ជនជាតិអាមេរិកពីរនាក់បានស្លាប់ និងពីរនាក់ទៀតត្រូវបានរកឃើញនៅរស់ បន្ទាប់ពីចាប់ជំរិតដោយហិង្សានៅប្រទេសម៉ិកស៊ិក

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Two Americans are dead and two others survived after being kidnapped and assaulted by armed men in Mexico Friday, Mexican officials announced Tuesday, after the four Americans from the Carolinas crossed the border into Matamoros, Mexico, to pursue a medical procedure.

ការពិតសំខាន់

The four Americans were located Tuesday morning and officials sent ambulances to recover them and offer medical care, Americo Villarreal, Tamaulipas state governor, said in a phone call during President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s news conference, សារព័ត៌មានជាច្រើន។ បានរាយការណ៍។

The group was found at what appears to be a medical clinic in Matamoros, a U.S. official បានប្រាប់ CNN, adding that one of the Americans is severely injured.

The two survivors are now safe and receiving treatment, a Mexican official បានប្រាប់ នៃ New York Times, adding that at least one of the deceased Americans died at the scene of Friday’s attack.

Investigators believe a Mexican cartel mistakenly thought the Americans were Haitian drug smugglers and kidnapped them at gunpoint, a U.S. official បានប្រាប់ CNN

Two of the Americans’ families have identified them to news outlets as Latavia “Tay” Washington McGee — who drove to Mexico with her friends for a medical procedure, her mother Barbara Burgess បានប្រាប់ CNN — and Zindell Brown, a Myrtle Beach resident who accompanied McGee in her attempt to get a tummy tuck in Mexico, his sister Zalandria Brown បានប្រាប់ សារព័ត៌មានពាក់ព័ន្ធ។

The identities of the other Americans have not yet been made public, and the names of the deceased have not yet been released.

Irving Barrios, the attorney general for Tamaulipas, confirmed the updates in a Tweet Tuesday and said the investigation was ongoing to “capture those responsible.”

សាវតាសំខាន់

The group drove a white minivan with North Carolina license plates crossed the Mexican-American border on March 3 from Brownsville, Texas, and entered the Mexican town of Matamoros, the FBI បាននិយាយថា:. បន្ទាប់ពីជនជាតិអាមេរិកបានឆ្លងកាត់ព្រំដែន ពួកគេត្រូវបានជួបដោយខ្មាន់កាំភ្លើងមិនស្គាល់អត្តសញ្ញាណម្នាក់ ដែលដំបូងបានបាញ់ទៅលើអ្នកកាន់កាប់របស់ minivan ហើយបន្ទាប់មកបានផ្លាស់ប្តូរពួកគេចូលទៅក្នុងរថយន្តមួយផ្សេងទៀតដែលបានរត់គេចពីកន្លែងកើតហេតុ FBI បាននិយាយថា:។ នៅក្នុង វីដេអូ circulating online, which appears to show how at least part of the incident played out, armed men drag the four Americans—one who appears alive, one who appears to move their head, and two who appear injured or dead—to the bed of a white pickup truck. An innocent Mexican citizen was also killed during the violent attack, យោង​ទៅ​តាម Ken Salazar, the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. The U.S. State Department’s travel advisory for Tamaulipas, the Mexican state where Matamoros is, currently advises U.S. citizens not to travel there, because of the risk of crime and kidnapping. This warning is not isolated; for years the U.S. consulate in Matamoros has បង្ហោះ security alerts warning of drug cartel violence including kidnappings. In October 2014, three U.S. siblings who បាត់ខ្លួន while visiting their father near Matamoros were found shot to death and decaying in the sun. The Gulf Cartel, which is based in Matamoros, controlled the area for much of the 2000’s. In 2010, disagreements within the cartel led to a break up, which has left smaller gangs competing for the area, according to a 2019 Congressional Research Service របាយ​ការណ៍.

អានបន្ថែម

Fate Of 4 Kidnapped Americans in Mexico Still Unknown (សារព័ត៌មានពាក់ព័ន្ធ)