An upstate New York father and his adult son have been convicted in a kidnapping and forced marriage plot involving their daughter and sister, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
Khaled Abughanem, 52, and Adham Abughanem, 28, both of Lackawanna, just south of Buffalo, were convicted of confining the victim for approximately 16 months, with the intent to force her into an arranged marriage in Yemen.
Both men then flew to Mexico to kidnap the victim and bring her back to the U. Ross, U. Attorney for the Western District of New York. In the trial earlier this month, the woman, a former architecture student at the University of Buffalo, described how her father brutally beat her with his fists, feet and a belt to the point she thought she was going to die, reported local station WGRZ. A surveillance photo from that encounter was shown during trial.
On Friday, a federal jury convicted Khaled and Adham Abughanem on two counts each of conspiracy to kidnap a person in a foreign country, which could result in a life sentence. Both men deny the accusations , according to The Buffalo News.
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