The brother of a wealthy businessman and Iowa native who’s been abducted in Mexico says the kidnappers have contacted his relatives. Seventy-five-year-old Ron Lavender is a prominent real estate agent in Mexico who was kidnapped in Acapulco in June by a heavily armed gang. His 76-year-old brother, Don Lavender of Des Moines, says the kidnappers have called relatives of his brother.
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