More than a week has passed (at press time) since San Diego pastor Manuel Jesus Tec was kidnapped Oct. 21 in Tijuana, and the family is still receiving calls from the kidnappers.
Originally the kidnappers demanded a $1-million ransom for Tec’s release, but the kidnappers lowered that figure to $200,000 Oct. 27.
“We also heard a recording of his voice saying he was OK, and he asked us to do all that the kidnappers told us to do because his life was at risk,” said Tec’s 30-year-old son, Johnny.
Manuel Tec, 59, was kidnapped after crossing the border from San Diego into Tijuana with wife Maria and his younger son Giovanni. Gunmen stopped the car around 5 a.m. and forcibly abducted Tec, but left his wife and son free and unhurt.
Johnny Tec said the kidnappers have instructed the family, “Keep cooperating with us and your dad will be OK. … They’ve also said they know all of the Tec brothers and sisters and would go after the entire family.”
Manuel and his wife have three sons and two daughters. Though he lives in Tijuana, the pastor travels regularly to his new church plant in San Diego.
To offer encouragement, e-mail jtec@sandiegozoo.org. (BP)
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