Borderland Beat on the 4 Americans:
LIVE THREAD: Four Americans Kidnapped in Matamoros Identified, FBI Offering Reward, US Ambassador Visiting Mexican Officials
By HEARST 3/06/2023 12:08:00 PM
Borderland Beat Contributors
The FBI announced that a minivan carrying U.S. citizens was shot at shortly after crossing from Texas into the Mexico border city of Matamoros. The US has identified the four Americans.
News organizations are now confirming that this incident is the same attack in which cartel members can be seen carrying off bodies on video.
Background
Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, is home to over 580,000 people. It is the second largest city in Tamaulipas (behind Reynosa). Tamaulipas is one of the six Mexican states that the US Department of State advises US citizens to avoid traveling to, citing risks of crime and kidnappings.
“Criminal groups target public and private passenger buses, as well as private automobiles traveling through Tamaulipas, often taking passengers and demanding ransom payments,” the State Department says.
More:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2023/03/live-thread-4-americans-kidnapped-in.html
