2 US citizens kidnapped in Mexico found dead, 2 others alive


Mexican federal agents and soldiers standing guard on a road where alleged drug traffickers attacked policemen, leaving at least 20 criminals and two federal agents dead, near Arteag in Michoacan state in 2013. The Latin American country is plagued by cartel-related bloodshed that has seen more than 340,000 people murdered since the government deployed the military in the war on drugs in 2006. – EPA pic, March 8, 2023.

TWO US citizens kidnapped by suspected Mexican drug traffickers were found dead yesterday while two others survived, in what officials said appeared to be a tragic case of mistaken identity.

Washington vowed to do everything in its power to ensure justice for the victims, who crossed the border into the crime-plagued city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas state on Friday for medical reasons.


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