FBI: American kidnapped in Mexico heads back home after 8 months

Monica De Leon Barba, a United States citizen who was kidnapped last November while walking home with her dog in Mexico, is being transported to the Untied States after her captors set her free, according to FBI authorities in San Francisco. “The FBI is pleased to announce that Monica De Leon Barba is safe and en route to the U.S. where she will be reunited with her family and dog after spending eight months in captivity,” the FBI said in a Twitter post on Saturday.

De Leon Barba was released by her captors Friday night, according to the FBI.