On 26 Jan 2022, Trump Mentally Disabled <fdsan@gmail.com> posted some
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> Shootin' 'merikans is what the Democrats wanted.
>
> Note to negroes, Mexico doesn't want your kind soiling their country
> either.
>

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) � A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic
surgery ended with two Americans dead � and two others found alive in a
rural area near the Gulf coast � after a violent shootout and abduction
that was captured on video, officials said Tuesday.

The surviving Americans were sped to the border near Brownsville, the
southernmost tip of Texas, in a convoy of ambulances and SUVs escorted
by Mexican military Humvees and National Guard trucks with mounted
..50-caliber machine guns.

A relative of one of the victims said Monday that the four had traveled
together from the Carolinas so one of them could get a tummy tuck from a
doctor in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, where Friday�s
kidnapping took place.

The U.S. citizens were found in a rural area east of Matamoros called
Ejido Longore�o on the way to the Gulf coast known as �Bagdad Beach,�
according to a Mexican state law enforcement official. He spoke on
condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss
the case. Word of their location came to authorities before dawn
Tuesday.

It was not immediately clear if the two bodies were also being returned
to the U.S. In announcing the Americans had been found, Tamaulipas Gov.
Am�rico Villarreal did not provide details on the extent of the wounded
person�s injuries.

Shortly after entering Mexico, the four were caught amid fighting
between rival cartel groups in the city. Video and photographs taken
during and immediately after the abduction show the Americans� white
minivan sitting beside another vehicle, with at least one bullet hole in
the driver's side window. A witness said the two vehicles had collided.
Almost immediately, several men in tactical vests and toting assault
rifles arrived in another vehicle to surround the scene.

The gunmen walked one of the Americans into the bed of a white pickup,
then dragged and loaded the three others. Terrified drivers sat silently
in their cars, hoping not to draw their attention. Two of the victims
appeared to be motionless.

Officials said a Mexican woman also died in Friday�s crossfire.

The shootings illustrate the terror that has prevailed for years in
Matamoros, a city dominated by factions of the powerful Gulf drug cartel
who often fight among themselves. Amid the violence, thousands of
Mexicans have disappeared in Tamaulipas state alone.

Villarreal confirmed the deaths by phone during a morning news
conference by Mexican President Andr�s Manuel L�pez Obrador, saying
details about the four abducted Americans had been confirmed by
prosecutors.

L�pez Obrador said one person was in custody.

�Those responsible will be found and they are going to be punished,� the
president said. He referenced arrests made in the 2019 killings of nine
U.S.-Mexican dual citizens in Sonora near the U.S. border.

He complained about the U.S. media�s coverage of the missing Americans,
accusing them of sensationalism. �It�s not like that when they kill
Mexicans in the United States, they go quiet like mummies.�

�It�s very unfortunate, they (the U.S. government) has the right to
protest like they have,� L�pez Obrador said. �We really regret that this
happens in our country.�

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland expressed his sympathy for the
families of the victims.

�The cartels are responsible for the deaths of Americans,� Garland said.
�The DEA and the FBI are doing everything possible to dismantle and
disrupt and ultimately prosecute the leaders of the cartels and the
entire networks that they depend on.�

He would not confirm the Mexican government's reports that the two U.S.
citizens had died.

White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the
U.S. is working with Mexican officials to learn more about the
circumstances surrounding the killings.

�Attacks on U.S citizens are unacceptable, no matter where, under what
circumstances they occur,� Kirby said.

The FBI had offered a $50,000 reward for the victims� return and the
arrest of the kidnappers.

Robert Williams said in a telephone interview that his brother,
38-year-old Eric Williams, was among the kidnapped Americans. The
brothers are from South Carolina but now live in the Winston-Salem area
of North Carolina, he said.

Williams described his brother as �easygoing� and �fun-spirited.�

He didn�t know his brother was traveling to Mexico until after the
abduction hit the news. But from looking at his brother�s Facebook
posts, he thinks his brother did not consider the trip dangerous.

�He thought it would be fun,� Williams said. He hadn�t heard anything
about his brother�s whereabouts, he said.

___

AP writers Lindsay Whitehurst and Aamer Madhani in Washington and Travis
Loller in Nashville contributed to this report.

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