Mexico: Shocking Kidnapping of 4 Americans Leaves 2 Dead

Two of the four Americans at the Mexico kidnapping incident in Matamoros on Friday were found dead on Tuesday. The other two are alive, with one of them unharmed.

Two people were discovered dead, Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown, according to a US person involved with the investigation, CNN reports.

Before being passed over to the American government, their remains would first be investigated by Mexican authorities, the official said.

Latavia Washington McGee and Eric Williams made it through the trauma. A hospital in Texas is now caring for and monitoring the two.

A government official in Mexico stated that Washington McGee was discovered unharmed, but Williams was hit in the leg by gunfire. The official said that word had reached their families.

The bodies were discovered in a "wooden house" near Matamoros. They had been moved around for many days to cause confusion and evade rescue efforts, according to Villarreal.

Mexico Kidnapping Incident

McGee is set to have a tummy tuck procedure, so Woodward and Brown traveled from South Carolina to Mexico with her and Williams, according to a relative, according to NY Post.

However, the group had barely crossed into Mexico on Friday when they found themselves in the middle of a deadly cartel fight in the dangerous city of Matamoros in the northern state of Tamaulipas.

The group was driven into the back of a pickup vehicle in broad daylight after being fired at in the terrifying shootout, which was captured on horrifying video.

After the attack, Mexican military Humvees and National Guard trucks with mounted.50-caliber machine guns escorted a convoy of ambulances and SUVs carrying McGee and James to Brownsville, Texas, on Tuesday.

The kidnapping occurred on the day when McGee's mother said her daughter was scheduled to have surgery.

The four victims were "placed in a vehicle and taken from the scene by armed men," the FBI reported.

One of the Mexico Kidnapping Suspects Was Arrested

A 24-year-old man was arrested after he was found protecting the cabin where the Mexico kidnapping victims had been held, Reuters said.

"We're very sorry to have this happen in our country and we send our condolences to the families of the victims, their friends, to the people of the United States," Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told an earlier news conference.

Mexican officials have promised to help American authorities to track down those responsible.

However, the kidnappings have cast a sharp light on fears of gang violence in Mexico, and provoked strong reactions from politicians in the United States who are critical of Mexico's attempts to tackle crime.

Mexican officials turned over the survivors to US border officials on Tuesday morning, followed by the remains a few hours later, according to Villarreal.

Meanwhile, despite his promise to bring the Mexico kidnapping suspects to justice, Lopez Obrador has lashed out at what he calls "tabloid" coverage of the incident, claiming that the media does not pay the same emphasis to murders of Mexicans in the United States.

It is unclear why the four Americans were abducted, but authorities suspect they were mistaken for drug traffickers from Haiti.

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Written by: Bert Hoover

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