Posted on 03/07/2023 1:24:13 PM PST by Red Badger
ZINDELL BROWN, LATAVIA MCGEE, SHAEED WOODARD, ERIC JAMES WILLIAMS
Mexican authorities announced on Tuesday that two U.S. citizens who were abducted last week in Matamoros have been found dead, while two others have been discovered alive. One of the surviving individuals was injured, while the other was unharmed, according to Tamaulipas Governor Américo Villarreal.
The deceased were identified as Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown. The two who survived are Latavia Washington McGee and Eric Williams.
The FBI had been working alongside Mexican authorities in the search for the missing Americans, who were abducted on Friday.
A family member of one of the victims revealed on Monday that they had traveled together from South Carolina so that one of them could undergo a tummy tuck surgery with a Matamoros-based doctor.
As they entered Mexico, they were caught in the crossfire between rival cartel groups, and a video later surfaced showing them being forced into the back of a pickup truck by armed gunmen.
VIDEO AT LINK..................
Mexican officials have confirmed that a Mexican woman was also killed in the shooting.
“We want to see accountability for the violence that has been inflicted on these Americans that tragically led to the death of two of them,” said US State Department spokesperson Ned Price. “When it comes to the drug cartels, we’re going to do what is most effective to limit their ability to traffic in their wares. This is something that our colleagues at the DEA are extremely focused on. We have laws on the books, we have designated these criminal organizations, these drug trafficking organizations, consistent with the authorities that we as a government have.”
Cartels doing the job, amerikan thugs won’t do.
American Tourists?
Is Matamoros a Tourist town....something smells rotten!
I don’t believe the “tummy tuck” story, she was probably going to have her butt made bigger.
“We want to see accountability for the violence that has been inflicted on these Americans that tragically led to the death of two of them,” said US State Department spokesperson Ned Price. “When it comes to the drug cartels, we’re going to do what is most effective to limit their ability to traffic in their wares. This is something that our colleagues at the DEA are extremely focused on. We have laws on the books, we have designated these criminal organizations, these drug trafficking organizations, consistent with the authorities that we as a government have.”
I WONDER HOW MANY AMERICANS REALIZE THAT THIS IS ALL TALK NO ACTION EXCEPT TO ENCOURAGE CARTEL GROWTH WITH A WIDE OPEN BORDER?
This is just so sad and I feel for the families. I can’t imagine being the mother of the two who died. Prayers for the loved ones.
It’s a tragedy for sure but why did NBC Nightly News and also CBS I think make it their lead story?
Do “victims” have police records like drug selling, etc?
I read in another article that the Mexican gang assumed the Americans were Haitian drug smugglers.
What jokes?.......................
“If it bleeds it leads.” - Old News axiom......................
““If it bleeds it leads.” - Old News axiom.....”
Somewhere this morning or yesterday, maybe an article or maybe a post, someone mentioned that the tourist ambush illustrates the nastiness of our border situation.
I don’t see a problem...
Where’s BLM???
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I think Al Sharpton should travel to Mexico and hold a public rally demanding that the members of the drug cartel who did this be brought to justice.
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