Four Americans kidnapped in Mexico might have been focused unintentionally: report

Four Americans who have been kidnapped shortly after crossing into Mexico have been within the nation for medical causes and will have been the victims of mistaken id.

The U.S. residents have been crossing from Texas into Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, in an try to purchase drugs after they started taking fireplace and have been ultimately dragged out of their minivan and kidnapped by armed assailants, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador stated Monday, based on the Associated Press.

“There was a confrontation between teams, they usually have been kidnapped,” López Obrador stated.

Video of the incident circulating on social media Monday appeared to point out the group being confronted by a number of armed males carrying bulletproof vests, with one feminine being pressured into the mattress of a white pickup truck and different victims being dragged throughout the car parking zone and loaded into the identical truck. Fox News has but to independently confirm the authenticity of the video.

4 AMERICANS WHO TRAVELED INTO MATAMOROS, MEXICO, MISSING IN POSSIBLE KIDNAPPING: FBI

A member of the Mexican National Guard guards the doorway to a property referred to as “La Bartolina” within the border metropolis of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. (Alfredo Estrella / AFP through Getty Images)

A U.S. official stated the Americans have been attacked by mistake and weren’t the meant targets of the assault, based on a New York Post report Monday.

Ken Salazar, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, stated Monday that an harmless Mexican bystander was killed within the assault and that the U.S. and Mexican governments are cooperating in an try to acquire the discharge of the 4 Americans.

“We haven’t any increased precedence than the security of our residents,” Salazar stated. “Officials from numerous U.S. regulation enforcement companies are working with Mexican authorities in any respect ranges of presidency to realize the protected return of our compatriots.”

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AP / File)

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During a information convention Monday, López Obrador stated that he had been in touch with the governor of Matamoros and expressed optimism that the 4 Americans could be returned safely.

“I believe it can get resolved,” López Obrador stated. “That’s what I hope.”

The Americans have been driving a white minivan with North Carolina plates after they crossed into Matamoros, which sits throughout the border from Brownsville, Texas. Tamaulipas is considered one of six Mexican states that the U.S. State Department warns towards journey on account of an elevated danger of “crime and kidnapping.”

A Border Patrol agent walks between a spot alongside the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona, on June 1, 2022. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP through Getty Images)

The FBI is providing a $50,000 reward from the general public for data resulting in the return of the kidnapped Americans. Anyone with data relating to the investigation is inspired to name FBI San Antonio Division at 210-225-6741.