The kidnapping of four Americans – two of whom were killed – in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros has set off alarms for Texans who make frequent...
Motorists pay a bridge toll at Gateway International Bridge on Monday, March 6, 2023, in Brownsville, Texas, to cross into Matamoros, Mexico. Gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas last week to buy medicine but were caught in a shootout that killed at least one Mexican citizen, U.S. and Mexican officials said Monday.
“That day, the first time they stopped me, was when I passed through Mexican customs,” he said. “One street ahead, there was already an organized crime checkpoint … stopping people openly. They weren’t hiding or anything.”Gamboa told the armed men he was taking aid to Mexico and had no money, so they let him go.
Mexican army soldiers prepare a search mission for four U.S. citizens kidnapped by gunmen in Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, March 6, 2023. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the four Americans were going to buy medicine and were caught in the crossfire between two armed groups after they had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday.
“If you have to make that trip to Mexico,” he said, “the biggest recommendation is to never leave the highway and, if you have to stop, never lose sight of your vehicle, because something can happen.”Jaime Damián, an activist from the state of Guerrero and founder of Grupo Lazos de Oro in North Texas, has not traveled to Mexico by road for several years because of escalating violence.As a community leader, he talks to folks who travel to Mexico by car.
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