4 U.S. Citizens Kidnapped By Gunmen In Mexico, FBI Offers Reward For Return

The FBI reported that four U.S. citizen were attacked and taken hostage in Mexico on Friday.

Four Americans crossed the U.S. Border and drove into Matamoros. It borders Texas in the south. Unidentified gunmen fired on them. “placed in a vehicle and taken from the scene by armed men,” According to San Antonio FBI.

According to FBI records, they drove a minivan white in color with North Carolina registration plates. Names of victims are not known.

A U.S. official believes they may have been mistakenly targeted told CNN.

Mexican law enforcement agents and the FBI are both investigating. FBI will pay $50,000 for information leading to the release of these kidnapped Americans.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the “whole government is working on” The situation can be rectified.

“The information we have is that they crossed the border to buy medicines in Mexico, there was a confrontation between groups and they were detained,” Obrador said.

The receipts discovered in Americans’ vehicles support the idea that the Americans were there to purchase medicine.

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The incident also resulted in the death of an innocent Mexican citizen. according to U.S. ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar.

Matamoros, home to the Gulf Cartel’s warring groups of sub-groups, has seen gang violence over many years. There were several shootings at the city’s Consulate on Friday. warned Avoidance of this area by government workers

U.S. citizens should avoid Tamaulipas (Mexico), where Tamaulipas is located. “crime and kidnapping.”

“Organized crime activity – including gun battles, murder, armed robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, forced disappearances, extortion, and sexual assault – is common along the northern border and in Ciudad Victoria,” reads State Department “Do Not Travel” advisory. “Criminal groups target public and private passenger buses, as well as private automobiles traveling through Tamaulipas, often taking passengers and demanding ransom payments.”

CNN said It obtained photos that show what appears to be an American minivan. CNN reported that it had confirmed this with a U.S. official. The images show that the minivan was seen colliding with another vehicle just before the group were kidnapped.

CNN reported that the photographs show a woman looking at three others while sitting on the ground next to a minivan white with all doors open. Three people lie in front of the truck and the photo shows that the woman seems to have been loaded on to a bed of a white pickup truck. According to the outlet, one photo shows an ambulance.

video CBS reported that a tweet posted Friday on Twitter appears to have shown the kidnapping.

A woman can be seen walking to the pickup truck, then being forced onto its bed. Unmoving person is carried by one man across the street to the pickup truck. The trail left behind was dark. The woman was accompanied by two men who put two people, both motionless, in the truck’s bed. They were equipped with rifles and wore bulletproof vests.

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