Mexicans Use Sattelites to Combat Kidnapping

Mexicans Use Sattelites to Combat Kidnapping

Wealthy individuals in Mexico resort to using satellites to battle against the uncontrolled kidnapping in the country.  These people spend thousands of dollars to implant transmitters under their skins so satellites can help find them in cases of abduction.
According to official statistics, kidnapping went increasingly high at 40% from 2004-2007.  This terrified many opulent Mexicans which led them to be more cautious this time.  Even middle-class Mexicans want to acquire the chip in fears of becoming one of the many kidnapping victims in their country.

The chip is designed by Xega, a Mexican security firm whose sales jumped 13 percent this year because of the expanding demand of the product.  Some critics say this is more of a gadget than a security equipment, but most Mexicans find it really useful.  Xega injects the crystal-encased chip, the size and shape of a grain of rice, into clients' bodies with a syringe. A transmitter in the chip then sends radio signals to a larger device carried by the client with a global positioning system in it.  A satellite can then pinpoint the location of a person in distress.The chips cost $4,000 plus an annual fee of $2,200.