Batista

Felix Batista

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This article is about the security consultant. For the poet, see León Félix Batista.

Felix Batista is a Cuban-American^[1] anti-kidnapping expert and former U.S. Army major who has negotiated resolution to nearly 100 kidnapping and ransom cases,^[2] dozens of them in Mexico.^[3] Batista is a consultant for Houston, Texas-based security firm ASI Global.^[2]

[edit] Kidnapping

On December 10, 2008, Batista was kidnapped outside a restaurant in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico by unknown assailants^[2] while there to speak and give anti-kidnapping advice.^[4]

Batista was in a restaurant with several other people when he received a phone call, according to a written statement released by the state attorney general's office in Saltillo.

After speaking on the telephone, he told his colleagues that several people in a white pickup were going to give him a message, said the statement. He got into a vehicle which did not match the description he had given his colleagues. Since then, no one has had any communication with him. No ransom demand has been made. [1]

The statement said there was no sign of violence at the scene. ^[5]

Currently, the Batista family are trying to petition for U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to speak about the ongoing violence and the safety of Americans. ^[6]

[edit] Military

Felix I. Batista, a former major in the Florida Army National Guard, was instrumental while commanding a Military Intelligence company developed a field training exercise called "Red Scorpion" which is now used NGB-wide by other National Guard Military Intelligence units.^{[citation needed]}