DELIVER US FROM EVIL This is the personal and riveting account of one of the most notorious kidnappings in Mexico. In September 2002, author Ernestina Sodi and Laura Zapata, sisters of the famous singer Thalía, were abducted. Sodi, a former Miss Mexico, suffered physical and psychological abuse. She recounts in vivid detail the treatment she endured for 36 days until Thalía paid the ransom.