This week, two Americans were kidnapped in broad daylight, and the Mexican Gulf Cartel, of which the existence was previously unknown, has now issued an apology for the kidnapping and subsequent murders. They believe they have located all five of the criminals.
According to a letter obtained by the Associated Press from a law enforcement source in Tamaulipas state, the Scorpions faction of the cartel “decided to turn over those who were directly involved and responsible in the events” surrounding the kidnapping of the four Americans in the border city of Matamoros on March 3.
The letter claims that the five attackers were “lazy and lacked discipline,” and that this is why they targeted Latavia “Tay” McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown, and Eric James Williams.
It had been four days since anyone had seen McGee or Williams. They were discovered Tuesday with minor injuries in a dilapidated shack. Nevertheless, after bullets were fired, it was too late for Woodard and Brown.
This action was in direct opposition to the Gulf Cartel’s letter pledge to “respect the lives and well-being of the innocent.”
Also provided by the source in Tamaulipas was a photo of the five suspects laying on the ground with their hands and feet tied.
Four persons from South Carolina have been kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico.
The Gulf Cartel released five individuals suspected of murdering US captives in exchange for an apology.
An abducted Mexican guy reported to his relatives that he and his fellow hostages saw their gruesome executions.
A companion of the Americans who vanished in Mexico describes how she came dangerously close to being apprehended.
The Associated Press reported that a state security officer had also discovered the guys bound inside the kidnapper’s vehicle.
It took the Mexican government a very long time to conduct an investigation.
The Mexican government is investigating whether or not the kidnapping was linked to the illegal drug trade. For a while, it was believed that the kidnapping was a tragic instance of mistaken identification.
Friends from South Carolina who got into legal problems together over drugs made up the four victims.
At Matamoros, a city on the border between Mexico and the United States, the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas are engaged in a bloody conflict.
Over a century has passed since the Gulf Cartel took control of the region. This organization “lives off of extortion, abduction, and protection money,” author Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera told The Post.