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Two brothers from Texas are facing federal kidnapping charges for allegedly holding a Washington County family hostage at gunpoint and taking cryptocurrency worth millions of dollars.

The U.S. Attorney's Office valued the cryptocurrency at $8 million, a figure drastically higher than the more than $72,000 cited in the county criminal complaint.

The incident resulted in a shelter-in-place order and the cancellation of the Mahtomedi high school homecoming football game.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Two Texas brothers are now facing federal charges for allegedly holding a Minnesota family hostage at gunpoint for hours and taking more than $8 million in cryptocurrency.

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Raymond Christian Garcia, 23, and Isiah Angelo Garcia, 24, are facing federal charges for the "kidnap

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