Four US citizens kidnapped in Mexico identified as mother and friends traveling for medical procedure

TThe four American citizens were kidnapped and taken into custody. Mexico The results of last week’s poll were released. South Carolina Mother of six with her three best friends. According to her mother the women were travelling south so the woman could go through a medical procedure.

Latavia Washington McGee (33), drove to Mexico along Shaeed Woodard Brown, Zindell Jones, and Eric James Williams. However, they didn’t make it to McGee’s appointment on Friday. Her mother Barbara Burgess was not there. told CNN. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday the four U.S. citizens were going to buy medicine and that “there was a confrontation between groups, and they were detained.”

FBI SEARCHING FOR FOUR US CITIZENS KIDNAPPED AFTER CROSSING BORDER INTO MEXICO

Four Americans traveled in a white minivan. North Carolina License plates were displayed by the Mexican border crossing into Matamoros (Mexico), Friday. Matamoros is in northeastern Tamaulipas, home to the warring Gulf drug cartel factions. It is located just south of Brownsville in Texas.

“Shortly after crossing into Mexico, unidentified gunmen shot the passengers of the vehicle,” A statement was read by the U.S. Embassy Mexico City. “The gunmen herded the four U.S. citizens into another vehicle and fled the scene with them.”

The following are some examples “innocent” U.S. authorities say a Mexican citizen was killed in the attack. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said, per USA Today.

Burgess told ABC News, she advised her daughter to stay home from Mexico to undergo the procedure. “Ma, I’ll be okay,” Burgess claimed that McGee answered Wednesday bef