Four Americans were traveling to Mexico for a medical procedure when their van was ambushed by suspected members of a Mexican cartel, with the Americans being kidnapped.
Four Americans were kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico having traveled to the country for medical treatmentlast week were confronted with gunfire shortly after crossing the border and kidnapped by members of a Mexican cartel, with two of the four U.S. citizens reportedly killed in the attack and another left wounded., into the Mexican city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, when their minivan was hit by gunfire.
Video from the scene showed a male victim being dragged across the pavement before he is loaded into the truck, while a female victim, who was able to walk, is forced into the bed of the same truck. Two more male victims, appearing possibly injured or dead, were then dragged toward the truck and loaded in the back.
Pictures from the scene showed a white minivan with bullet holes and shattered glass after the violent assault., according to Reuters, which cited Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal. Another innocent Mexican bystander was also killed during the incident, according to U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar.
One of the four Americans was identified as Zindell Brown by his older sister, Zalandria Brown. Brown said her younger brother is from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and was traveling with three close friends, one of whom was in the country to get tummy tuck surgery.
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