2023 Matamoros Kidnappings
On 3 March 2023, four Americans were kidnapped in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. A U.S. official said they were likely mistaken for Haitians, Haitian drug smugglers by members of a drug cartel. Incident The four U.S. citizens—Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown, Eric Williams, and Latavia "Tay" McGee—were all African American residents of the U.S. state, state of South Carolina. On the morning of 3 March 2023, they crossed Mexico–United States border, the border for McGee to undergo a cosmetic surgical procedure. Shortly after, their minivan was intercepted by a group of gunmen in central Matamoros and the four were bundled onto the bed of a pickup truck. A Mexican bystander, Arely Pablo Servando, was killed when she was struck by a stray bullet during the abduction. According to Tamaulipas Governor Américo Villarreal, the cartel moved the kidnapped victims around in an effort to create confusion and avoid efforts to rescue them, and took them to a medical ...
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