Deadly American kidnapping in Mexico: What you need to know
1 year, 9 months ago

Deadly American kidnapping in Mexico: What you need to know

Al Jazeera  

Four Americans were hauled off in a pick-up truck after allegedly being caught in the crossfire of a shootout between rival drug gangs. Four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout in Mexico with two killed and the others held captive for days in a remote region before being rescued. Mexican authorities frantically searched as the cartel allegedly involved moved them around – even taking them to a medical clinic – “to create confusion and avoid efforts to rescue them”, Tamaulipas Governor Américo Villarreal said. Video and photographs taken during and immediately after the attack show the Americans’ white minivan sitting beside another vehicle, with at least one bullet hole in the driver’s side window. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the people responsible would be punished, referencing arrests in the 2019 killings of nine US-Mexican dual citizens in Sonora near the border.

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2 Mexican migrants shot dead, 3 injured in dawn attack on US border near Tecate, Mexico
1 year, 2 months ago

2 Mexican migrants shot dead, 3 injured in dawn attack on US border near Tecate, Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Two Mexican migrants were shot to death on the Mexican side of the U.S. border in the early hours of Friday morning, Mexico’s National Migration Institute said. Rescue services found a group of 14 Mexican nationals at dawn on Cuchuma Hill near Tecate, a city in the border state of Baja California. In one notable case in …

6 men killed in ambush in southern Mexico town near Guatemala border known for migrant smuggling
1 year, 3 months ago

6 men killed in ambush in southern Mexico town near Guatemala border known for migrant smuggling

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Prosecutors in southern Mexico said Tuesday that at least six men were killed in an apparent ambush in a township near the Guatemalan border that is known as a migrant smuggling route. Prosecutors in the southern state of Chiapas said the killings occurred Tuesday along a rural road in the township of Siltepec, about 30 miles from …

Gruesome video circulating on social media recalls darkest days of Mexico’s drug cartel brutality
1 year, 4 months ago

Gruesome video circulating on social media recalls darkest days of Mexico’s drug cartel brutality

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A gruesome video circulated Wednesday on social media may have recorded the last moments of five kidnapped young men, and has transported Mexico back to the darkest days of drug cartel brutality in the 2000s. Luis Méndez Ruiz, the Jalisco state attorney general, said Tuesday that the men seen in the video “could be the five men …

Some 50 migrants kidnapped by gang in northern Mexico, president says
1 year, 7 months ago

Some 50 migrants kidnapped by gang in northern Mexico, president says

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A busload of about 50 migrants were kidnapped by a gang in northern Mexico in the latest of a series of mass abductions, though nine were later found, Mexico’s president and police said Wednesday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said National Guard troops were searching for the migrants in an area around the northern city of Matehuala. …

Some 50 migrants kidnapped by gang in northern Mexico, president says
1 year, 7 months ago

Some 50 migrants kidnapped by gang in northern Mexico, president says

The Independent  

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Over 2,000 migrants kidnapped in Mexico last year
1 year, 7 months ago

Over 2,000 migrants kidnapped in Mexico last year

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government said Friday over 2,000 migrants were kidnapped by smuggling gangs and drug cartels last year, as authorities mounted a successful search for 10 Colombians abducted in northern Mexico this week. Mexico’s national immigration agency said authorities had freed 2,115 migrants of all nationalities kidnapped by gangs in 2022. Prosecutors in the northern border state of …

Mexico kidnapping news: Gulf cartel sends apology for Matamoros attack as victims’ criminal records probed
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexico kidnapping news: Gulf cartel sends apology for Matamoros attack as victims’ criminal records probed

The Independent  

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Mexico Kidnapping and Killing of US Citizens Case: Diplomatic Rift Ensues despite Five Arrests
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexico Kidnapping and Killing of US Citizens Case: Diplomatic Rift Ensues despite Five Arrests

News 18  

Mexican authorities have arrested five people over the deadly kidnapping of a group of Americans, after the suspects were left in the street with their hands tied by alleged cartel members, officials said Friday. The two survivors, one of whom suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, were returned to the United States on Tuesday via a land border crossing, …

Here’s how the 4 Americans abducted in Mexico were found
1 year, 9 months ago

Here’s how the 4 Americans abducted in Mexico were found

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — The anonymous tip that led Mexican authorities to a remote shack where four abducted Americans were held described armed men, people wearing blindfolds and plenty of activity around a ranch. In the letter obtained by The Associated Press through a Tamaulipas state law enforcement official Thursday, the Scorpions faction of the Gulf cartel apologized to the …

Letter claims Mexican cartel handed over men who killed Americans
1 year, 9 months ago

Letter claims Mexican cartel handed over men who killed Americans

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A letter claiming to be from the Mexican drug cartel blamed for abducting four Americans and killing two of them condemned the violence and said the gang turned over to authorities its own members who were responsible. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press through a Tamaulipas state law enforcement official, the Scorpions faction of …

The bodies of 2 Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico have been returned to the U.S.
1 year, 9 months ago

The bodies of 2 Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico have been returned to the U.S.

NPR  

The bodies of 2 Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico have been returned to the U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP MATAMOROS, Mexico — The Mexican authorities returned the bodies of the two Americans killed in the border city of Matamoros. After autopsies were conducted, security forces escorted the remains of Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown late Thursday …

Friend who had traveled with Americans kidnapped in Mexico raised the alarm
1 year, 9 months ago

Friend who had traveled with Americans kidnapped in Mexico raised the alarm

LA Times  

People comfort each other after a vigil in Scranton, S.C., on Wednesday for a group of Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico. Orange’s statements and the report offer the most detailed account so far of what led to the kidnapping that saw McGee and another friend whisked back to a U.S. hospital Tuesday after Mexican authorities rescued them and found …

Why kidnapped Americans in Mexico became political theater
1 year, 9 months ago

Why kidnapped Americans in Mexico became political theater

LA Times  

When the truck with North Carolina plates crossed the border from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Mexico, on Friday, the so-called falcons in charge of monitoring the border area notified their bosses of the presence of four Americans. Ciro Gómez Leyva said on his popular national radio program that, “If the Mexican authorities put the effort they did to find the …

Survivors Of Deadly Mexico Kidnapping Being Treated At Texas Hospital
1 year, 9 months ago

Survivors Of Deadly Mexico Kidnapping Being Treated At Texas Hospital

Huff Post  

A Mexican Red Cross ambulance on Tuesday transports two Americans found alive after their abduction in Mexico last week. via Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two dead and two held captive for days in a remote …

Photos show rescue of two American tourists from drug cartel stash house as dead friends identified
1 year, 9 months ago

Photos show rescue of two American tourists from drug cartel stash house as dead friends identified

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At an early press conference on Tuesday, Mexican …

Survivors of deadly Mexico kidnapping being treated at Texas hospital
1 year, 9 months ago

Survivors of deadly Mexico kidnapping being treated at Texas hospital

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two dead and two held captive for days in a remote region of the Gulf coast before they were rescued from a wood shack, officials said Tuesday. Their minivan crashed and was fired …

Two of four Americans kidnapped in Mexico ‘tummy tuck’ trip are found dead
1 year, 9 months ago

Two of four Americans kidnapped in Mexico ‘tummy tuck’ trip are found dead

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Shaeed Woodard was identified …

What we know about the 4 Americans kidnapped in Mexico
1 year, 9 months ago

What we know about the 4 Americans kidnapped in Mexico

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — Four Americans who traveled to Mexico last week to seek health care got caught in a deadly shootout and were kidnapped by heavily armed men who threw them in the back of a pickup truck, officials from both countries said Monday. “To see a member of your family thrown in the back of a truck and …

2 surviving Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico are back in the U.S.
1 year, 9 months ago

2 surviving Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico are back in the U.S.

NPR  

2 surviving Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico are back in the U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption Stringer/AP Stringer/AP Two of the four Americans who were held captive and survived a kidnapping in Mexico last week were taken back into the U.S. shortly before noon on Tuesday amid a heavily armed convoy of Mexican military Humvees and National Guard …

Two Americans dead, one injured in Mexico kidnapping: Official
1 year, 9 months ago

Two Americans dead, one injured in Mexico kidnapping: Official

Al Jazeera  

Mexican official says two Americans abducted in Mexico are dead, two alive after Matomoros kidnapping. Of the four abductees, “two of them are dead, one person is injured and the other is alive”, Tamaulipas state governor Americo Villarreal told the Mexican president by telephone at a news conference on Tuesday. “We’re going to work closely with the Mexican government to …

2 kidnapped Americans found dead in Mexico; 2 others rescued and returned to the U.S.
1 year, 9 months ago

2 kidnapped Americans found dead in Mexico; 2 others rescued and returned to the U.S.

LA Times  

A Red Cross worker closes the door of an ambulance carrying two Americans found alive after their abduction in Mexico. Two of four U.S. citizens kidnapped at gunpoint in northern Mexico last week were found dead Tuesday, Mexican authorities said, while two others were rescued after an intense manhunt that renewed U.S. focus on violence south of the border. With …

FBI Offers Reward After 4 Americans Kidnapped In Mexico
1 year, 9 months ago

FBI Offers Reward After 4 Americans Kidnapped In Mexico

Huff Post  

People cross into Matamoros, Mexico, from Brownsville, Texas, at the Gateway International Bridge on March 15, 2021. The FBI on Sunday said four U.S. citizens were taken at gunpoint shortly after crossing the border into Mexico. CHANDAN KHANNA via Getty Images MEXICO CITY — Gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas last week to buy medicine …

Four US citizens shot at, kidnapped in northern Mexico: FBI
1 year, 9 months ago

Four US citizens shot at, kidnapped in northern Mexico: FBI

Al Jazeera  

FBI offers $50,000 reward after Americans abducted by armed men after crossing into border city of Matamoros. Authorities in the United States and Mexico have said they are working to secure the release of four US citizens who were fired upon and kidnapped in a northern Mexican border city. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement that the …

4 US citizens were kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico in case of mistaken identity, US official says
1 year, 9 months ago

4 US citizens were kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico in case of mistaken identity, US official says

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Read the latest updates on the investigation here. The incident highlights the ongoing violence in some Mexican cities, which have been wracked by organized crime at least since the Mexican Drug War began in 2006, as well as the growing business of what’s known as “medical tourism.” The missing Americans drove into Matamoros on Friday in a white …

4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico to buy medicine, officials say
1 year, 9 months ago

4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico to buy medicine, officials say

LA Times  

A member of the Mexican security forces stands next to a white minivan with North Carolina plates and several bullet holes, at the crime scene where gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas. Gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas last week to buy medicine and were caught in a shootout that …

Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17
1 year, 11 months ago

Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17

The Independent  

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Police kill alleged smuggler in southern Mexico
2 years, 4 months ago

Police kill alleged smuggler in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — An alleged migrant smuggler was killed by police near the Mexico-Guatemala border early Monday after the driver of the pickup truck he was traveling in ignored police officers’ order to stop. The Chiapas state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that five migrants, whose nationalities were not given, were also traveling in the truck with the driver …

Suspected drug cartel gunmen kidnap two female soldiers vacationing at Mexico beach
2 years, 7 months ago

Suspected drug cartel gunmen kidnap two female soldiers vacationing at Mexico beach

The Independent  

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49 migrants dead, 58 injured in truck crash in south Mexico
3 years ago

49 migrants dead, 58 injured in truck crash in south Mexico

The Independent  

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Families begin burying murdered Guatemalan migrants
3 years, 9 months ago

Families begin burying murdered Guatemalan migrants

The Independent  

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