Texas man allegedly kidnapped rideshare driver, forced to drive 1,000 miles to Miami: authorities

A Texas man faces federal charges after he allegedly kidnapped a rideshare driver at gunpoint and forced the driver to take them to South Florida, according to authorities.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida said in a press release that 23-year-old Miguel Alejandro Pastran Hernandez has been charged in a Miami federal court on kidnapping, carjacking and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime.

The criminal complaint alleges that a rideshare driver was working in Arlington...