The owners of more than 250 Chinese restaurants in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon closed their doors Monday afternoon in protest at being the targets of extortionists and kidnappers.
According to news reports, 100 people of “Asian extraction” went to the offices of the National Immigration Institute to register their anger.
Last weekend, eight kidnapped Chinese citizens, including several women and children, were released after family members paid a ransom of 200,000 pesos.