Mexican authorities announced on Tuesday that two U.S. citizens who were abducted last week in Matamoros have been found dead, while two others have been discovered alive. One of the surviving individuals was injured, while the other was unharmed, according to Tamaulipas Governor Américo Villarreal.
The FBI had been working alongside Mexican authorities in the search for the missing Americans, who were abducted on Friday.
A family member of one of the victims revealed on Monday that they had traveled together from South Carolina so that one of them could undergo a tummy tuck surgery with a Matamoros-based doctor.
As they entered Mexico, they were caught in the crossfire between rival cartel groups, and a video later surfaced showing them being forced into the back of a pickup truck by armed gunmen.
Mexican officials have confirmed that a Mexican woman was also killed in the shooting.
News by Breaking911