The Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout shortly after crossing the Mexican border Friday, officials said.
A Mexican Red Cross ambulance on Tuesday transports two Americans found alive after their abduction in Mexico last week.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.
Mexican army soldiers prepare a search mission on Monday for the four U.S. citizens who were kidnapped by gunmen in Matamoros, Mexico. Two of the Americans were later confirmed dead.“It’s quite a relief,” said Robert Williams, 38-year-old Eric’s brother, reached by phone Tuesday in North Carolina. “I look forward to seeing him again and actually being able to talk to him.”
The Mexican authorities’ hypothesis is “that it was confusion, not a direct attack,” the state prosecutor said.
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