Mexican soccer player Alan Pulido has been rescued a day after the striker for the Greek soccer team Olympiakos was kidnapped in the restive northeastern state of Tamaulipas, the state government said early on Monday. Pulido was a member of the Mexican national team that went to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The 25-year-old Mexico national team player disappeared in his hometown of Ciudad Victoria on Saturday night, when he was intercepted by armed people after leaving a party. He has also played for the Greek team Levadiakos and the Mexican club Tigres. The Tamaulipas government said on its Twitter page that Pulido was undergoing a medical examination.

Source: The Star May 30, 2016 08:15 UTC