U.S. Ambassador to Mexico says the Americans were kidnapped at gunpoint and that an ‘innocent’ Mexican citizen died in the attack
Gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas last week to buy medicine and got caught in a shootout that killed at least one Mexican citizen, U.S. and Mexican officials said Monday.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that the four were going to buy medicine and ended up in the crossfire between two armed groups, without offering details. Matamoros is home to warring factions of the Gulf drug cartel, as leadership changes led to violent infighting. Amid the violence, thousands of Mexicans have disappeared.
Victims of violence in Matamoros and other large border cities of Tamaulipas often go uncounted, because the cartels have a history taking bodies of their own with them. Local media often avoid reporting on such incidents out of safety concerns, creating an information vacuum. Tamaulipas state’s many border crossings with Texas make it lucrative for the cartels that move drugs, migrants and guns between Mexico and the U.S.
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