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Members of a Mexican drug cartel purportedly penned a letter apologizing for kidnapping four Americans and killing two of them last week, and claimed that the individuals responsible for the violent attack had been turned over to Mexican authorities, according to the Associated Press, after the international incident drew the ire of the U.S. law enforcement community, which promised to go after the leaders of any cartels found responsible.

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The letter, ទទួលបាន by the AP through a law enforcement source in Mexico, was purportedly written by members of the Scorpions faction of the Gulf cartel in Matamoros, Mexico, where the kidnapping and killings took place on Friday.

The letter reportedly included an image of five men face-down and bound, and said the individuals involved in the incident “acted under their own decision-making” and went against the directive to respect “the life and well-being of the innocent.”

The letter also included an apology to the four Americans and their families, as well as the Mexican bystander who also died in the shootout and the residents of Matamoros, the AP រាយការណ៍.

Mexican authorities found the letter as well as five men tied up inside a vehicle they had been searching for, a different state security official បានប្រាប់ អេ.ភី.

The five men were taken in custody by Tamaulipas State Police, multiple sources បានប្រាប់ ABC news.

Meanwhile, the two deceased Americans will be repatriated Thursday, a Mexican official បានប្រាប់ CNN, after State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Wednesday the U.S. was still working with Mexican officials to return the bodies to the families (the two surviving Americans are being treated at a Texas hospital).

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The cartel may have released Thursday’s letter in an attempt to ease tensions after last week’s attack, which brought army special forces and National Guard troops to Matamoros, attracting unwanted attention that may interfere with cartels’ business, Mexican security analyst David Saucedo បានប្រាប់ AP. Kidnappings are jarringly common in Mexican border cities, and migrants are frequently victims, but American citizens usually aren’t deliberately targeted because cartels are wary of drawing the U.S. government’s attention, អ្នកជំនាញនិយាយ.

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The Gulf Cartel, which is based in Matamoros, has controlled the area for much of the 2000s. The group has historically focused on distributing cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine across the Texas border between the Rio Grande Valley and South Padre Island, according to a 2019 Congressional Research Service របាយ​ការណ៍. Amid internal fighting, the Gulf Cartel has in recent years split into factions, allowing groups like the Scorpions to compete for territory and prompting an uptick in violence in the state of Tamaulipas, where Matamoros is located.

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Following a days-long search, Mexican officials found the four Americans in a “wooden house” near Matamoros Tuesday morning, four days after they were kidnapped. Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown have been identified by ច្រើន ដំណឹង outlets as the American individuals killed during the attack, but officials have not confirmed their identities, and the two survivors are Eric Williams (who was shot in the legs) and LaTavia Washington McGee (who was uninjured), their family members ប្រាប់អ្នកយកព័ត៌មាន. The group traveled from the Carolinas to Matamoros last week for one of the individuals to receive a cosmetic tummy tuck, according to an AP របាយ​ការណ៍. Just after the group crossed the border from Brownsville, Texas, into Matamoros they got caught in a cartel shootout, with an unidentified gunman firing at the Americans and then taking them to another vehicle that fled the scene, the FBI បាននិយាយថា:. In the time the group was missing, they were reportedly taken to multiple locations including a medical clinic “to create confusion and avoid rescue efforts,” Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarrea បាននិយាយថា:. While officials are still investigating the motive, mistaken identity is likely to blame for the attack and kidnapping, យោង​ទៅ​តាម Irving Barrios, the attorney general for Tamaulipas. On Tuesday, authorities arrested Jose “N,” a 24-year-old who was watching the victims when officials found them, but since then they have not said publicly if more arrests have been made in the case. Attorney General Merrick Garland បាននិយាយថា: the Justice Department will be “relentless” in its pursuit of justice and do everything it can to “hold accountable the individuals responsible for this attack.”

អានបន្ថែម

2 Of the Kidnapped Americans In Mexico Are At A U.S. Hospital—Here’s What Else We Know (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)

Two Americans Dead And Two Other Found Alive After Violent Kidnapping In Mexico (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)