Official: 2 Americans dead after being abducted in Mexico

A member of the Mexican security forces stands next to a white minivan with North Carolina plates and several bullet holes, at the crime scene where gunmen kidnapped…

A member of the Mexican security forces stands next to a white minivan with North Carolina plates and several bullet holes, at the crime scene where gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas, Friday, March 3, 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. (AP Photo)

by: The Associated Press

Posted: Mar 7, 2023 / 07:19 AM PST

Updated: Mar 7, 2023 / 07:24 AM PST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican official says two U.S. citizens missing since their violent abduction Friday in the northern Mexican border city of Matamoros have been found dead and two others were alive.

Tamaulipas Gov. Americo Villarreal said Tuesday that one of the surviving U.S. citizens was wounded and the other was not. The FBI had reported Sunday that it was searching with Mexican authorities for the missing Americans.

A relative of one of them said Monday that they had traveled together from South Carolina so one of them could get a tummy tuck from a Matamoros doctor.