The FBI has rescued a South Carolina man after he was kidnapped by members of a Mexican drug cartel over $200,000 in marijuana, American authorities said, according to Fox News Latino.

The man, whose identity has not been revealed to protect his safety, was driving his truck to work on the evening of July 9 when three men posing as policemen pulled him over. His truck was still running when it was found on the side of the road with its door open. The kidnapping took place in the man's hometown of St. Matthews.

Authorities said the man was blindfolded and bound at a North Carolina home before FBI agents traced phone calls from his abductors and stormed the residence, rescuing him mostly unharmed.

Court documents that were unsealed Wednesday revealed that the man later told agents that he tried to cut off his restraints with a knife, but a kidnapper discovered his escape attempt and hit him in the jaw and pointed a gun at him.

Juan Manuel Fuentes-Morales, Ruben Ceja-Rangel, Luis Castro Villeda appeared in federal court in Raleigh on Wednesday on charges of conspiracy to kidnap. Court documents did not say what cartel they were associated with.

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