Kidnapped Mexican security staff freed after three-day search

A relative of one of the 14 state security ministry employees kidnapped by members of an armed group holds a banner reading "We want the release of our relatives, Mr. President AMLO (Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador), please do something" outside the Secretary of Public Security and Citizen Protection of Chiapas, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico June 28, 2023. REUTERS/Jacob Garcia

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Sixteen Mexican state security ministry employees were freed on Friday after being kidnapped earlier this week in the southern state of Chiapas, authorities said, following a three-day search.

"All of them are OK," a spokesperson for the ministry said.