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Five men believed to be involved in the August kidnapping of a Japanese business executive in Tijuana were arrested in the Mexican state of Sonora, authorities said Thursday. Police arrested the men Monday in the town of Agua Prieta after they allegedly spent U.S. dollars with serial numbers that matched the cash paid to free an abducted Chihuahua businessman in August, said Carlos Castillo, the deputy attorney general of Sonora.

Five men believed to be involved in the August kidnapping of a Japanese business executive in Tijuana were arrested in the Mexican state of Sonora, authorities said Thursday. Police arrested the men Monday in the town of Agua Prieta after they allegedly spent U.S. dollars with serial numbers that matched the cash paid to free an abducted Chihuahua businessman in August, said Carlos Castillo, the deputy attorney general of Sonora.