"I will find you, and I will kill you" are the iconic words from the movie Taken in which Liam Neeson's character assures the kidnappers of his daughter that some&nbsp;major damage is coming their way, all in a matter-of-fact tone but with an underlying&nbsp;menace of a thousand wounded&nbsp;tigers.

A mother in Mexico embarked on a somewhat similar mission after her daughter was kidnapped. &nbsp;

Miriam Rodriguez's 20-year-old daughter Karen Alejandra Salinas Rodríguez went missing in 2012.

She was unhappy with the shoddy investigation work by the authorities and decided to start an investigation of her own.

Taking great efforts, Miriam narrowed down the search to 'Los Zetas', one of the most dangerous gangs in Mexico.

On continuing the investigation, Miriam narrowed down to a handful of gang members who she thought were involved in her daughter's disappearance.

Her investigation was a huge and sustained effort on her part as she assumed fake identities and used disguises to roam in the murky and dangerous, underworld.

Once she even cornered one of the gang members and held a gun against him to say "If you move, I'll shoot you"

Unfortunately though, when her leads took him to her daughter, she found that she had already been killed. But Miriam continued her mission to bring the culprits to justice.

Some of the gang members had even moved on from their criminal lives and were holding respectable jobs. Miriam rounded them up and handed them to the police.

In all, she was able to catch 10 members of 'Los Zetas' and get them arrested.

"I don’t care if they kill me," Miriam claimed. "I died the day they killed my daughter.

"I want to end this. I’m going to take out the people who hurt my daughter and they can do whatever they want to me."

She was quoted by LadBIble.

Fate would have that on Mother's Day in 2017 when Miriam was chasing one of the last gangsters, she was gunned down in front of her house.

The city of San Fernando in Mexico has erected a bronze plaque in her honour.

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"I will find you, and I will kill you" are the iconic words from the movie Taken in which Liam Neeson's character assures the kidnappers of his daughter that some major damage is coming their way, all in a matter-of-fact tone but with an underlying menace of a thousand wounded tigers.

"I will find you, and I will kill you" are the iconic words from the movie Taken in which Liam Neeson's character assures the kidnappers of his daughter that some major damage is coming their way, all in a matter-of-fact tone but with an underlying menace of a thousand wounded tigers. A mother in Mexico embarked on a somewhat similar mission after her daughter was kidnapped. Miriam Rodriguez's 20-year-old daughter Karen Alejandra Salinas Rodríguez went missing in 2012. She was unhappy with the shoddy investigation work by the authorities and decided to start an investigation of her own. Taking great efforts, Miriam narrowed down the search to 'Los Zetas', one of the most dangerous gangs in Mexico. On continuing the investigation, Miriam narrowed down to a handful of gang members who she thought were involved in her daughter's disappearance. Her investigation was a huge and sustained effort on her part as she assumed fake identities and used disguises to roam in the murky and dangerous, underworld. Once she even cornered one of the gang members and held a gun against him to say "If you move, I'll shoot you" Unfortunately though, when her leads took him to her daughter, she found that she had already been killed. But Miriam continued her mission to bring the culprits to justice. Some of the gang members had even moved on from their criminal lives and were holding respectable jobs. Miriam rounded them up and handed them to the police. In all, she was able to catch 10 members of 'Los Zetas' and get them arrested. "I don’t care if they kill me," Miriam claimed. "I died the day they killed my daughter. "I want to end this. I’m going to take out the people who hurt my daughter and they can do whatever they want to me." She was quoted by LadBIble. Fate would have that on Mother's Day in 2017 when Miriam was chasing one of the last gangsters, she was gunned down in front of her house. The city of San Fernando in Mexico has erected a bronze plaque in her honour. You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here. WATCH WION LIVE HERE ×

She found them, and nabbed them: Woman avenges daughter's murder in Taken-style mission

Veteran actor Jean Reno has been roped in to star in thriller 'Rogue City'.

The film is set in Marseille, France, and follows an anti-gang cop (Reno) with unorthodox methods who investigates a shooting at a local nightclub along with his longtime rival.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

According to Variety, the film, to be directed by Olivier Marchal, also features Lannick Gautry, Stanislas Merhar and David Bell.&nbsp;

Alain Figlarz, best known for his work on 'Taken 3', 'The Bourne Identity' and 'The Transporter', will be handling the action scenes and stunts.

Production is set to start in September in the south of France.

Veteran actor Jean Reno has been roped in to star in thriller 'Rogue City'. The film is set in Marseille, France, and follows an anti-gang cop (Reno) with unorthodox methods who investigates a shooting at a local nightclub along with his longtime rival.

Veteran actor Jean Reno has been roped in to star in thriller 'Rogue City'. The film is set in Marseille, France, and follows an anti-gang cop (Reno) with unorthodox methods who investigates a shooting at a local nightclub along with his longtime rival. According to Variety, the film, to be directed by Olivier Marchal, also features Lannick Gautry, Stanislas Merhar and David Bell. Alain Figlarz, best known for his work on 'Taken 3', 'The Bourne Identity' and 'The Transporter', will be handling the action scenes and stunts. Production is set to start in September in the south of France.

Jean Reno to star in 'Rogue City'

Hollywood star Liam Neeson insisted on Tuesday he was "not racist" after <a href="http://www.wionews.com/entertainment/liam-neeson-reveals-how-he-had-once-hunted-for-a-black-bd-to-kill-195204">confessing that he once set out to</a> attack a random black man after a friend of his told him she had been raped.

"I'm not a racist," Neeson said on ABC News while admitting he had felt a "primal urge to lash out" about 40 years ago after hearing from his close friend that she had been attacked by a black man.

The 66-year-old star of 'Schindler's List' triggered an international backlash by sharing his story in an interview with British newspaper The Independent this week.

In damage limitation mode on ABC's "Good Morning America," the Northern Irish actor expanded on the incident, which he said left him shocked at himself.

"I went out deliberately into black areas in the city, looking to be set upon so that I could unleash physical violence," Neeson recalled. "I did it four, maybe four or five, times until I caught myself and it really shocked me, this primal urge."&nbsp;

While he says no violence ultimately occurred, Neeson said he sought help from a Catholic priest, spoke to friends, and walked for hours to rid himself of the episode.

But he also insisted race was not the driving factor behind his actions.

"If she had said an Irish or a Scot or a Brit or a Lithuanian, I know it would have had the same effect," he told ABC. "I was trying to show honour and stand up for my dear friend in this terrible medieval fashion."

By way of explanation, he pointed to his experience growing up in Northern Ireland, at the time locked in a deadly cycle of sectarian violence pitting Catholics against Protestants.

Neeson first revealed the incident to The Independent in an interview to promote his new thriller 'Cold Pursuit,' about a father seeking revenge after his son is murdered by a drug gang.

In the bombshell interview, he spoke of "hoping some black bastard would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could... kill him."

Neeson's acting career has spanned five decades and included a star turn in the 2008 hit 'Taken' -- about a former CIA agent trying to track down his kidnapped daughter.

With his own revelations now threatening to derail his career, Neeson pleaded for his story to be taken as part of a broader, honest debate on race relations.

"We all pretend we're all politically correct," he said. "Sometimes you scratch the surface and discover this racism and bigotry, and it's there."

- 'Deserves a medal' -

Many of the reactions were unequivocally damning.

Charles Blow, an African American columnist for The New York Times, asked on Twitter if a black actor could have got away with the same thing: "Could Will Smith confess to stalking the streets of Los Angeles for a whole week searching for random white men to kill and get a pass?"

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Kovie Biakolo, an African American editor at the BuzzFeed news site, noted a similarity between Neeson's desire for violent confrontation with a black man and George Zimmerman's killing of an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, in Florida in 2012.

"Today is Trayvon's birthday and I had a thought: What's the distance between Liam Neeson and George Zimmerman? It gave me pause," she wrote on Twitter.

Some voices praised Neeson for his candor, however.

Former England footballer John Barnes, who suffered racist abuse during his career, said the actor "deserves a medal" for speaking honestly.

Barnes, who is black, told Sky News that Neeson responded in the way he did because "this is what society has shown him, that black people do, Muslims do -- this is what society has wrongly shown him. This is what the media have wrongly portrayed to him."

Hollywood star Liam Neeson insisted on Tuesday he was "not racist" after confessing that he once set out to attack a random black man after a friend of his told him she had been raped.

Hollywood star Liam Neeson insisted on Tuesday he was "not racist" after confessing that he once set out to attack a random black man after a friend of his told him she had been raped. "I'm not a racist," Neeson said on ABC News while admitting he had felt a "primal urge to lash out" about 40 years ago after hearing from his close friend that she had been attacked by a black man. The 66-year-old star of 'Schindler's List' triggered an international backlash by sharing his story in an interview with British newspaper The Independent this week. In damage limitation mode on ABC's "Good Morning America," the Northern Irish actor expanded on the incident, which he said left him shocked at himself. "I went out deliberately into black areas in the city, looking to be set upon so that I could unleash physical violence," Neeson recalled. "I did it four, maybe four or five, times until I caught myself and it really shocked me, this primal urge." While he says no violence ultimately occurred, Neeson said he sought help from a Catholic priest, spoke to friends, and walked for hours to rid himself of the episode. But he also insisted race was not the driving factor behind his actions. "If she had said an Irish or a Scot or a Brit or a Lithuanian, I know it would have had the same effect," he told ABC. "I was trying to show honour and stand up for my dear friend in this terrible medieval fashion." By way of explanation, he pointed to his experience growing up in Northern Ireland, at the time locked in a deadly cycle of sectarian violence pitting Catholics against Protestants. Neeson first revealed the incident to The Independent in an interview to promote his new thriller 'Cold Pursuit,' about a father seeking revenge after his son is murdered by a drug gang. In the bombshell interview, he spoke of "hoping some black bastard would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could... kill him." Neeson's acting career has spanned five decades and included a star turn in the 2008 hit 'Taken' -- about a former CIA agent trying to track down his kidnapped daughter. With his own revelations now threatening to derail his career, Neeson pleaded for his story to be taken as part of a broader, honest debate on race relations. "We all pretend we're all politically correct," he said. "Sometimes you scratch the surface and discover this racism and bigotry, and it's there." - 'Deserves a medal' - Many of the reactions were unequivocally damning. Charles Blow, an African American columnist for The New York Times, asked on Twitter if a black actor could have got away with the same thing: "Could Will Smith confess to stalking the streets of Los Angeles for a whole week searching for random white men to kill and get a pass?" Could Will Smith confess to stalking the streets of Los Angeles for a whole week searching for random white people to kill and get a pass? Exactly… #LiamNeeson — Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) February 5, 2019 × Kovie Biakolo, an African American editor at the BuzzFeed news site, noted a similarity between Neeson's desire for violent confrontation with a black man and George Zimmerman's killing of an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, in Florida in 2012. "Today is Trayvon's birthday and I had a thought: What's the distance between Liam Neeson and George Zimmerman? It gave me pause," she wrote on Twitter. Some voices praised Neeson for his candor, however. Former England footballer John Barnes, who suffered racist abuse during his career, said the actor "deserves a medal" for speaking honestly. Barnes, who is black, told Sky News that Neeson responded in the way he did because "this is what society has shown him, that black people do, Muslims do -- this is what society has wrongly shown him. This is what the media have wrongly portrayed to him."

I am not a racist, says Liam Neeson after admitting hunt for black men

The yellow M-shaped logo, long noisy queues, children with balloons in their hands: at first glance it seems McDonald&#39;s has reopened its doors in separatist hub Lugansk in Eastern Ukraine. 
 
But in fact this is only a replica after the building where the US fast food chain once had its restaurant was taken over by rebels and now local entrepreneurs have opened their own cafe, with just a few tweaks. 
 
Its facade has been modified and now reads &quot;Burger&quot;, the name of the new restaurant, and it is decked out with a flag of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People&#39;s Republic. 
 
Inside hungry diners cannot tuck into the world-famous &quot;Big Mac&quot;, but they can enjoy a very similar &quot;Big Mag&quot; burger. 
 
&quot;That&#39;s how it goes here: department stores and cafes are taken over by the authorities, they only change the name slightly,&quot; said 18-year-old student Nikita, who refused to give his surname due to security fears, enjoying a meal with four friends. 
 
&quot;They can&#39;t invent anything new.&quot; 
 
Nikita and his classmates have been visiting the &quot;Burger&quot; restaurant regularly since it was reopened two months ago. 
 
The students say they used to come to the McDonald&#39;s before the conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists tore through this industrial region, claiming some 9,500 live since April 2014. 
 
But they complain about the significantly increased prices in the place since it reopened under the new management. 
 
&quot;Now we can afford only two portions of French fries. It has become too expensive here, although initially this place was designed for students,&quot; Nikita laments adding that a serving of fries costs some 90 rubles (about one euro). 
 
The US firm, which in 2014 closed all its restaurants in the rebel-controlled areas, said in a statement that they &quot;have nothing to do with business activities in the premises of McDonald&#39;s&quot; in the rebel strongholds of Lugansk and Donetsk. 
 
The company has complained to the Ukrainian government about the &quot;illegal seizure of the premises&quot; in the conflict zone. 
 
But local customers say they find the food being served now similar enough to original. 
 
Dan Bertsch, an American from Virginia in his fifties who arrived in Lugansk three years before the start of the conflict to marry a local woman, is among them. 
 
&quot;In America I do not eat a lot in McDonald&#39;s but in Lugansk I think it is nourishing to have a hamburger,&quot; said Bertsch, who wore a t-shirt with the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 
 
&quot;We don&#39;t have a lot of food choices in Lugansk because of war.&quot; 
 
Anti-US rhetoric 
 
The manager of &quot;Burger&quot;, 25-year-old Sergei, who gave only his first name, said the higher prices are down to difficulties in getting food delivered to the conflict-wracked region, but he insisted quality has gone up. 
 
&quot;Although there are similarities in our ingredients, we are not McDonald&#39;s,&quot; he said. 
 
&quot;There is a difference in the quality of ingredients, ours are better. We bring them frozen from Finland via Russia.&quot; 
 
In Donetsk, another rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine, two other former McDonald&#39;s opened their doors under the named &quot;DonMak&quot; in early July. 
 
Similar to the one in Lugansk, they are located in the former premises of the US chain and offer the same kind of products. 
 
Their opening was a sensation in the de facto capital of the pro-Russian separatists, despite the rebel leadership frequently slamming the United States as an enemy as it emphasises cultural ties with Russia. 
 
Within a few days people were already lining up in queues for over an hour outside the fast-food restaurant in anticipation of their Coke, burger or fries. 
 
Housewife Elena waited 40 minutes in the crowded establishment to place an order for her son. 
 
&quot;Before they opened this place, I always wondered where to go with my child. Now we can celebrate his birthday here,&quot; the 24-year-old said. 
 
The fact the restaurant had opened even though rebels denounce any presence of Western influence in the area under their control does not seem to bother the young woman. 
 
&quot;It might be worth opening something Russian-style,&quot; she laughed, as she waited for her burger. 
 
(AFP)

The new restaurant called 'Burger' has come in place of the original McDonald's after it was taken over by rebels

The yellow M-shaped logo, long noisy queues, children with balloons in their hands: at first glance it seems McDonald's has reopened its doors in separatist hub Lugansk in Eastern Ukraine. But in fact this is only a replica after the building where the US fast food chain once had its restaurant was taken over by rebels and now local entrepreneurs have opened their own cafe, with just a few tweaks. Its facade has been modified and now reads "Burger", the name of the new restaurant, and it is decked out with a flag of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic. Inside hungry diners cannot tuck into the world-famous "Big Mac", but they can enjoy a very similar "Big Mag" burger. "That's how it goes here: department stores and cafes are taken over by the authorities, they only change the name slightly," said 18-year-old student Nikita, who refused to give his surname due to security fears, enjoying a meal with four friends. "They can't invent anything new." Nikita and his classmates have been visiting the "Burger" restaurant regularly since it was reopened two months ago. The students say they used to come to the McDonald's before the conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists tore through this industrial region, claiming some 9,500 live since April 2014. But they complain about the significantly increased prices in the place since it reopened under the new management. "Now we can afford only two portions of French fries. It has become too expensive here, although initially this place was designed for students," Nikita laments adding that a serving of fries costs some 90 rubles (about one euro). The US firm, which in 2014 closed all its restaurants in the rebel-controlled areas, said in a statement that they "have nothing to do with business activities in the premises of McDonald's" in the rebel strongholds of Lugansk and Donetsk. The company has complained to the Ukrainian government about the "illegal seizure of the premises" in the conflict zone. But local customers say they find the food being served now similar enough to original. Dan Bertsch, an American from Virginia in his fifties who arrived in Lugansk three years before the start of the conflict to marry a local woman, is among them. "In America I do not eat a lot in McDonald's but in Lugansk I think it is nourishing to have a hamburger," said Bertsch, who wore a t-shirt with the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We don't have a lot of food choices in Lugansk because of war." Anti-US rhetoric The manager of "Burger", 25-year-old Sergei, who gave only his first name, said the higher prices are down to difficulties in getting food delivered to the conflict-wracked region, but he insisted quality has gone up. "Although there are similarities in our ingredients, we are not McDonald's," he said. "There is a difference in the quality of ingredients, ours are better. We bring them frozen from Finland via Russia." In Donetsk, another rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine, two other former McDonald's opened their doors under the named "DonMak" in early July. Similar to the one in Lugansk, they are located in the former premises of the US chain and offer the same kind of products. Their opening was a sensation in the de facto capital of the pro-Russian separatists, despite the rebel leadership frequently slamming the United States as an enemy as it emphasises cultural ties with Russia. Within a few days people were already lining up in queues for over an hour outside the fast-food restaurant in anticipation of their Coke, burger or fries. Housewife Elena waited 40 minutes in the crowded establishment to place an order for her son. "Before they opened this place, I always wondered where to go with my child. Now we can celebrate his birthday here," the 24-year-old said. The fact the restaurant had opened even though rebels denounce any presence of Western influence in the area under their control does not seem to bother the young woman. "It might be worth opening something Russian-style," she laughed, as she waited for her burger. (AFP)

Ersatz McDonald's becomes hit in rebel East Ukraine

A police officer died and another was wounded in a shooting at a traffic stop in San Diego, police said on Friday. 
 
A Hispanic man was later taken into custody, San Diego police chief Shelley Zimmerman told a news conference. 
 
The officers radioed in that they were making a traffic stop late on Thursday, then called for emergency backup soon after, she said. 
 
Officers who arrived found the first two had been shot. One died in the hospital, Zimmerman said. It was too early to say whether the officers had been ambushed, she added.&nbsp;Police launched a manhunt after the incident. 
 
America has been on edge for weeks following shootings of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Those attacks followed anger among the black community over the shooting deaths of African-Americans by white police, several of which bystanders caught on videotape. 
 
(AFP)

A Hispanic man has been taken into custody, the Police chief says

A police officer died and another was wounded in a shooting at a traffic stop in San Diego, police said on Friday. A Hispanic man was later taken into custody, San Diego police chief Shelley Zimmerman told a news conference. The officers radioed in that they were making a traffic stop late on Thursday, then called for emergency backup soon after, she said. Officers who arrived found the first two had been shot. One died in the hospital, Zimmerman said. It was too early to say whether the officers had been ambushed, she added. Police launched a manhunt after the incident. America has been on edge for weeks following shootings of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Those attacks followed anger among the black community over the shooting deaths of African-Americans by white police, several of which bystanders caught on videotape. (AFP)

One cop killed and one wounded in San Diego shooting

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