What should the U. S do in cases like this to free citizens that have been kidnapped?

There are solutions that may help reduce the rate of kidnapping, including: Training strong anti-kidnapping agents. Monitoring the activities of the police. Serious punishment for offenders In the event of a kidnapping, the U.S. policy is to pursue investigation leading to the apprehension and prosecution of hostage-takers who illegally capture and detain U.S. citizens. ... If the U.S. or any government automatically conceded to the requests of kidnappers, no citizen would be safe from kidnapping ever again.

If a kidnapper is going to take a hostage for ransom, he will target the victim based upon an outward appearance of wealth or information given to him from someone who knows the victim intimately, such as a household employee, a bank teller, a waitress at the victim's favorite restaurant or someone else that suspects Finally, the United States permits paying ransom as long as the hostage taker has not been designated as a foreign terrorist organization. Americans routinely pay legal ransoms to criminal organizations and other armed political groups.

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