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Emergency medical services and security are responding to the situation, the governor added. The American citizens crossed into Matamoros, in the northeastern ...

The bodies of the two deceased Americans will be transferred to the U.S. The State Department is "in the process" of repatriating the two deceased victims, spokesperson Ned Price said Tuesday afternoon. The surviving victims were transported to the Port of Entry in Brownsville, where they are receiving medical care at a local hospital, the FBI said in a statement Tuesday. The two survivors were found Tuesday morning in a wooden house in the Lagunona area, outside of Matamoros, Mexican officials said at a news conference. officials are in touch with the families. He underwent surgery in Texas for the wounds, she said. Price said, "We thank our Mexican and U.S. citizens into another vehicle and fled," the embassy said. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement Tuesday that the Department of Justice will do "everything in our power" to hold those responsible for the attack to account. "Shortly after crossing into Mexico, unidentified gunmen fired upon the passengers in the vehicle," the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City said. One of the deceased was also found inside the house, and the second was found outside it, a source close to the investigation told ABC News.

Latavia “Tay” McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown and Eric James Williams were abducted at gunpoint last week by unidentified assailants in Matamoros.

[The search for the disappeared points to Mexico’s darkest secrets](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/mexico-losing-control/mexico-disappeared-drug-war/?itid=lb_losing-control-how-criminal-groups-are-transforming-mexico_1) [The sniper rifles flowing to Mexican cartels show a decade of U.S. It’s one of six Mexican states to which the State Department advises Americans against traveling, citing the risk of crime and kidnapping. Barrios Mojica said they were found during a “joint search.” Mexican officials said the United States had provided intelligence. The following year, gunmen took at least 193 people off buses, bludgeoned them to death and dumped their bodies in dozens of clandestine graves. They leave a trail of what appears to be blood on the ground. The two survivors were returned to the border; Mexican media showed images of what appeared to be a man and a woman receiving treatment in an ambulance. In January, Texas Monthly published a list of the city’s best taquerias. He said that Mexican authorities were “working and cooperating” with their U.S. On Tuesday, Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica said the victims were rescued in an area where the Gulf cartel operates. citizens; they want to avoid drawing the ire of the U.S. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said his government will be thorough in its investigation of the kidnapping and killings. There remained no clear explanation for why unarmed Americans who authorities said had no apparent ties to the drug trade would be targeted by organized criminals in Mexico.

Their fate is confirmed by a Mexican state governor, who says two other Americans are alive.

Matamoros is in Tamaulipas state, one of six Mexican states that the US state department advises travellers not to visit because of "crime and kidnapping". Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said: "We are very sorry that this happened in our country and we send our condolences to the families of the victims, friends, and the United States government, and we will continue doing our work to guarantee peace and tranquillity." The FBI later confirmed that two Americans were found dead and that the other two have been brought to American hospitals for treatment. Two of the four Americans kidnapped at gunpoint in Mexico last week are dead and two are alive and now back in the US, Mexican and US officials say. The two surviving victims were delivered to the US on Tuesday in co-operation with the US consulate in Matamoros, Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica Four US citizens were kidnapped by armed men on 3 March while driving into the city of Matamoros in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, across the border from Texas.

The governor of the state of Tamaulipas, where the four Americans were kidnapped at gunpoint on Friday, said only two were found alive.

He's a rapper, a songwriter and a poet," Williams said. "This is like a bad dream you wish you could wake up from," she said. The FBI said the gunmen moved all four into another vehicle and fled the scene. But after just two hours in the city, they got caught up in deadly gunfire. She was crying because her brother got killed and she watched him die. He added: "We thank our Mexican and U.S. "To see a member of your family thrown in the back of a truck and dragged, it is just unbelievable." "We're providing all appropriate assistance to them and their families. The department didn't name them, but the mother of LaTavia Washington McGee At least citizens are unacceptable no matter where or under what circumstances they occur," he added. "And we're going to work closely with the Mexican government to ensure that justice is done in this case."

Two killed, third person injured and fourth unharmed after quartet traveling for cosmetic surgery were seized in Tamaulipas.

[later told the Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/mexico-americans-kidnapped-gulf-drug-cartel-2700637729e8f3a5065005231aa8d4d3) that her younger brother, Zindell Brown, had gone to accompany a friend across the border who was planning on undergoing a tummy tuck procedure. In 2021 alone, more than 35,000 people were killed across the country, [government figures show](https://www.forbes.com.mx/mexico-tuvo-mas-de-1-1-millones-de-muertes-en-2021-estos-fueron-las-principales-causas/). At least two of the young men were shot in the back of the head while lying facedown on the pavement, according to witnesses, the organization said. In Washington, White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre described the attack as “unacceptable”. A subsequent autopsy found that his skull had dozens of fractures. There were more than 380 “malicious homicides” in the state last year, Two more people can be seen being dragged across the street and thrown into the truck. [according to a local human rights group](https://twitter.com/CentroProdh/status/1630226217998643205/photo/1). The two survivors [according to authorities](https://www.fgjtam.gob.mx/comunicado-conjunto-2/). [shared on social media](https://twitter.com/All_Source_News/status/1632763177736830985) showed the gunmen, some wearing what look like bulletproof vests, escorting one of the hostages over to a white pickup truck. The governor also said that a woman who was unhurt and a man who had been injured had been handed over to US authorities in Texas earlier in the day.

Dos de los cuatro estadounidenses secuestrados en México cuando su camioneta quedó atrapada en medio un tiroteo fueron encontrados muertos, ...

Además, las autoridades estadounidenses están trabajando para saber más detalles sobre las circunstancias que rodearon los asesinatos, indicó el portavoz del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional de la Casa Blanca, John Kirby. Un video difundido en las redes sociales mostró cómo hombres armados los cargaban en la parte trasera de una camioneta. Pero además hay muchas células de cada uno de estos grupos que luchan entre sí. Es una zona conocida por las numerosas fosas clandestinas encontradas y que eran el lugar donde los grupos criminales desaparecían a sus víctimas. Barrios descartó, además, que funcionarios de las agencias estadounidenses hayan actuado en territorio mexicano en este caso. Los supervivientes fueron trasladados al Valley Regional Medical Center con escolta del FBI, informó el Brownsville Herald.

Dos ciudadanos estadounidenses desaparecidos desde su violento secuestro la semana pasada en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros, en el norte de México, fueron ...

Los ciudadanos estadounidenses fueron encontrados en una zona rural al este de Matamoros llamada Ejido Longoreño, camino a la playa local conocida como Playa Bagdad, según un funcionario estatal que pidió el anonimato porque no estaba autorizado a hablar sobre el caso. Un video mostró que hombres armados los cargaban en la parte trasera de una camioneta. El FBI había informado el domingo que estaba buscando con las autoridades mexicanas a los estadounidenses desaparecidos, quienes fueron secuestrados el viernes.

(CNN) –El gobernador de Tamaulipas, Américo Villarreal, confirmó este martes que dos de los cuatro estadounidenses secuestrados en México fueron ...

A continuación, los tres hombres parecen arrastrar al menos a dos personas hasta la plataforma del camión, según muestra el vídeo. Un video también obtenido por CNN muestra a una mujer y a otras personas no identificadas siendo subidas bruscamente a una camioneta blanca. No está claro si las cuatro personas que aparecen en las imágenes son los ciudadanos estadounidenses. México se ha convertido en un destino popular para el “turismo médico”, atrayendo a viajeros que pueden estar buscando alternativas más baratas o tratamientos médicos que no están aprobados o no están disponibles en EE.UU. Este domingo, Burgess dijo que fue informada por el FBI de que su hija había sido secuestrada y estaba en peligro. La información también fue confirmada por el fiscal general de Tamaulipas, Irving Barrios, quien añadió en Twitter: “Derivado de las acciones conjuntas de búsqueda, fueron encontrados los cuatro ciudadanos estadounidenses privados de su libertad el pasado viernes.

Two of the four Americans kidnapped by armed gunmen in a Mexico border city on Friday were found dead and two were found alive, Tamaulipas Gov.

“When I reached out to the doctor’s office they told me that Latavia had reached out to them to ask them for directions because she was lost,” the friend said. Cheryl Orange called police from a Motel 6 in Brownsville Saturday to report that the group had not been heard from since driving toward Matamoros in a rented minivan on Friday morning. The photos also show a woman looking at and then sitting next to three people lying on the ground outside a white minivan. The group of missing Americans grew up together in South Carolina and were bonded “like glue,” Brown’s sister Zalandria Brown told CNN. The US State Department has issued a “Level 4: Do Not Travel” advisory for US citizens thinking of going to Tamaulipas, citing crime and kidnapping. But this time, Burgess was informed by the FBI on Sunday that her daughter had been kidnapped and was in danger. Mexico Secretary of Security Rosa Icela Rodríguez said that authorities in Mexico have been in constant communication with the US ambassador and other US officials since Sunday. Washington McGee’s close friend told CNN the trip was for a cosmetic surgery. They reached out to the doctor’s office for directions on Friday but were struggling to communicate with the office because they had a poor cellphone signal. The woman was hit by a stray bullet almost a block and a half from where the Americans were taken, Tamaulipas Gov. The US citizens have no concerning criminal history that has been identified by investigators, the official said. Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown were found dead, a US official familiar with the ongoing investigation told CNN.

The 4 U.S. citizens were abducted last week shortly after crossing the border into Mexico.

“We will do everything in our power to identify, find, and hold accountable the individuals responsible for this attack on American citizens.” She declined to provide names of those abducted. The four U.S. law enforcement partners for their efforts to find these innocent victims, and the task forward is to ensure that justice is done.” “Two U.S. citizens killed in the same incident were also recovered,” department spokesperson Ned Price said during a news conference.

El fiscal general de Estados Unidos, Merrick Garland, confirmó este martes que su oficina trabaja junto a las autoridades mexicanas para investigar la ...

de trabajar con México para que los responsables rindan cuentas antes la Justicia. Los cuatro estadounidenses, que viajaban en un vehículo, fueron atacados poco después de cruzar a México y fueron montados a la fuerza en una camioneta tipo pick-up por hombres armados, informó el FBI de San Antonio. Las palabras de Garland se producen poco después de que México anunciara el hallazgo de los cuatro estadounidenses secuestrados el pasado viernes en la ciudad de Matamoros, dos de ellos fallecidos y otro herido.

One of the four Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico last week was traveling for medical tourism, a friend said. A growing number of US residents are ...

There are a lot of infections and a lot of botched procedures gone wrong, and patients have to come back to the United States and then have a revision of the surgery,” he said. “It may be that the quality of care is not up to the standards that you would like. [Sign up here to get The Results Are In with Dr. The region has some of the nation’s highest rates of comorbidities, including obesity and diabetes, and one of the lowest physician-to-patient ratios. “The quality of care may be an unknown,” she said. And your health care providers should take into consideration the impact of traveling if you have orthopedic injuries or issues,” Ziemba said. So they explore their options outside the United States to see what’s available,” said Elizabeth Ziemba, president of Medical Tourism Training, which provides training and accreditation to international health travel organizations. A growing number of US residents are traveling internationally to seek more affordable medical care, more timely care or access to certain treatments or procedures that are unapproved or unavailable in the United States. Violence against medical tourists is generally thought to be rare, but the [US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/medical-tourism) warns about other risks such as quality of care, infection control and communication challenges with medical staff. We know that the US health care system is incredibly expensive,” she added. “Whether it’s primary care provider visits or dental procedures or something more significant, like elective or weight loss surgery, there’s no doubt that people are doing that because of low cost and easier access.” Washington McGee and Williams were found alive, and Woodard and Brown were found dead, a US official familiar with the investigation told CNN.

Migrants wait in line outside at the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance in Mexico City, Mexico, on January 24, 2023. Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu Agency via ...

The group’s takeover preceded a deepening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, worsening issues that had long plagued the country and creating difficult conditions for those who remained. And the longer the journey, the more vulnerable situations they will likely face,” Resendiz said. According to US federal court documents, 410 Afghan adults were processed in January 2023 – a more than 1200 percent increase compared to May 2022, when US immigration authorities encountered just 31 Afghans. Tens of thousands of Afghans were evacuated to the US when the Taliban returned to power in 2021. US data from the time period identified by Lucero does show an increase in the number of Afghans crossing the US southern border and being processed by immigration officials. Enrique Lucero, the migrant services head of the northern Mexican town of Tijuana, on the Mexico-US border, says he started seeing an increase in the number of Afghans in his city last April.

According to the Mexican Council for the Medical Tourism Industry, nearly one million Americans travel to Mexico for medical care each year. For many border ...

While some border towns have become especially hostile for immigrants and asylum seekers trying to enter the US, violence against Americans in these regions is still rare. You can get your teeth cleaned or an implant for a fraction of the cost of what you get in the US." "It's economics," said Néstor Rodriguez, an immigration studies expert and professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. Border towns like Matamoros are among the most dangerous in Mexico. Other Mexico border states also have travel warnings. Two have been confirmed dead, and two survived the ordeal.

Separately, Zalandria Brown, of Florence, South Carolina, told The Associated Press her younger brother, Zindell Brown, was one of the four kidnapping victims ...

A full facelift in the U.S. In Mexico the cost is about half, at $5,150. "I have a consult today who had a tummy tuck in Mexico and now has a bad infection," Hermann said. [study](https://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/executive_briefings/chambers_health-related_travel_final.pdf) from the U.S. Americans should be cautious about traveling for surgery — even within the U.S. And even those who have dental insurance find that it doesn't cover much, often failing to pay for expensive work such as implants or crowns. Still, the kidnapping in Mexico highlights broader questions about the risks of traveling for surgery, said Dr. Elective surgeries are increasingly fueling medical tourism because the prices outside the U.S. [said](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kidnapped-americans-mexico-found-update-mexican-officials/) Monday that the Americans had crossed the border to buy medicine and ended up caught in the crossfire between two armed groups. Attacks "almost never happens to a medical traveler," Woodman said. The pandemic temporarily put a halt to medical tourism when borders were closed, but it has since rebounded, he added. to seek care is extremely rare, said Josef Woodman, CEO of Patients Beyond Borders, a medical tourism group.

Sus nombres son Latavia "Tay" McGee, su primo Shaeed Woodard, Eric James Williams y Zindell Brown. Los cuatro eran oriundos de Lake City.

Tamaulipas es uno de los seis estados mexicanos que el Departamento de Estado de EE. aconseja no visitar por el riesgo de "delitos y secuestro". Un funcionario de EE.UU. El FBI había ofrecido una recompensa de US$50.000 por información que condujera a la liberación de las víctimas y el arresto de los atacantes. El viernes, antes del ataque, la llamó para decirle que estaba a punto de acudir a su cita para la operación de abdominoplastia. Ya en la ciudad, el grupo se perdió y tuvo dificultades para comunicarse por teléfono con la clínica debido a la mala señal de la red móvil, según indicó a la cadena estadounidense CNN una persona cercana a McGee que habló con representantes del consultorio al inicio de la desaparición.

Los estadounidenses supervivientes estaban por la tarde de regreso a su país tras ser conducidos a toda velocidad a la frontera cerca de Brownsville, ...

Pero además hay muchas células de cada uno de estos grupos que luchan entre sí. Es una zona conocida por las numerosas fosas clandestinas encontradas y que eran el lugar donde los grupos criminales desaparecían a sus víctimas. Los supervivientes fueron trasladados al Valley Regional Medical Center con escolta del FBI, informó el Brownsville Herald. Barrios descartó, además, que funcionarios de las agencias estadounidenses hayan actuado en territorio mexicano en este caso. Un portavoz del hospital remitió todas las preguntas al FBI. Los estadounidenses supervivientes estaban por la tarde de regreso a su país tras ser conducidos a toda velocidad a la frontera cerca de Brownsville, el extremo sur de Texas, en un convoy de ambulancias y camionetas escoltado por vehículos militares mexicanos artillados.

Las autoridades de México y EE. UU. buscaban a las cuatro personas, que fueron secuestradas la semana pasada tras cruzar la frontera en busca de atención ...

El secuestro del viernes ha hecho que las autoridades de Washington se pregunten si los ciudadanos estadounidenses se vieron envueltos involuntariamente en la violencia criminal o si fueron atacados a propósito Jack Nicas es el jefe de la corresponsalía en Brasil, que abarca Brasil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay. murió el 26 de febrero a manos del ejército mexicano en el mismo estado, Tamaulipas, cuando regresaba en auto de una discoteca con sus amigos Los cuatro estadounidenses llegaron el viernes a la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros, México, procedentes de Brownsville, Texas, en una minivan blanca con matrícula de Carolina del Norte cuando unos hombres armados empezaron a disparar contra su vehículo, según informó el FBI. Al menos uno de los hombres, que actuaban a la vista del tráfico cercano, llevaba un chaleco protector. buscaban a las cuatro personas, que fueron secuestradas la semana pasada tras cruzar la frontera en busca de atención médica.

Gunfire Americans encountered in a Mexican town that killed two is nearly impossible to prevent and signifies the perils of the southern border, ...

citizens to various places, including a clinic, “to create confusion and to interrupt the rescue work.” The U.S. Two of the U.S. “If it gets to the point where the FBI needs to get involved, you’ve already lost. “If you’re dealing with hotheads, and it may not have anything to do with money … “When the FBI gets involved, it means that someone has reported it to the FBI — it’s gone messy.” This does not appear to have been a kidnap for ransom, and there are a lot of unanswered questions.” “It looks like it was potentially a random act of violence. “The big takeout is the border is wide open, and drug cartels are operating and controlling the border,” said former FBI special agent Peter Yachmetz, who was a certified hostage negotiator. The group was said to have been in the country for a cosmetic procedure. [group of U.S. citizens drove](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fbi-offers-50k-reward-safe-return-4-us-citizens-kidnapped-gunpoint-mex-rcna73520) a minivan with North Carolina plates [ into Matamoros, Tamaulipas](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/fbi-offers-50k-reward-safe-return-4-us-citizens-kidnapped-gunpoint-mex-rcna73520), on Friday.

El viernes 3 de marzo, cuatro ciudadanos estadounidenses fueron asaltados y secuestrados por hombres armados en Matamoros. Esto sabemos del caso.

para México, "debido a la delincuencia y los secuestros". La mujer luego parece haber sido cargada a la cama de una camioneta blanca, muestran las fotos. Todas las puertas de la furgoneta estaban abiertas. (hora local) en las instalaciones de la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública para dar toda la información. con conocimiento de la investigación. "Hoy aproximadamente hace una hora nos notificaron que había indicios de haber visto a los cuatro ciudadanos norteamericanos. En ese sentido, el portavoz del Departamento de Estado, Ned Price, dijo este lunes que la agencia "sigue de cerca" el caso de los cuatro estadounidenses secuestrados en México. Fotos obtenidas por CNN muestran que el auto que se cree que conducían los estadounidenses chocó con otro vehículo antes de que se los llevaran del lugar a punta de pistola. Investigadores del caso ahora creen que algún cartel en México probablemente confundió a los estadounidenses secuestrados con traficantes de drogas haitianos, dijo a CNN un funcionario estadounidense cercano a la investigación. En este punto preliminar de la investigación, no se cree que los ciudadanos estadounidenses estuvieran en México con fines delictivos, indicó la fuente. También en la conferencia presidencial de este martes, la secretaria de Seguridad Pública de México, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, confirmó que ya había una persona detenida en relación con el ataque y secuestro de los cuatro ciudadanos estadounidenses. En una llamada telefónica con López Obrador en la conferencia, el gobernador de Tamaulipas, Américo Villarreal Anaya, confirmó que los cuatro ciudadanos estadounidenses fueron encontrados, dos de ellos sin vida.

Un viaje por carretera a México para someterse a una operación de cirugía estética acaba con dos estadounidenses muertos y otros dos encontrados vivos en ...

Además, las autoridades estadounidenses están trabajando para saber más detalles sobre las circunstancias que rodearon los asesinatos, indicó el portavoz del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional de la Casa Blanca, John Kirby. Un video difundido en las redes sociales mostró cómo hombres armados los cargaban en la parte trasera de una camioneta. Pero además hay muchas células de cada uno de estos grupos que luchan entre sí. Es una zona conocida por las numerosas fosas clandestinas encontradas y que eran el lugar donde los grupos criminales desaparecían a sus víctimas. Barrios descartó, además, que funcionarios de las agencias estadounidenses hayan actuado en territorio mexicano en este caso. Los supervivientes fueron trasladados al Valley Regional Medical Center con escolta del FBI, informó el Brownsville Herald.

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel ...

The Mexican president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, says a suspect has been arrested over the kidnapping of four Americans — two of whom were found dead on ...

And a lot of them are in this type of situation - civilians getting caught in the crossfire. And this is unfortunately not the experience of ordinary Mexicans. PERALTA: The families spoke to the Associated Press, and they say that one of the Americans who was traveling with friends was in Mexico to get a tummy tuck. And I think it's worth noting that this kind of all-hands-on-deck action to find the victims of kidnappings or gun violence, the kind of action that we've seen mobilized for these Americans is extraordinary. Here in Mexico City, one of the big traffic circles is called the Traffic Circle of the Disappeared. But today the attorney general of the state of Tamaulipas, Irving Barrios Mojica, said that for now it appears that the Americans were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. And this morning, police found them in a wooden shed - in a wooden house outside the city. And there have been a lot of speculation that they were mistaken for being Haitian migrants or that they were FBI agents. A Mexican woman was also hit in the crossfire that day and died. And that's the video that we've seen on social media. And what we know is that this group of four Americans drove across the border from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Mexico, at 9:18 a.m. The group was caught in a gun battle shortly after crossing the border and subsequently kidnapped.

The wife of one of two survivors of a deadly Mexico shooting and kidnapping says she's glad her husband is alive but she's heartbroken for the other ...

“He’s somebody who has a zest for life. “He’s a fun-loving guy,” Robert Williams said. McGee’s cousin, Aliyah McCleod, said they were going to Mexico so one of them could get a medical procedure. At first, I thought it was like a scam.” A 24-year-old man from Tamaulipas “was found guarding the victims” and arrested, he said. “They’re childhood friends.”

BOSTON - After four Americans were violently kidnapped, and two them were brutally murdered in Matamoros, Mexico, some travelers are wondering if the ...

"The same common sense you would practice if you were going in Downtown Boston after 10 o'clock at night. According to the State Department, spring breakers headed for Cabo, Cancun and Tulum are warned to exercise 'increased caution' due to crime and kidnapping. The border city is just 20 minutes from Brownsville, Texas.

El gobernador de Tamaulipas, Américo Villarreal, informó este martes que hallaron los cuatro estadounidenses secuestrados en México: dos murieron, ...

no participaron en la búsqueda de los estadounidenses desaparecidos en México, dijo el gobernador de Tamaulipas, Américo Villarreal, en una conferencia de prensa este martes. En ese momento, se activaron los "protocolos" y las autoridades de México comenzaron las comunicaciones con Estados Unidos cuando notaron que el lugar de licencia de la minivan era de ese país. no participaron en la búsqueda de los estadounidenses en México Fueron “colocados en un vehículo y sacados de la escena por hombres armados” en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros este viernes, según el FBI. Las autoridades afirman que dos de las víctimas fueron halladas muertas, y los sobrevivientes ––uno de ellos gravemente herido–– se encontraron en lo que parece ser una clínica médica en la ciudad fronteriza de Matamoros, según informaron funcionarios estadounidenses a CNN. Y la amplia penalización del aborto en todo el sur de Estados Unidos también ha impulsado a las mujeres a México en busca de Ese privilegio no se comparte con los millones de personas que no tienen pasaporte estadounidense en México y en otros países igualmente peligrosos de Centroamérica. [cuatro estadounidenses que fueron secuestrados en Tamaulipas](https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2023/03/07/noticias-estadounidenses-secuestrados-muertos-matamoros-mexico-en-vivo-orix/) el 3 de marzo: dos de ellos fueron hallados sin vida, uno herido y una mujer se encuentra en buenas condiciones. en México, Ken Salazar, mientras se desarrollaba la investigación y la búsqueda de los estadounidenses secuestrados. Williams le dijo que le habían disparado dos veces en una pierna y una en la otra. En su conferencia de prensa, el presidente López Obrador también dijo que estaba lanzando una campaña para informar a los mexicanos en EE.UU. critican a las autoridades de México por no enfrentar adecuadamente los delitos violentos y dan señales de sus planes para presentar una legislación que permita que el Ejército de EE.

Retracing the steps of a violent kidnapping after 2 Americans found dead in Mexico · Latavia Washington McGee, South Carolina. · Shaeed Woodard, a cousin of ...

law enforcement agencies](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/06/1161380767/americans-kidnapped-mexico-matamoros) are working with the Mexican authorities to find the Americans, says Ken Salazar, the U.S. [died at the scene of the abduction](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/world/americas/americans-kidnapped-mexico.html), a Mexican official said. The Americans were [found in Tecolote](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/07/mexico-americans-kidnap-matamoros-medical/), a village about 15 miles from Matamoros. The other two Americans are alive, and one of them is injured, said Tamaulipas Gov. in a convoy of Mexican ambulances and SUVs. They were escorted by Mexican military Humvees, armored vehicles, state police and National Guard in trucks with mounted .50-caliber machine guns, said Tamaulipas state Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica. The other American is reportedly unharmed. [gunmen opened fire](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/07/mexico-americans-kidnap-matamoros-medical/) on one woman and three men in a white minivan shortly after they drove into the Mexican border town of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday. CNN and others reported the Americans The pickup drives away. The survivors have A white pickup stops nearby, armed men emerge and force the Americans into the bed of the truck.

Two of the four U.S. citizens who went missing after a violent kidnapping in Mexico last week have been found dead and two are alive, Mexican and U.S. ...

"All four Americans were placed in a vehicle and taken from the scene by armed men," the office said. "Our thoughts are with the families of these individuals and we stand ready to provide all appropriate consular assistance." López Obrador said Monday that the four Americans had crossed the border to purchase medicine and found themselves caught in crossfire between two groups of armed individuals. agencies were coordinating with their counterparts in Mexico to recover the missing people. He also lamented American media coverage of the kidnapping and accused U.S. Whether the bodies of the deceased individuals were transported along with them wasn't immediately known. All four people had driven from Brownsville, Texas, to Mexico on Friday in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates. "The investigation is in its earliest days," Price told reporters. Officials were still "in the process of working to repatriate the remains" of the two victims who were killed, Price said. Both survivors had been returned to the U.S. Earlier, CBS News learned the other two Americans were identified as Zindell Brown and Shaeed Woodard. Américo Villarreal said one of the surviving U.S.

One of them has gunshot wounds and two of their friends were killed by gangs at a Mexico border town.

A video of the kidnapping shows the four Americans being loaded into a pickup truck by heavily armed men. One is manhandled on to the vehicle while others appear to be unconscious and are dragged to the truck. Ms Williams said her husband Eric Williams was emotional as he spoke to her on the phone as he had considered Brown and Woodard to be like his "brothers".

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 ...

Essentially, what they said is that the Americans were in the wrong place at the wrong time. It's also worth noting that it's coming at a time when we're hearing suggestions from Republicans in Congress that the U.S. In five days, they were able to find the victims, and that simply doesn't happen when Mexicans go missing or when they're killed. But they also reiterated that they believe that these four Americans were not targeted, but they were just caught in crossfire of warring drug cartels. Local media are reporting that the two survivors are at a hospital in Brownsville, Texas. Kidnappers hauled the four into a truck.

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities are searching for armed men who kidnapped four Americans, after two of them were found dead and two survivors returned ...

[The search for the disappeared points to Mexico’s darkest secrets](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/mexico-losing-control/mexico-disappeared-drug-war/?itid=lb_losing-control-how-criminal-groups-are-transforming-mexico_1) [The sniper rifles flowing to Mexican cartels show a decade of U.S. Matamoros, home to 580,000 people, is the second-largest city in Tamaulipas, across the Rio Grande from Texas. citizens alone to avoid running afoul of the U.S. The governor of Tamaulipas state said their abductors had moved them among at least three locations. Video and photos verified by The Washington Post show men in black with protective vests and rifles Two of the victims were found dead Tuesday; the two survivors were returned to Brownsville, Tex., where they were receiving medical care.

A retired FBI special agent is warning travelers to do their homework before heading to Mexico after four Americans were kidnaped, with two of them being ...

Kolko encourages anyone traveling to Mexico to enroll in the U.S. Embassy closest to you knows where you are in case of an emergency. It'll update you on safety conditions in the area and also help family and friends reach you in case of an emergency. "Not all countries have the same medical standards that we have here in the U.S. Go to the tourist areas. If you do plan on leaving the U-S for medical care, Dr. You open yourself up to different risks such as different infection rates, different medications available," Dr. "Do not drive across the border if you want to go to Mexico. That's where you're going to be the safest. Certainly go to Mexico, but be careful. State Department, popular destinations like Cabo and Cancun are currently under level 2 travel advisories which means travelers should exercise increased caution. [travelers](https://www.fox13news.com/tag/travel-news) to do their homework before heading to Mexico after [four Americans were kidnaped, with two of them being killed, and the other two being rescued,](https://www.fox13news.com/news/4-americans-kidnapped-mexico-health-care-officials) according to U.S.

Two Americans have returned to the US from Mexico and are being treated at a hospital after an armed kidnapping left two of their friends dead and spurred a ...

They came across a video that McFadden described as showing the kidnapping, and recognized her clothing, she said. People had “been calling all of their phones and it’s just going to voicemail,” said Washington McGee’s friend, who did not want to be named. This was not the first time Washington McGee had traveled to Mexico for a procedure, her mother said. She made the comments to CNN affiliate WPDE. The Americans were finally found at a house outside Matamoros on Tuesday morning, the attorney general said. Their car was intercepted by unidentified gunmen who fired upon the Americans, loaded them into a vehicle and took them from the scene, according to the FBI. Williams had been shot in the legs three times and was brought to a hospital in Texas to undergo surgery, his wife, Michele Williams, told CNN. The video shows the woman being pulled or pushed onto the bed of the truck by two unidentified people as a third visibly armed man watches before the men appear to drag at least two limp people onto the truck bed. A Mexican official said Tuesday that the gunmen were driving a pickup truck. It is among more than two dozen other states under some level of the State Department’s travel advisory, all of which cite crime as a reason for precautions. Victims Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown were found dead at the scene, a US official familiar with the ongoing investigation told CNN. [The four Americans](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/06/americas/fbi-mexico-kidnapping-us-citizens/index.html) were found in a “wooden house” in or near the Mexican border city of Matamoros, where they were kidnapped on Friday, Tamaulipas Governor Américo Villarreal announced Tuesday.

Here's what experts say about the risks and promises of traveling abroad for cost-efficient care.

And any procedure carries the risk of complications, and in another country, a patient may need to stay longer than expected for follow-up care or to recover, Dr. Andrea Miller, a clinical pharmacist in Arizona who led the study, was struck by just how widespread advertising, and infrastructure, for medical services was in a Mexican border town. The most common destinations tend to be in Mexican states along the border, like Tamaulipas and Nuevo León, or those with popular beach towns, like Baja California Sur and Quintana Roo, according to Denise Rodriguez, who is studying for a Ph.D. Patients embarking on medical tourism seek out care on their own and pay out of pocket, Dr. That includes not just the doctor performing surgery, for example, but also the person administering anesthesia or interpreting X-rays. The C.D.C. After a drop in medical tourism during the pandemic, Mr. Josef Woodman, the chief executive of Patients Beyond Borders, which serves as an international health care travel consulting agency and patient guide for people seeking care abroad, estimates that about 1.2 million Americans per year travel to Mexico for medical procedures. Many people cross the border for pharmaceuticals at greatly decreased prices from what you pay in the U.S. [kidnapped in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/world/americas/americans-kidnapped-mexico.html), after crossing the border from Texas. A sister of one of the victims said they had gone to Mexico so one of them could get an abdominoplasty, better known as a tummy tuck. The National Exterior Commerce Bank in Mexico estimated that the industry was worth $5 billion before it declined during the coronavirus pandemic.

Before the pandemic halted travel, some 1.2 million American citizens visited Mexico for health care. The number is rising quickly again, ...

Cosmetic surgeries are just one of the procedures that are far cheaper in Mexico — for years, people have been visiting from the U.S. [Joint Commission](https://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/) accreditation standards, which are used to accredit U.S. But the group's vehicle came under fire hours after entering the border city of Matamoros, Mexico, from Brownsville, Texas. Their most common yearly income range was reported to be between $25,001 and $50,000 — but that reflects less than a quarter of the respondents. People had come from 29 states across the U.S. It's a particular draw, he added, for people in the Northeast and Southeast. At least one of the U.S. Costa Rica is the second-most popular destination for U.S. [do-not-travel advisory](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/mexico-travel-advisory.html) from the U.S. [promote medical tourism](https://directorsblog.health.azdhs.gov/baja-health-tourism/) to draw patients across the U.S. Medical tourism in Mexico isn't new, but the recent tragedy put it in the Spotlight Medical tourism in Mexico isn't new, but the recent tragedy put it in the spotlight

Four Americans were kidnapped by armed men last week soon after crossing into the Mexican border city of Matamoros. Two of them were killed and two survived ...

And the thousands and thousands of kidnapped Mexicans?" "Mexican institutions have a limited set of capabilities. The armed gang will have understood immediately that the full force of a joint operation by US and Mexican federal law enforcement was going to be turned in their direction. However, the attorney general's office in the state of Tamaulipas said the theory that this was a case of mistaken identity was "strengthening". Most kidnappings are carried out with complete impunity, particularly in the case of undocumented immigrants travelling north to the US. For any Mexican cartel - or even a common criminal gang operating along the border - that will have spelt trouble.

Mexican authorities have found four American kidnapping victims. Two are alive. Two are dead. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Americans were friends who crossed the ...

Essentially, what they said is that the Americans were in the wrong place at the wrong time. It's also worth noting that it's coming at a time when we're hearing suggestions from Republicans in Congress that the U.S. In five days, they were able to find the victims, and that simply doesn't happen when Mexicans go missing or when they're killed. But they also reiterated that they believe that these four Americans were not targeted, but they were just caught in crossfire of warring drug cartels. Local media are reporting that the two survivors are at a hospital in Brownsville, Texas. Kidnappers hauled the four into a truck.

When four Americans were kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros, authorities rescued the survivors after three days.

The Mexican government claims that its “hugs not bullets” strategy — anti-poverty programs intended to reduce the number of recruits for drug gangs — has been working. But things are clearly not as bad as the dark days of 2010 and 2011 in Tamaulipas, when drug cartels massacred 72 migrants or dragged passengers off passing buses and killed hundreds who refused to fight each other to the death with sledge hammers. It is unclear exactly what faction of the Gulf cartel may have abducted the Americans in Matamoros last week. About two dozen suspects, most from the Juarez cartel, have been arrested in connection with Things are so bad that authorities aren’t even able to identify tens of thousands of bodies that have been found. By contrast, more than 112,000 Mexicans remain missing nationwide — about a tenth of them in Tamaulipas — in many cases years or decades after they disappeared.