Man pleads guilty to kidnapping Chinese citizen who died while held on $2m ransom | World

A Californian man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a Chinese citizen who died after he was held to ransom and beaten. Anthony Valladares, 28, kidnapped Ruochen “Tony” Liao from a shopping mall in the San Gabriel area of Los Angeles in 2018, the US attorney’s office claims. Mr Liao, also 28, owned a luxury car dealership near his home in Santa Ana, Southern California , which sold Porsches and Bentleys, a statement said. Valladares lured Mr Liao into a minivan in the mall car park and held him to ransom, prosecutors say. He sent threats to his parents in China…