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- What we know about the discovery of the victims
- A trip for medical care gone wrong
Two of the four Americans who were shot at by gunmen and kidnapped shortly after they crossed the border into northern Mexico for a medical procedure last week are dead, and the two survivors are back on U.S. soil, Mexican and U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Tamaulipas state Gov. Américo Villarreal said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon that a woman and a man had survived the kidnapping. The woman, whom Villarreal identified only as LaTavia, was unharmed. The man, whose first name is Eric, had a gunshot wound to the leg, Villarreal said.
Both were taken to a clinic for medical treatment and returned to the U.S. by an international bridge between Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas, before noon Tuesday, he said.
A 24-year-old man from Tamaulipas, identified only as Jose N, "was found guarding the victims" and arrested, Villarreal said. The charges against the man were unclear.
Villarreal announced the casualties by phone at a news conference Tuesday morning.
At a State Department briefing Tuesday, spokesperson Ned Price confirmed the survivors had returned to the U.S., adding, "We are in the process of working to repatriate the remains of the two Americans who were killed in this incident." He said the U.S. is providing assistance to the victims and their families.
The Americans were found Tuesday morning in a wooden house close to an area called La Lagunona in Matamoros, Villarreal said Tuesday.
Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica tweeted that the Americans were found by “joint search actions.”
Villarreal said the Americans had been transported to various places, including a clinic, “to create confusion and to interrupt the rescue work.”
An investigation to catch other suspects continues, he said.
Earlier Tuesday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered his sympathies to the victims.
“We are very sorry that this happened in our country, and we send our condolences to the families of the victims, friends and the United States government, and we will continue doing our work to guarantee peace and tranquility," he said.
The FBI had been offering a $50,000 reward for the safe return of the U.S. citizens, who were kidnapped Friday after having driven into Matamoros, just south of Brownsville.
Dramatic video showing a gunman dragging people into a white pickup captured the kidnapping as it unfolded, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the matter confirmed.
One of the victims was identified as LaTavia Washington McGee by her cousin, Aliyah McCleod, who is acting as a family spokesperson.
On Tuesday, LaTavia's mother, Barbara Burgess, confirmed her daughter is alive and said she has spoken with her.
McCleod also identified another member of the group as Shaeed Woodard.
Eric Williams' wife said he was kidnapped and shot in the leg before he returned to the U.S. on Tuesday.
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