Mexican cartel kidnapping: Americans reportedly seen on Facebook live video shortly after crossing border

A Facebook live stream captured the moments after the four kidnapped Americans crossed the border into Mexico, according to a report.

Four Americans, Latavia “Tai” McGee, Shaid Woodard, Eric Williams and Zindell Brown, were kidnapped by members of a Mexican cartel as they crossed the border from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, last week. Trying to get a tummy tuck. surgery.

The FBI said in a statement that it could not say who survived, but Williams and McGee were identified as survivors by their families.

According to CNN, a man inside the minivan, which had four Americans inside, recorded a Facebook Live video while it was driving through a congested section of Matamoros.

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A general view of a storage shed behind a police cordon where officers found the bodies of two of the four Americans kidnapped by gunmen on March 7, 2023 in Matamoros, Mexico. (Reuters/Daniel Becquerel)

“You’ve never been to Mexico,” said one of the men. “Y’all don’t know what it’s like in Maxi.”

The man later said “hola” in the video, prompting those inside the car to burst into laughter.

Tamaulipas Gov. Americo Villarreal said officers found the four inside a wooden shack guarded by a man who was then arrested.

According to WBTW, the cartel moved the abducted Americans to different locations, and at one point took them to a medical clinic “to create confusion and avoid attempts to rescue them”.

Military personnel walk to the scene where authorities found the bodies of two of the four Americans kidnapped by gunmen on March 7, 2023 in Matamoros, Mexico. (Reuters/Daniel Becquerel)

An apology letter purportedly from the cartel behind the kidnapping and killings of the Americans said it had dealt with its members who were “involved and responsible” in the incident, adding that they had been handed over to the authorities.

“We have decided to hand over those who were directly involved and responsible for the incidents, who at all times acted under the influence of their own decision-making and lack of discipline,” the letter said.

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A note allegedly left by the Gulf Cartel for Mexican authorities apologized for the actions of some members, claiming they were responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Americans last week. (Twitter)

The letter was accompanied by a picture of five men lying on the sidewalk, which also apologized to the residents of Matamoros.

State Department spokesman Ned Price said during a news conference on Tuesday that the two survivors had been repatriated to the US “with the assistance of our authorities in Mexico, with the assistance of our Mexican allies.”

The State Department is working on bringing the bodies of the dead back to the United States, but Mexican officials say they will be handed over after forensic work is done.

Barbara Burgess, the mother of survivor Latavia “Tai” McGee, said her daughter was crying on the phone as they spoke.

“I asked her how she was,” Burgess said. “She’s fine. She was crying because her brother was killed, and she saw him die. She saw the two of them die. They died in front of her.”

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Five members of the Gulf Cartel, which the group says were responsible for the kidnapping and killing of Americans south of the border last week. (Twitter)

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday that “these types of attacks are unacceptable,” adding that the Biden administration “stands ready to provide all appropriate consular assistance.”

The Associated Press and Fox News’ Peter Aitken contributed to this report.