San Antonio police make arrests in connection with kidnapping of couple

SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Department has arrested two people and is looking for a third in connection with the kidnapping of a couple from their Southwest Side home on Wednesday.

Xhavier Martinez, 29, and Felipe Valdez, 40, were arrested on a charge of aggravated kidnapping.

According to police, a man and a woman in their late 30s were taken against their will by two men with guns who barged into their home Wednesday morning.

The couple was located Thursday morning at a home in the 500 block of Benrus Boulevard. The man and woman are safe and reunited with their family, police said.

Sgt. Washington Moscoso, a police spokesman, said the couple was targeted but wouldn’t say what the motive of the kidnapping was due to the ongoing investigation.

We’ll have more information as more details are released.