NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – He was accused in the elaborate kidnapping of his former boss, and trying to get the man’s family to pay a ransom nearly seven years ago. Now, Jose Ramirez is in custody after being arrested in California, as the federal case against him moves forward.
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The FBI raided a compound on the northern edge of the Pajarito Mesa in August 2018, hoping to find Ramirez, but he wasn’t there. A week before this raid, investigators said he kidnapped a Placitas man. The victim was his former boss, who had fired Ramirez for theft…