(CNN) -- Mexican authorities have rescued six undocumented Cuban migrants who had been held for ransom for a month in Cancun, a vacation hotspot on the nation's Yucatan Peninsula, the state-run Notimex news agency reported Wednesday. The abductors, who were not apprehended in Tuesday night's rescue, were seeking between $8,000 and $10,000 from relatives in Florida for each of the five men and one woman they had been holding in a series of safe houses, Notimex said. The Cubans said they arrived in Cancun on a raft and were picked up from the streets of Cancun by men in a pickup truck, the news service said.
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Abductors wanted between $8,000 to $10,000 for each Cuban from relatives in Florida
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The Cubans had been held in a series of safe houses in Cancun for a month
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The Yucatan Peninsula has become a major landing point for Cubans smuggled into Mexico
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Smugglers charge up to $10,000 per person to bring the Cubans into Mexico and north to the U.S. border
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