By Daily Sports on May 30, 2016

A professional soccer player who was kidnapped in Mexico Saturday night has been rescued by authorities, according to state officials.

“I’m good, I’m good, thank you,” Alan Pulido said as he faced reporters alongside the governor of Mexico’s Tamaulipas state, Egidio Torre Cantú, in a video posted on Twitter.

The 25-year-old, a striker for Greece's Olympiacos club who has also played in the past for Mexico’s national team, was kidnapped Saturday night in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of Tamaulipas state.

He was rescued shortly before midnight Sunday in “a city operation in conjunction with the federal government,” according to a statement from the Tamaulipas government.

“Pulido is currently being medically evaluated and more details on the rescue operation will be sent out later,” it said.

Ciudad Victoria has been one of Mexico's most brutal battlegrounds in conflicts between rival drug cartels.

Hundreds of kidnappings were reported in the border state last year, although activists say the true tally of missing people is likely underreported and actually much higher.

CNN’s Abel Alvarado contributed to this report

•Photo shows Mexican soccer player Alan Pulido, left, appearing alongside the governor of Tamaulipas state, Egidio Torre Cantú, after his rescue.

Source Daily Sports

Posted May 30, 2016

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