More than a month after four Americans were attacked and kidnapped by a drug cartel in Mexico, the two survivors say they’re still recovering from the trauma of the terrifying ordeal and the …
More than a month after four Americans wereby a drug cartel in Mexico, the two survivors say they’re still recovering from the trauma of the terrifying ordeal and the killings of their friends.
The attack came in broad daylight, with armed men ambushing the four friends not long after they crossed the US-Mexico border. Investigators believe the Americans were likely mistaken for Haitian drug smugglers, a US official familiar with the investigation previously told CNN. Washington McGee was forced into the bed of a pickup truck at gunpoint and the others were carried onto it — a momentAn innocent Mexican bystander was killed during the encounter after being hit by a stray bullet almost a block and a half from where the Americans were taken, officials said.Williams and Washington McGee told CNN Brown and Woodward were both still alive when their limp bodies were dragged onto the truck bed.“That’s where Shaeed said, ‘I love y’all, and I’m gone.
At one point, the group was taken to a house. Outside, they saw armed people in red, plastic “Diablo” masks who were “pointing the guns to our head, telling us not to look up,” Williams said. “He was like, ‘It’s okay. I’m your brother. I’m supposed to be there for you. I love you,'” Washington McGee recalled.
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