Mattoon man admits to role in kidnapping

URBANA – Antonio Aguas and his brother, Ramiro, sat next to two FBI agents in the federal courthouse in Urbana on Monday as a Mattoon man admitted a brutal, terrifying kidnapping.

Francisco Antonio Villalobos, also known as Adrian Lopez, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and using a gun in a crime of violence in connection with the abduction of 32-year-old Antonio Aguas.

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