Colin Armstrong, 78, was snatched from his villa alongside his partner Katherine Paola Santos by 15 armed men on Saturday morning and was seen being bundled into the back of a car.
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The brutal Los Tiguerones gang, whose members identify themselves with tattoos of beret-wearing tigers, had been been identified as key suspects in the kidnapping of Colin Armstrong, 78.