The men who kidnapped Mexican soccer player Alan Pulido demanded $325,000 (6 million pesos) from his family for his safe return.

About 24 hours after he was kidnapped, Mexican soccer star Alan Pulido found himself alone with one of his captors and saw his chance. He wrestled away the man's pistol and his cellphone and dialed Mexico's emergency number.

Mexican soccer star Alan Pulido was abducted in the crime-plagued northern border state of Tamaulipas.