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 killed at least one Mexican citizen, U.S. and Mexican officials said Monday. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday that the four were going to buy medicine and “there was a confrontation between groups, and they were detained,” without offering details. Gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas last week to buy medicine and were caught in a shootout.

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Mexican Cartel Controls Flow of Migrants on Their Way to the US Border
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mexican Cartel Controls Flow of Migrants on Their Way to the US Border

Associated Press  

The article explores the intricate and complex control exercised by organized crime over the flow of migrants on their journey to the US border. It highlights the strict control of who moves here by cartel members, with migrants often forced to pay hefty ransoms for their release. The article also sheds light on the violence and extortion tactics employed by …

Mexico convicts 11 cartel gunmen in killings of 122 bus passengers near US border over 2 years
4 months ago

Mexico convicts 11 cartel gunmen in killings of 122 bus passengers near US border over 2 years

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors finally won convictions — and 50-year prison sentences — Wednesday against 11 drug cartel gunmen for the 2010-2011 massacre of 122 passengers who were pulled off passing buses and forced to fight each other to the death with sledgehammers. Prosecutors in Tamaulipas state said at the time that members of the now-splintered Zetas cartel began …

Mexicans seeking refuge in Guatemala describe drug cartel shootouts that drove them to flee
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Mexicans seeking refuge in Guatemala describe drug cartel shootouts that drove them to flee

Associated Press  

AMPLIACION NUEVA REFORMA, Guatemala — When a 72-year-old Mexican farmer heard the bullets from the most recent cartel shootout landing close to his home, he knew it was time to go. “So far, not the mayor, nor the government has given us help and it’s urgent that they they attend to these people.” Catholic Church leaders in southern Mexico made …

Kidnapped baby found alive two days after mother and another woman were found dead
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Kidnapped baby found alive two days after mother and another woman were found dead

The Independent  

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Missing American and Australian tourists were likely killed in carjacking in Mexico, police say
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Missing American and Australian tourists were likely killed in carjacking in Mexico, police say

The Independent  

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3 journalists and 2 relatives have been abducted in a violent city in southern Mexico
1 year, 1 month ago

3 journalists and 2 relatives have been abducted in a violent city in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors said Thursday that three journalists and two of their relatives have been abducted by armed men in a violence-plagued state in Mexico, which press groups say is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, outside of war zones. The online news site The Afternoon Chronicle in the nearby city of Chilpancingo said …

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 …

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. …

Fifty migrants kidnapped from Mexican bus
1 year, 7 months ago

Fifty migrants kidnapped from Mexican bus

The Hindu  

Mexican security forces are searching for about 50 migrants who were kidnapped from a commercial bus, authorities said Wednesday. The kidnapping took place in the central state of San Luis Potosi, the Attorney General’s Office there said. The bus, whose two drivers were also missing, was discovered further north in the border state of Nuevo Leon on Tuesday, it added, …

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 charges 4 soldiers with killings in Nuevo Laredo
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico charges 4 soldiers with killings in Nuevo Laredo

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors formally presented homicide charges Monday against four soldiers implicated in the Feb. 26 shooting deaths of five men in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. The civilian court system said the four soldiers will be held in pre-trial detention at an army base in Mexico City which houses a military prison. The report claimed those …

Daughter of 1 of 3 missing women in Mexico hasn't lost hope
1 year, 9 months ago

Daughter of 1 of 3 missing women in Mexico hasn't lost hope

The Independent  

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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 …

Mexico cartel apologises for kidnapping Americans, returns bodies
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexico cartel apologises for kidnapping Americans, returns bodies

Al Jazeera  

The cartel handed over five of its members suspected to be behind the abduction to authorities. Suspected drug cartel members have handed over five purported henchmen as a would-be apology for the abduction of four Americans in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, according to media and a source familiar with the investigation. It added that those individuals had gone …

Mexican drug cartel ‘apologises’ for deadly kidnapping of four Americans, blaming rogue members
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican drug cartel ‘apologises’ for deadly kidnapping of four Americans, blaming rogue members

The Independent  

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Fifth American tourist reveals lucky escape from Mexico cartel kidnapping
1 year, 9 months ago

Fifth American tourist reveals lucky escape from Mexico cartel kidnapping

The Independent  

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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  

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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 …

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 …

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  

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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 …

Mexican Authorities Find 103 Unaccompanied Minors with Several Hundred Migrants
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican Authorities Find 103 Unaccompanied Minors with Several Hundred Migrants

News 18  

Mexican authorities said Monday that 103 minors traveling without adult relatives were among several hundred migrants found in a truck abandoned on a highway. The minors, mostly from Guatemala, were part of a group of around 340 irregular migrants from Central and South America, the National Migration Institute said in a statement. Trucks are one of the most dangerous methods …

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 …

2 Americans kidnapped in Mexico found dead and 2 found alive, officials say
1 year, 9 months ago

2 Americans kidnapped in Mexico found dead and 2 found alive, officials say

CNN  

CNN — Two of the four Americans kidnapped by armed gunmen in the Mexico border city of Matamoros on Friday were found dead and two were found alive on Tuesday, US and Mexican officials said. He also did not rule out designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations – something that some Republican lawmakers have called for – but said “we …

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 …

Mexican troops, border residents clash after 5 shot, killed
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican troops, border residents clash after 5 shot, killed

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A shooting by Mexican army soldiers left five people dead in the rough border city of Nuevo Laredo, igniting a clash between the soldiers and residents who came to the scene to protest. The incident provoked a scuffle between soldiers and a large group of angry residents who believed the “victims were not armed and that …

Mexican soldiers kill five in border town, sparking protests
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican soldiers kill five in border town, sparking protests

Al Jazeera  

A report indicates members of the Mexican army opened fire on a pick-up truck in city of Nuevo Laredo, near US border. A shooting by Mexican army soldiers has left five people dead in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, igniting a clash between the soldiers and residents who came to the scene to protest. The incident provoked a …

1 killed, 3 hurt in shooting at El Paso, Texas shopping mall
1 year, 10 months ago

1 killed, 3 hurt in shooting at El Paso, Texas shopping mall

Associated Press  

EL PASO, Texas — One person was killed and three more were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, adding to the dozens of people already killed this year in mass shootings across the United States. El Paso police said hours after the gunfire that two people had been taken into custody, though details …

3 migrants dead, 12 injured in Mexico crash
2 years, 5 months ago

3 migrants dead, 12 injured in Mexico crash

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Three migrants and two Mexican citizens are dead and a dozen migrants are recovering from injuries following a highway accident in northern Mexico, the country’s National Immigration Institute said Tuesday. Immigrants smuggling has become increasingly risky in Mexico, with dozens of migrants often found stuffed into freight trucks or buses. On Tuesday, authorities said angry residents of …

San Antonio migrant deaths lead to slow effort to ID victims
2 years, 5 months ago

San Antonio migrant deaths lead to slow effort to ID victims

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Guatemala’s foreign ministry said late Tuesday that it had …

US opens criminal probe after 51 people die in Texas truck
2 years, 5 months ago

US opens criminal probe after 51 people die in Texas truck

Al Jazeera  

Joe Biden condemns ‘horrifying and heartbreaking’ deaths as driver of truck and two Mexican men tied to the smuggling incident are taken into custody. The driver of the truck and two other people tied to the smuggling incident were taken into custody on Tuesday, US Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas told the Associated Press news agency. The surviving refugees and …

5 migrants, including child, drown in 2 Mexico accidents
2 years, 7 months ago

5 migrants, including child, drown in 2 Mexico accidents

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Three Honduran migrants drowned off Mexico’s Gulf coast and four were still missing, the governor of the coastal state of Veracruz said Monday. In another incident, immigration officials said a migrant father and his 7-year-old son were found dead in the Suchiate River, which marks the border between Mexico and Guatemala. Migrants frequently wade, swim or take …

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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Two Canadian tourists shot dead at Mexican resort
2 years, 11 months ago

Two Canadian tourists shot dead at Mexican resort

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  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A cargo truck jammed with …

Dozens of Central American migrants killed in Mexico crash
3 years ago

Dozens of Central American migrants killed in Mexico crash

Al Jazeera  

Truck crash in southern Mexican state of Chiapas one of the worst road accidents to hit the country in recent years. At least 54 people, most of them migrants and refugees from Central America, have died after the truck they were travelling in crashed in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, officials said, in one of the worst road accidents …

At least 53 migrants killed in tractor-trailer crash in southern Mexico
3 years ago

At least 53 migrants killed in tractor-trailer crash in southern Mexico

LA Times  

Bodies of migrants who died in a tractor-trailer accident lying on the pavement in Tuxtla Gutierrez, state of Chiapas, Mexico, on Thursday. At least 53 people were killed after a tractor-trailer overturned in southern Mexico on Thursday, one of the worst tragedies in recent memory to befall migrants trying to reach the United States. “I deeply regret the tragedy caused …

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