Kidnapped Mexican striker Pulido fought abductor before escape

Mexican footballer Alan Pulido managed to free himself before fighting one of his abductors and escaping a house in Ciudad Victoria, where his captors brought him after kidnapping him, local authorities revealed Monday.

Offiicials said Pulido, who was abducted at gunpoint by a gang Saturday night, found himself alone with one of the suspects and began to "trade blows" with the man.

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"They traded blows. He takes (the phone) and calls (emergency number). It all happened very quickly," Tamaulipas state Attorney General Ismael Quintanilla told Alfredo Pena of the Associated Press.

Pulido, who'd been held hostage for a day, tussled with the man before reportedly taking his gun and the cellphone.

According to documents obtained by the AP, the Olympiacos player made multiple calls to the emergency number while still in the room with the captor. Pulido threatened and beat up the man until he revealed the location of the house so authorities could find them.

The drama was far from over when the authorities arrived, as Pulido told the operator what he was wearing so he wouldn't be mistaken for one of the suspects as police opened fire.

"(I am) very well, thank God," Pulido said while standing alongside Mexican official Egidio Torre Cantu. The footballer's hand was bandaged after smashing the window in order to escape.