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Pulido, a striker on Greece's Olympiakos team, was kidnapped on Sunday in his home in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Military and police forces had been searching for the 25- year-old in the state of Tamaulipas   Mexican football player Alan Pulido, who was recently kidnapped, has been rescued safe and sound, Mexican authorities said. Pulido , a striker on Greece's Olympiakos team, was kidnapped on Sunday in his home in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, law enforcement officials said. Family members told authorities that six armed men snatched Pulido around dawn in his hometown of Ciudad Victoria in the northwest of the country. Military and police forces had been searching for the 25-year-old in Tamaulipas, which shares a border with the US. It is one of  Mexico 's most dangerous states, where drug trafficking and kidnappings are rampant. Certain roads are so dangerous that the federal police sometimes escort travelers in protective convoys. Tamaulipas is h...