| Felix Batista | |
| Birth Name: | Felix I. Batista |
| Birth Place: | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Disappeared Date: | 10 December 2008 (aged 55) |
| Disappeared Place: | Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico |
| Children: | 5 |
Felix I. Batista (disappeared 10 December 2008) is a Cuban-American[1] anti-kidnapping expert and former U.S. Army major who has negotiated resolution to nearly 100 kidnapping and ransom cases,[2] dozens of them in Mexico.[3] Batista was a consultant for Houston, Texas-based security firm ASI Global.[2] In December 2008, he was kidnapped in Mexico.
On 10 December 2008, Batista was kidnapped outside a restaurant in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico by unknown assailants[2] while there to speak and give anti-kidnapping advice.[4]
Batista was working as a negotiator to secure the release of a friend of his, while he was in a restaurant with several other people he received a phone call advising that the victim had been released and a car was being sent for him. As Batista left the restaurant he was forced into a Jeep by a group of four people who had been waiting for him. An hour later the kidnapping victim was released.[5]
Since then, no one has had any communication with him and no one has ever claimed responsibility for his kidnapping .[6]
A statement from Batista's family said there was no sign of violence at the scene.[7]