2 found dead, 2 found alive in Mexico – Tamaulipas Governor Américo Villarreal Anaya stated in a phone call with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that was played at a news conference on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, that two of the four Americans who were kidnapped by armed gunmen in a Mexico border city on Friday were found dead and two were found alive. The phone call was played at the news conference. they were reported missing on March 3, 2023.
Found missing Americans found in Mexico
On Friday, March 3, all four individuals were riding together in a white minivan that bore the registration plates of the state of North Carolina. According to a statement released by the FBI on Sunday, the suspects came under fire not long after entering the city of Matamoros from Brownsville, which is located at the southernmost tip of Texas on the Gulf coast. Officials from both nations said on Monday that three persons from South Carolina were among the four Americans who went to Mexico last week to seek medical treatment but instead became involved in a drug-related firefight that resulted in fatalities and were subsequently kidnapped.
According to the governor, “ambulances and security personnel” are currently attending to the survivors and providing them with medical treatment. According to CNN, a US official who is aware with the ongoing investigation stated that the four Americans were found at a location in Matamoros that seems to be a medical clinic. According to the official, one of the two people who survived is in critical condition.
In a tweet, Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios likewise offered his confirmation of the recent events. On Friday, Mexican police announced that they had located the four kidnapped Americans who had being held in Matamoros. It was discovered that two of the people had passed away, while the other two were still living. One of the victims was injured and needed to be transported to a medical facility for treatment. The party left South Carolina in order to be with one of the victims, Latavia “Tay” Washington McGee, who was undergoing medical treatment and needed to be present.
When they were driving, she was accompanied by Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown, and their mutual buddy Eric. It is thought that a group of guys with ties to the Gulf Cartel mistaken the American visitors for Haitian drug traffickers and attacked them. Witnesses were able to record themselves on video while the four people were being placed into a pick up truck in the middle of a busy road
Latavia Mcgee obituary and funeral arrangements will be released by family members
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