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2023-03-08 Caribbean-Latin America
American tourists killed after being kidnapped in Mexico ID'd as Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown
[NYPOST] The two Americans who were found dead in Mexico after being kidnapped at gunpoint during a terrifying shootout between rival cartel gangs have been identified as Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown.

A US official familiar investigation confirmed the identities to CNN
...the organization formerly known as the Cable News Network. Now who knows what it might stand for...
 Tuesday.

Woodward and Brown had traveled from South Carolina to Mexico with pals Latavia "Tay" McGee and Eric James so McGee could undergo a tummy tuck procedure, relatives said Monday.

Shortly after the foursome crossed the border Friday into the crime-ridden city of Matamoros, located in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, they became caught in the crosshairs of a violent mostly peaceful cartel showdown.

Harrowing video of the shootout shows the moment the group was forced into the back of a pickup truck in broad daylight after being shot at.

McGee and James survived the attack and were rushed Tuesday to Brownsville, Texas in a convoy of ambulances and SUVs escorted by Mexican military Humvees and National Guard trucks with mounted .50-caliber machine guns.

Police said one of the two survivors was severely injured, but didn’t specify whom.

McGee’s mother said that her daughter was supposed to get her operation on the day of the kidnapping.

After being kidnapped, the foursome was "placed in a vehicle and taken from the scene by gunnies." the FBI
...Formerly one of the world's premier criminal investigation organizations, something for a nation to be proud of. Now it's a political arm of the Deep State oligarchy that is willing to trump up charges, suppress evidence, or take out insurance policies come election time...
 said.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said one individual was in jug on Tuesday.
Posted by Fred 2023-03-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11144 views ]  Top
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#1 Wife of Eric James was reportedly not aware he was going with the group to Mexico.
Posted by Mad Eye Omeretch7959 2023-03-08 05:03||   2023-03-08 05:03|| Front Page Top

#2 This whole story stinks.
Posted by Frank G 2023-03-08 06:52||   2023-03-08 06:52|| Front Page Top

#3 They were on a Satanic Cult recruiting mission for Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-08 06:56||   2023-03-08 06:56|| Front Page Top

#4 This whole story stinks.

Different cultural mores Frank.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-08 07:11||   2023-03-08 07:11|| Front Page Top

#5 They were on a medical surgical emergency trip NFI (Not Further Identified). Nor will it ever be.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-08 07:17||   2023-03-08 07:17|| Front Page Top

#6 I think they went to haul back cheap avocados for resale in the US. Why else would you need a van?
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-03-08 07:30||   2023-03-08 07:30|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ A 'Whole Foods' mission? No preservatives, natural food fanatics, and there you have it.

I stay away from 'Whole Foods.' At my age, I need all the preservatives I can get.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-03-08 07:35||   2023-03-08 07:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Cruz: Biden Enriched Cartels Whose Revenue Increase 26x Since 2018, We Need to Pressure Mexico, Not Invade It
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-08 08:08||   2023-03-08 08:08|| Front Page Top

#9 For the gas, food, and van rental (from North Carolina, even though they're from So. Carolina?) costs, she coulda had the "procedure" done near home. Ima thinkrn they were going to bring home some pharmaceuticals in 2.2 lb packages
Posted by Frank G 2023-03-08 08:17||   2023-03-08 08:17|| Front Page Top

#10 This Is the Mexican Border City Cartel Boss Behind Killing, Kidnapping of U.S. Citizens
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-08 08:24||   2023-03-08 08:24|| Front Page Top

#11 McGee could undergo a tummy tuck procedure

How many kilos can be tucked in a uterus?
Posted by Skidmark 2023-03-08 08:26||   2023-03-08 08:26|| Front Page Top

#12 Ooof.

Think I would have gone home and wiped my dashcam with bleach a cloth instead of sharing.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-03-08 10:12||   2023-03-08 10:12|| Front Page Top

#13 I wonder what a criminal records check might reveal about the people involved in this? Not an absolute but generally past is prologue. In simple terms, it calls up the peanut butter test: "If it looks like peanut butter, smells like peanut butter, spreads like peanut butter, it might be caviar, but its probably peanut butter"
Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-03-08 12:11||   2023-03-08 12:11|| Front Page Top

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#9 For the gas, food, and van rental (from North Carolina, even though they're from So. Carolina?) costs, she coulda had the "procedure" done near home. Ima thinkrn they were going to bring home some pharmaceuticals in 2.2 lb packages
Posted by Frank G 2023-03-08 08:17|| 2023-03-08 08:17|| Front Page || Comments Top

Frank,

It's entirely possible - stressing the 'possible' - that this is an partially accurate story for a couple reasons.

* The rental car isn't much of an issue - I pass an Enterprise rental lot every day to and from work, and there are cars there with SC, NC, FL, GA, and other plates.

* I want to phrase this part carefully, lest I be accused of insensitivity to others: There is a huge market among certain groups for cosmetic surgery whether they need it or not, and whether or not they have insurance that can/will pay for it. Mexico caters to that market with cash and carry plastic surgery, and frankly, you get what you can afford to pay for. For a couple thousand, you can get it done, though I would be very hesitant to stake my life on it.

Now - having said all that - it doesn't take three guys to escort somebody for something like this. I wouldn't be ruling out the idea that they figured as long as they were headed that way, they could do some shopping. They went to the wrong place at the wrong time.

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-03-08 14:35||   2023-03-08 14:35|| Front Page Top

#15 ^ All true. Call me a cynic.

Mainly because I am.
Posted by Frank G 2023-03-08 14:55||   2023-03-08 14:55|| Front Page Top

#16  There is a huge market among certain groups for cosmetic surgery whether they need it or not

The entirety of the middle and upper classes of Latin America, I believe. I have a Canadian girlfriend who married into a Mexican family, and she was given a nose job as a wedding gift by a surgeon friend of her husband’s. She went back to him in Mexico City for various other surgeries in the years that followed...

.Most health insurance plans do not cover cosmetic surgery, or only for very limited, health-related things. The same girlfriend got her eldest son a nose job by arguing that it would be part of the repair of a severely deviated septum that resulted from his nose having been broken in childhood.
Posted by trailing wife 2023-03-08 17:01||   2023-03-08 17:01|| Front Page Top

#17 All four victims have extensive drug related criminal records. Female was once charged with feeding amphetamines to her 8 year old daughter. One of the males was prosecuted for selling crack to school children.
Posted by Mad Eye Omeretch7959 2023-03-08 18:48||   2023-03-08 18:48|| Front Page Top

#18 Doctoring and surgery just isn't that hard. You can get it done in Mexico, in Thailand, anywhere. The doctors are good enough and the job requires a brain but then every organism on earth has a brain.
Posted by Hupung Untervehr9838 2023-03-08 18:54||   2023-03-08 18:54|| Front Page Top

#19 Don't get me wrong. I love the Mexican people I know and associate with in San Diego/Tijuana. My ex's uncle is an accomplished plastic surgeon in Tijuana, and my kids have done well with him. Coolest guy and family. I just don't actually think that was what they were there for, except as an add-on
Posted by Frank G 2023-03-08 19:01||   2023-03-08 19:01|| Front Page Top

#20 Here is a fundamental difference between Mexican cartels and Pappa John’s. Mexican cartels just do delivery. There is no option to save on the delivery charge with pick up at a drive thru window. Stay at home and have them deliver the drugs where you have the gang and guns.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-03-08 19:07||   2023-03-08 19:07|| Front Page Top

#21  Female was once charged with feeding amphetamines to her 8 year old daughter.

There are no words.
Posted by trailing wife 2023-03-08 19:54||   2023-03-08 19:54|| Front Page Top

#22 ^ I would want them to sleep for a little me time instead of being up all night....
Posted by DarthVader 2023-03-08 23:54||   2023-03-08 23:54|| Front Page Top

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