A video has gone viral on the internet and it sees four United States citizens getting abducted at gunpoint in Mexico. The four U.S. citizens have been identified as Latavia “Tay” McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown, and Eric James Williams via VladTV;
Video shows a group of friends from South Carolina being shot at and abducted in Mexico.
Latavia “Tay” McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown and Eric James Williams traveled to Mexico on a group trip for cosmetic medical procedures were taken on Friday and haven’t been heard from since.
“This is like a bad dream you wish you could wake up from,” said Brown’s sister Zalandria Brown. “To see a member of your family thrown in the back of a truck and dragged, it is just unbelievable.”
The group had just crossed the border from Texas in the notoriously dangerous city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas. There, the group’s white van came under fire and a gunman abducted the travelers. Witnesses say they don’t know whether two of the victims were wounded or dead after the shooting.
They were described as a tight-knit group who traveled with McGee, a mother of six, so that she could undergo a medical procedure. As they traveled through Mexico, the group was cut off in traffic by a Mexican cartel who reportedly mistook them for Haitian drug smugglers, investigators believe. Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios noted that the attack happened late last week. “Derived from the joint search actions, the four American citizens deprived of their liberty last Friday (March 3) were found. Unfortunately, two dead. Investigation and intelligence work continue to capture those responsible. Details will be given later.” Ken Salazar, United States ambassador to Mexico, added that an innocent Mexican bystander was also killed during the abduction.
McGee’s mother told CNN the 33-year-old never made it to her doctor’s appointment in Mexico. The family found out about the kidnapping after seeing videos on social media. “We recognized her and her blonde hair. This happened in plain daylight,” her aunt told the outlet. The FBI is working with Mexican authorities and has offered a $50,000 reward for anyone with knowledge that can lead to an arrest. The U.S. State Department has also implemented a “Level 4: Do Not Travel” advisory for U.S. citizens considering visiting the area due to the threat of crime and kidnapping.
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