HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 - Caught on Camera

Apology letter by 'Scorpions' drug gang found after Americans killed in Mexico

Five men, members of a faction of the Gulf cartel named the 'Scorpions', were reportedly turned in to authorities in Matamoros, Mexico, along with a letter allegedly assuming responsibility for the kidnapping of four Americans

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2023

Friend of kidnapped Americans shares how she narrowly avoided Mexico ordeal

Cheryl Orange, a friend of Latavia McGee, Eric Williams, Zindell Brown, and Shaeed Woodard who were kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico, described how she dodged the ordeal

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2023

Mexican Gulf drug cartel boss ‘La Kena’ could be behind deadly kidnapping of American tourists

Jose Alberto Garcia Vilano’s whereabouts remain unknown since Mexican officials put out a reward for his capture in April 2022

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Friend warned police Americans feared missing in Mexico

The frantic effort to rescue four Americans taken captive by a cartel in Mexico during a kidnapping that left two dead came after a fifth person who traveled with the group to Texas called police there

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Mexico kidnapping victim forced to watch friends die had feared for safety before trip

Zindell Brown, one of the two found dead in Matamoros had expressed concerns over their safety before travelling to Tamaulipas, Mexico. Latavia McGee said she and Eric James Williams watched him and Shaeed Woodard get killed

Daily Mirror · Mar 8, 2023

A group of childhood friends took a trip to Mexico. Only two made it out alive

LaTavia “Tay” McGee and Eric survived a terrifying abduction in Matamoros, but by the time Mexican authorities rescued them from a “stash house” four days later, their friends Zindell Brown and Shaeed Woodard had been killed before their eyes. Andrea Blanco reports

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

Americans found quickly, but Mexico's missing remain lost

When four Americans were kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros, authorities rescued the survivors after three days

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

American killed in Mexico kidnapping tried to cancel tummy tuck trip over drug cartel fears

Zindell Brown told his sister that he was worried about the dangers of visiting Matamoros

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

A tummy tuck appointment, cartel ambush on video and stash house rescue: Timeline of the Mexico kidnapping

Here’s a timeline of events in the deadly kidnapping of four US citizens in Mexico

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

Remote lair where two Americans found dead and two others rescued in Mexico

The two surviving American citizens were held in a tiny wooden hut for days alongside the body of one of their murdered friends near the city of Matamoros, Mexico

Daily Mirror · Mar 8, 2023