Maricopa Cocaine Abuse - Torture Common in Drug-Related Kidnappings

Maricopa Cocaine Abuse - In Phoenix, drug-related kidnappings happen frequently. Sadly, gruesome torture is a hallmark of these kidnappings.

Drug kidnappings commonly take place among cocaine and other drug traffickers trying to get back at one another. Usually, the kidnappers hold a drug trafficker for a ransom of either money, drugs, or both.

One particularly horrifying kidnapping case involved Jaime Andrade, a cocaine smuggler. Jaime was kidnapped from his Phoenix home, held in a closet for days without food or water, and tortured brutally.

The kidnappers beat and threatened his family until they delivered the requested ransom. Phoenix police say the kidnappings are growing increasingly violent and have become more common in recent years.