Dominic Garcia, 23, was arrested Saturday on 28 charges — including seven each of kidnapping and assault — following the ...

A Utah man is accused of holding both his girlfriend and her family hostage for almost six months under pretense that “the cartel” was after them.

Dominic Garcia, 23, told the family that members of "the cartel" wanted to kill them, according to police. He later said he made the whole thing up, they alleged.