Secuestro Express - the business of quick kidnapping perpetrated by two or three organized thugs who randomly chose their victims from among the upper-class in Latin America. The abduction usually lasts several hours while the kidnappers attempt to extort "reasonable" amounts of money from the victim's family - money that they are likely to pay without ever involving the authorities. The success of the secuestro express in recent years have made it a thriving and profitable business in Latin America. Every sixty minutes a person is abducted in Latin America. 70% of the victims do not survive. Secuestro Express is the frightening story of one young couple's ordeal as they careen through the underbelly of Caracas, Venezuela in the hands of three thugs who've made them their latest payday. Carla (Mia Maestro) and Martin (Jean Paul Leroux), are a young upper-class couple fresh off of a night of dancing and partying when they cross paths with Trece (Carlos Molina) Budu (Pedro Perez) and Niga (Carlos Madera), three men who make their living by kidnapping unwitting young adults to extort quick money from their wealthy parents. Carla and Martin become the next victims and are sent on a terrifying overnight journey through Caracas as they wait for Carla's father Sergio (Ruben Blades) to hand over twenty thousand dollars. A small amount for a rich Caraqueño, but the equivalent of almost 5 years of the Venezuelan minimum wage.

Mia Maestro........................................................................................Carla Carlos Julio Molina........................................................................................................Trece Pedro Perez...........................................................................................Budu Carlos Madera.................................................................................................................................Niga Jean Paul Leroux.............................................................................Martin Rubén Blades.......................................................................................................Sergio

Writer & Director..........................................................................................................Jonathan Jakubowicz Executive Producer........................................................................................................Elizabeth Avellán Executive Producer.................................................................................................Eduardo Jakubowicz Producer............................................................................................................Sandra Condito Producer............................................................................................Salomón Jakubowicz Producer................................................................................................Jonathan Jakubowicz Editor............................................................................Ethan Maniquis Director of Photography................................................................................................David Chalker Score............................................................................Angelo Milli Art Director................................................................................................Andrés Zawisza

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