Video appears to show violent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico

[Judi Lynn]

Alfredo Peña
14:36, Mar 07 20

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Four Americans who travelled into Mexico got caught up in a deadly drug-related shootout and kidnapped by heavily armed men on Friday (local time), officials from both countries have said.

The US citizens crossed the border in Texas and came under fire shortly after entering the eastern Mexican city of Matamoros.

A video posted to social media shows men with assault rifles and body armour then loading the four people into a white truck in broad daylight. One is alive and sitting up, but the others appeared dead or wounded. At least one person appeared to lift his head from the pavement before being dragged to the truck.

“All four Americans were placed in a vehicle and taken from the scene by armed men,” the FBI said in a statement. A US$50,000 reward has been offered for the victims’ return and the arrest of the kidnappers.

More:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/us-canada/300824319/video-appears-to-show-violent-kidnapping-of-four-americans-in-mexico

[Judi Lynn]

1. What we know about the Americans kidnapped in Mexico

MARCH 6, 2023 / 8:06 PM / CBS NEWS

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Here is what we know so far about the case.

What footage and photos from the scene show
A video posted on Twitter on Friday appears to show the moment the Americans were kidnapped, CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini reports.

In the video, one woman is forced by men armed with guns to climb into the bed of a white pickup truck. The men then proceed to drag two people into the vehicle.

The first woman is walking and sits in the back of the truck; the other two people seem to be unresponsive, but their condition is unknown. The video appears to show some of them may be wounded.

Photographs from the scene viewed by the AP show a white minivan with the driver's side window shot and all of the doors open. The van sits on the side of the road after apparently colliding with a red SUV. The photos show people lying in the street next to the van surrounded by rifle-toting men.

The photos seem to match the video posted online, which was taken from another angle.

More:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-kidnapped-mexico-matamoros-border-what-we-know/

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2. Traveling to Mexico for medicine is being reported

On tv. The van they were traveling in had NC tags. This is tragic on every front