{"id":1869268,"date":"2023-03-06T14:41:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T19:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-american-citizens-kidnapped-in-mexico\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T14:41:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T19:41:53","slug":"four-american-citizens-kidnapped-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-american-citizens-kidnapped-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Four American citizens kidnapped in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Ffour-american-citizens-kidnapped-in-mexico%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=1869268&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--><p> <br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo taken by MARIO ARAMAS\/AFP via Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN Geraldyn Berry<br \/>11:15 AM PT \u2013 Monday, March 6, 2023<\/p>\n<p>After being attacked and kidnapped in Mexico by unknown armed men, four American citizens have gone missing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/twitter-minimal.jpg640641e022f1b.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN \u2014 Four US citizens were assaulted and kidnapped after crossing the border into northeastern Mexico on Friday, according to the FBI. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yyuummokgR\">pic.twitter.com\/yyuummokgR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paradigm.news (@readparadigm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/readparadigm\/status\/1632758913014611970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Four Americans entered Matamoros in Tamaulipas on March 3, 2015, riding in white vans with North Carolina plates. The four individuals crossed into Mexico in a white minivan with North Carolina plates. Unidentified gunmen opened fire shortly afterwards. The FBI stated that the FBI had confirmed that the Americans were taken into custody. &#8220;herded into another car and fled the area with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador of the United States to Mexico Ken Salazar has stated that the incident left one Mexican citizen deceased.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador held press conference affirming that the Americans did not cross the border for any criminal purpose but to buy medicine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;They are people from the United States who crossed the border to buy medicines and there was a confrontation between groups. The matter is looked into. I think it will be resolved,&#8221; L\u00f3pez Obrador said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>U.S. top officials are unable to confirm the Mexican president&#8217;s statements or the identities of kidnapped people.<\/p>\n<p>Tamaulipas is situated across the border from Brownsville in Texas. It&#8217;s one of six Mexican states that the U.S. State Department has announced a. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/traveladvisories\/traveladvisories\/mexico-travel-advisory.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Level 4: Do Not Travel&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0Travellers should be aware of the following: &#8220;crime and kidnapping&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department says organized crime is a serious problem. &#8220;including gun battles, murder, armed robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, forced disappearances, extortion, and sexual assault \u2013 is common along the northern border,&#8221; Also in Tamaulipas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Criminal groups target public and private passenger buses, as well as private automobiles traveling through Tamaulipas, often taking passengers and demanding ransom payments,&#8221; These are the warning signs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>FBI wants the public to help it identify those who are responsible for assaulting and kidnapping. They offer a $50,000 reward for victims&#8217; return and arrest.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials, the FBI, federal partners, and Mexican law enforcement agencies\u00a0investigations are still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Officials from various U.S. law enforcement agencies are working with Mexican authorities at all levels of government to achieve the safe return of our compatriots.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The incident highlights the ongoing violence in some Mexican cities, which have been wracked by organized crime at least since the\u00a0Mexican Drug War began in 2006.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/four-american-citizens-kidnapped-in-mexico\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=four-american-citizens-kidnapped-in-mexico\">Four American citizens kidnapped in Mexico<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo taken by MARIO ARAMAS\/AFP via Getty Images. OAN Geraldyn Berry11:15 AM PT \u2013 Monday, March 6, 2023 After being attacked and kidnapped in Mexico by unknown armed men, four American citizens have gone missing. 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