We Have Your Husband: One Woman's Terrifying Story of a Kidnapping in Mexico

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In the mountains of Guanajuato, Mexico sits a picturesque community favored by artists and tourists. But for American-born Jayne Valseca and her husband Eduardo, son of a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, it became a hell on earth when Eduardo was ambushed by strangers and kidnapped in the summer of 2007. Jayne knew that in Mexico kidnapping was a pervasive and lucrative business-a burgeoning criminal industry with few happy endings. This time the merchandise was her husband. Sealed in a dark seven-by-six, two-feet-wide box, Eduardo lived for seven months on little more than eggshells and chicken bones. He was subjected to the most cruel and humiliating mental and physical torture imaginable. He had no reason to believe he'd ever be found alive. As the ransom escalated, so did the stakes. But Jayne refused to be a pawn in the kidnappers' sick game. She decided to become a player. If she was to get her husband back alive, she'd have to be more cunning than the kidnappers and be cool, calculated and determined...

Jayne Garcia Ragerwas an educator and advocate for families and victims of kidnapping for ransom in Mexico. Raised in Washington, she came to national attention when her husband, Eduardo Garcia Valseca, was kidnapped on the morning of June 13, 2007 and held for an $8 million ransom. She spent seven months negotiating his release, and he was freed on January 24, 2008. Her memoir of the events,We Have Your Husband, was released in 2011 and adapted into a Lifetime movie of the same name. She died in 2012. Mark Ebner is an award-winning journalist andNew York Timesbestselling author. His collaboration with Jayne Rager,We Have Your Husband, was recently adapted for a popular Lifetime Network movie of the same title.