Suspect arrested in Mexico in reference to kidnapping, homicide of Americans

Mexican officers have arrested a suspect in reference to the kidnapping of 4 U.S. residents, two of which have been killed.

Jose Guadalupe N., 24, was guarding the home the place cartel members held captive and tortured the 4 Americans — Latavia “Tay” McGee, Eric James Williams, Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown.

Authorities haven’t revealed whether or not Guadalupe, a Mexican nationwide, is a part of the Gulf Cartel, the gang accused of the kidnappings, that operates within the area.

The victims have been found Tuesday in a picket shack in Ejido Tecolote, a rural space east of the Mexican metropolis of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, based on Tamaulipas state chief prosecutor Irving Barrios. When the Americans have been discovered, Woodward and Brown had been killed.

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Jose Guadalupe N., 24, was guarding the home the place cartel members held captive and tortured the 4 Americans. (Getty)

Survivors McGee and Williams have been transported to Brownsville, Texas, with a legislation enforcement escort over the Veterans International Bridge. They have been taken to Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville to obtain therapy.

Williams had been shot within the left leg, however his damage was not life-threatening, Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal stated.

The fourth sufferer was not injured.

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A Red Cross employee closes the door of an ambulance carrying two Americans discovered alive after their abduction in Mexico. (AP Photo)

The 4 Americans from South Carolina had traveled throughout the southern border for McGee to bear a tummy tuck operation, based on kin.

They have been crossing from Brownsville into Matamoros on Friday and had simply entered Mexico when their automobile acquired gunfire. The group had ended up within the crosshairs of a shootout between rival cartel gangs.

A member of the Mexican safety forces stands subsequent to a white minivan with North Carolina plates and several other bullet holes on the crime scene the place gunmen kidnapped 4 U.S. residents who crossed into Mexico from Texas. (AP Photo)

Armed males believed to be members of a Mexican drug cartel compelled the victims into the again of a white truck at gunpoint, with two of the victims showing to be injured or useless as their our bodies have been dragged throughout the pavement.

Guadalupe is the one particular person arrested to date in reference to the kidnapping and homicide of the Americans, however investigators are nonetheless on the lookout for different assailants. 

The FBI had provided a $50,000 reward for the victims’ return and the arrest of the abductors.