A federal indictment paints a terrifying picture of an alleged kidnapping and robbery scheme that used a Corpus Christi tire shop as its base of operations.
Prosecutors say Victor Daniel Almaguer-Cantu, along with Robert Luis Saldan and another co-conspirator whose name is redacted, used a fake Facebook Marketplace post to lure a victim, known as C.O.B., to Danny’s Tire Service on Baldwin Boulevard in March.
According to the documents, the victim identified only by the initials of C.O.B., thought he was answering an ad to do work for the tire shop, but once inside, court documents say the victim was locked in an office, beaten, and threatened over video calls…