Mexican footballer rescued from kidnapping ordeal

Footballer Alan Pulido has been rescued by Mexican police after being kidnapped in the north-east border state of Tamaulipas, officials said yesterday.

Pulido, a striker with Greek side Olympiakos, appeared outside state police offices, with one of his hands bandaged, alongside Tamaulipas governor Egidio Torre Cantu.

When reporters asked him how he was, Pulido replied: “Very well, thank God.”