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FBI: 4 Americans kidnapped in northern Mexico

2023-03-07

[10 News] Four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros, the FBI said.

The four had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday. They were traveling in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates.

The FBI San Antonio Division office said in a statement Sunday that the vehicle came under fire shortly after it entered Mexico.

"All four Americans were placed in a vehicle and taken from the scene by armed men," the office said. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the return of the victims and the arrest of the culprits.

Matamoros is home to warring factions of the Gulf drug cartel.

Shootouts in Matamoros were so bad that the U.S. Consulate issued an alert about the danger Friday.

Tamaulipas state police said people had been killed and injured Friday, but did not say how many or give details of the violence.

Posted by:Frank G

#11

Posted by: Unack Cleretch1054 2023-03-07 19:56

#10 and the arrest of the culprits.

Some observations about the capture video. Nobody is standing around gawking with a camera. They don't even get out of the vehicle to see what is the hold up. Vehicle front and center is trying to GTFO ASAP. So the only witness seems to be somebody in a second floor (?) window behind shutters, and they best hope the baddies don't trace the video back to their window, because it looks like the baddies have done that sort of snatch a number of times.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-03-07 19:49

#9 Gen. Corman asking Willard about his bandaged hand in Apocalypse Now:

Willard, after a moment's hesitation: "I cut myself fishing on R&R."

Gen. Corman, skeptically: "Fishing on R&R..."

Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-03-07 19:15

#8 More likely than a tummy tuck.

Weird they got pinged right after crossing too.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-03-07 18:15

#7 Latavia “Tay” McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown, and Eric James Williams

I know an "Eric or two, but I don't know anyone by the name of "Latavia, Shaeed, or Zindel." Maybe I should get out more, make new acquaintances.

Mexican Cartel manufacturer's warehouse sale gone terribly bad ?

Posted by: Besoeker 2023-03-07 17:34

#6 Mexican cosmetic surgery is to die for.

Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342 2023-03-07 17:26

#5 2 of 4 found dead

Two of the four US citizens violently kidnapped in Mexico last week have been found dead and two others alive, officials announced Tuesday.

One of the surviving Americans was wounded and the other was unharmed, Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal said.

The foursome from South Carolina — identified as Latavia “Tay” McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown, and Eric James Williams — were abducted at gunpoint in broad daylight on March 3, shortly after they crossed the border from Texas into the border city of Matamoros in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas.

The group of friends had traveled to Mexico for a cosmetic medical procedure when they were shot at and forced into the back of a pickup truck, according to relatives.

Posted by: Frank G 2023-03-07 11:39

#4 Four Americans missing after being kidnapped at gunpoint during trip to Mexico are named, as it's revealed female victim had traveled down for tummy tuck

Posted by: Skidmark 2023-03-07 09:50

#3 Couldn't afford airfare to the Ukraine? or Seattle or Portland?

Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-03-07 09:17

#2 Drug mules or launch tourists?

25 miles from SpaceX launch point.

Posted by: Skidmark 2023-03-07 08:55

The four had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday. They were traveling in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates.

That's a very long way to drive for "meds."

Posted by: Besoeker 2023-03-07 00:11

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