Five men arrested are the same as those left tied-up for police by a cartel which apologised for the kidnapping. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The prosecutor of Tamaulipas state, where the crime happened, said on Twitter that a warrant had been executed for five people for the crimes of kidnapping and homicide.
They are the same five men who were left with their hands tied on a street by alleged members of the Gulf Cartel, a source in the prosecutor’s office told the AFP.the group “apologises” for the incident. It said that the group had decided to hand the perpetrators over to authorities because they acted without the authorisation of their cartel bosses.
The four abductees were snatched at gunpoint after crossing the border into crime-plagued Tamaulipas state on Friday, apparently so one could have cosmetic surgery. Two survivors, one of whom suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, were returned to the United States on Tuesday via a land border crossing, hours after they were rescuedMexican authorities believe drug traffickers mistook them for rivals and shot at them when they tried to escape.The prosecutor’s office previously reported the arrest of another suspect who was caught guarding the captives. AFP
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