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Tazewell Man Wanted On Aggravated Kidnapping Charges Arrested In Mexico

CLAIBORNE COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) -- According to the Claiborne County Sheriff's Office, a Tazewell man wanted in Tennessee on aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault charges has been arrested in Juarez, Mexico.

The sheriff's office said Nathan G. Taylor, Jr., 48, fled from Tennessee last year pending his indictment on two counts of aggravated kidnapping and two counts of aggravated assault.

Mexican authorities took Taylor into custody to hold until he can be returned to the custody of the US Marshals Service in El Paso, Texas. The sheriff's office said he would be returned to Claiborne County to be prosecuted.