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MEXICO CITY — Three Mexican marines and a naval-academy cadet have been kidnapped in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz this month, and navy officials said Monday they think drug traffickers are behind the abductions.
It is the first time in recent memory that navy personnel have been abducted and could be the result of the navy’s increasing role in President Felipe Calderon’s war on drug cartels. Mexican marines have led raids that have captured or killed top drug lords.
The navy, which has many bases in Veracruz state, said it has stepped up efforts to find the missing men. It did not say whether it had received any demands from kidnappers or which cartel might have abducted the men.
