{"id":1003004,"date":"2021-11-12T11:58:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T16:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1003004"},"modified":"2021-11-12T11:58:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T16:58:51","slug":"exclusive-u-s-travelers-kidnapped-by-cartel-gunmen-in-mexico-near-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-u-s-travelers-kidnapped-by-cartel-gunmen-in-mexico-near-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Travelers Kidnapped by Cartel Gunmen in Mexico near Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-u-s-travelers-kidnapped-by-cartel-gunmen-in-mexico-near-texas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1003004&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Los-Zetas-Attack-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Mexican military forces are looking into the alleged kidnapping of two U.S. citizens and their driver by a group of cartel gunmen south of the border with Texas. The case has been kept under close guard by Mexican officials.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart Texas spoke with military figures in Tamaulipas who revealed the kidnapping took place in the early morning of November 3, along the highway that connects the border city of Nuevo Laredo with Antiguo Guerrero. The victims were chased and shot at by cartel gunmen. The attackers are believed to be members of the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The victims were identified as 41-year-old Ishnanda H. and 36-year-old Kairsten H. who were riding a Toyota Camry driven by 35-year-old Marcos Solorzano. The two U.S. citizens reside in San Antonio, Texas, and were traveling to Veracruz for meetings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the victims\u2019 statements, when they were getting close to Antiguo Guerrero, a blue SUV cut them off so they turned around and headed back to Nuevo Laredo. The victims claimed the SUV chased them until one of their tires was shot, forcing a stop.<\/p>\n<p>The victims tried to run and hide in the brush but additional gunmen arrived and found them. The gunmen beat and accusing them of being members of the Gulf Cartel. They were handcuffed and loaded into the bed of a pickup.<\/p>\n<p>According to the information the victims gave the Mexican military, Kairsten and Solorzano eventually bailed out of the vehicle. They wandered for several hours until they spotted police patrolling the highway. The officers rushed the victims to a hospital where authorities interviewed Solorzano while Kairsten was taken to intensive care. Ishnanda\u2019s location remains unknown, military sources revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The highway where the kidnapping took place is considered very dangerous due to its proximity to the Rio Grande and is commonly used by cartels for smuggling into Texas. The CDN-Los Zetas are waging a fierce turf war with the Gulf Cartel for control of the area \u2014 leading to an increase in cartel convoys on the highway.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to Mexico City and the states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo Le\u00f3n to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities.&nbsp; The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels that operate in those areas including the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas if a pseudonym were not used.&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/texas\/2015\/02\/15\/breitbart-texas-announces-cartel-chronicles-effort-begins-to-help-citizen-journalists-in-mexico\/\"><em>Breitbart Texas\u2019 Cartel Chronicles<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;are published in both English and in their original&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/texas\/2015\/02\/15\/cronicas-de-carteles-breitbart-texas-un-esfuerzo-por-ayudar-a-los-periodistas-de-ciudadanos-en-mexico\/\"><em>Spanish<\/em><\/a><em>. This article was written by \u201cFrancisco Morales\u201d from Tamaulipas.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican military forces are looking into the alleged kidnapping of two U.S. citizens and their driver by a group of cartel gunmen south of the border with Texas. 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