One of our guys managed to shake off an attempted kidnapping two days ago in CUN. This is what he has told us:

I believed Cancun was "safe" as I had never been there before OE the week before. Seemed like a regular tourist trap. It was very brazen, 12:30am walking back to hotel in a dark patch on the 1km walk 200 yards from hotel. It was the jerks in the pickup truck not sure if it was the tourista police as they were driving the new dodges. This was a crappy pickup with the rack in the back and 2 corrupt police officers. I figured they were federales. I made it very clear I was not getting in the truck for the life of me (literally) and when the other goon got out I figured it was gonna get ugly. They decided the crazy gringo was not worth it and I managed to take off. If they wanted to press the issue I figured a nightstick beating or a gun in the ribs but it wasn't quite isolated enough I guess. Obvious shakedown attempt as the first thing they asked was if I had "drugs". I can post my event report which has some more details. I believe they guys selling drugs in the tourist zone (I had half a dozen offers) are in cahoots with the cops. Think about it: an easy mark for sure. They picked me for some reason, probably because I was alone.

From the Event Report:

While on a RON in Cancun, Mexico, while returning to hotel after eating dinner I was a victim of an attempted abduction by 2 apparent members of the police force, in anycase they were in some sort of uniforms and were driving a dilapidated pickup truck. While walking the 5-10 minute walk to the Hyatt Cancun crew hotel, during a dark and somewhat isolated patch of sidewalk the truck pulled up next to me and a short mexican officer jumped out and was pushing me towards the open truck door. He said in broken english that I must get into the truck. This was a standard cab truck with a driver and I would have been sandwiched between the two. I refused multiple times. He asked me if I had any "drugs" on me. At this time I knew it was a setup and flately refused to get in the truck. The other officer got out and I figured I was going to have to fight for my life and I made that clear. I was about to take off running to the hotel which I figured I could make before they drove me down when they started to back off and realized I would not go quietly. I figured if this was a real arrest of somesort they would use proper police protocals, and in anycase would detain me. They did not do any of that and I knew it was a abduction attempt that would have resulted in extorsion of some sort by the officers with a bogus "drug" charge. I assume as I had seen their truck or one like it on the edge of the "strip" in Cancun that they marked me and others and intercepted them on the isolated path with no witnesses. This occurred several hundred yards from the hotel entrance. The security situation in Mexico is dire and completely unsafe. When you have the "cops" perpetrating the crimes there is no option available for personal safety.
I will be following up with this matter to ensure the safety of US Airways crews while in foreign countries

I have filed most of the reports still one or two left