A brother and sister have been sentenced for kidnapping a man in Rosarito, Mexico, and then collecting a $30,000 ransom from his family in Los Angeles County, officials announced on Tuesday.

Mario Alex Medina, 55, a.k.a. “Shyboy,” and his sister María Alejandra Medina, 52, a U.S. citizen living in Mexico, were convicted late last year of breaking into the house of a neighbor -- identified in court documents as “R.V.” -- in November 2022, kidnapping him at gunpoint, pistol-whipping him, and then firing a gun near his head, the U.S. Department of Justice stated in its news release.

"The next day, one of the co-conspirators placed a ransom call to the victim’s family in Los Angeles County and demanded $70,000 for his release," the DOJ said. • Images are seen following the kidnapping of a

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