<div>A former professional footballer player turned kidnapping specialist has been arrested in Mexico, officials said. Omar Ortiz Uribe, who was a goalkeeper for first division club Monterrey, is accused of participating in the kidnappings of at least 20 people.</div><div><br /></div><div>Suspected to be a member of the Gulf cartel, he was arrested in the northern state of Nuevo Leon.u00a0Uribe -- known as "El Gato" during his playing days -- was suspended by the Mexican Soccer Federation for doping during matches in 2010. He was banned from playing for two years, a penalty that was due to expire in April.</div><div><br /></div><div>Uribe helped the cartel by providing information about potential victims, said state Security Council spokesman Jorge Domene.u00a0The kidnapping cell, which had been operating for about a year, paid the player approximately 100,000 pesos (around $7,300) per victim.</div><div><br /></div><div>The majority of the victims were businessmen whose families paid average ransoms of one million pesos (around $73,000), he said.</div>        

A former professional footballer player turned kidnapping specialist has been arrested in Mexico, officials said. 

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