, United States Magistrate Judge.

Defendant is currently being held in federal custody on a criminal complaint charging him with a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201, the federal kidnapping statute. (Dkt. No. 1). More specifically, it is alleged through the complaint that Defendant kidnapped a Heriberto Benavides, Jr. *588at gunpoint, drove him across the international border to Nuevo Laredo, Tamauli-pas, Mexico, and held Benavides ransom for several hours until Benavides was able to manage an escape. In terms of a motive for the kidnapping, Defendant supposedly accused…