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MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Two Texas brothers are now facing federal charges for allegedly holding a Minnesota family hostage at gunpoint for hours and taking more than $8 million in cryptocurrency.

Federal kidnapping charges

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Raymond Christian Garcia, 23, and Isiah Angelo Garcia, 24, are facing federal charges for the "kidnapping and cryptocurrency heist" of a Grant, Minnesota, family. The armed incident also led to the Mahtomedi Public Schools to cancel its homecoming football game due to law enforcement activity in the area.

"A violent kidnapping that stole $8 million and silenced a homecoming game is not just a crime. It is a blow to the sense of safety of everyone in Minnesota," said Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson in a provided statement Thursday. "

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