FBI gives $50,000 reward after 4 Individuals kidnapped by armed males after crossing into border metropolis of Matamoros.
4 United States residents had been fired upon and kidnapped by armed males in northern Mexico, US authorities have stated, calling for the general public’s assist in figuring out the attackers.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) stated in an announcement that the 4 Individuals crossed the border into Matamoros, in Mexico’s northeastern state of Tamaulipas, on Friday in a white minivan.
“Shortly after crossing into Mexico, unidentified gunmen fired upon the passengers within the car. All 4 Individuals had been positioned in a car and brought from the scene by armed males,” the assertion stated.
Matamoros, a metropolis throughout from Brownsville, Texas, has been beset by violence linked to drug trafficking and different organised crime.
Highways within the Mexican state are thought of among the many most harmful within the nation as a result of risk of kidnapping and extortion by prison gangs.
On Friday, shootouts in Matamoros had been so dangerous that the US consulate issued an alert concerning the hazard and native authorities warned individuals to shelter in place.
Tamaulipas state police stated individuals had been killed and injured, however didn’t say what number of. The state police stated neither police nor the navy was concerned within the shootouts.
“There have been two armed incidents between unidentified civilians,” they stated on Friday on social media. “The precise variety of the fallen is being corroborated.”
In the meantime, the FBI stated in its assertion that US and Mexican regulation enforcement businesses had been investigating the abductions of the 4 Individuals.
The FBI additionally provided a $50,000 reward “for the return of the victims and the arrest of these concerned”.
