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Americans kidnapped in Mexico.

Americans kidnapped

Authorities are continuing to search Tuesday for four Americans who were shot and taken hostage by gunmen shortly after crossing the border into northern Mexico last week, as more information about the victims emerged. they were attacked.

The FBI has offered a reward of 50,000 dollars for American citizens who were kidnapped after they entered the city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas, south of Brownsville in the state of Texas on Friday.

The amazing pictures that show a gunman dragging people in a white truck caught the shield during the fight, as a source of the security forces with knowledge of the matter has confirmed.

Authorities have yet to identify the four people.

One of the victims was identified as LaTavia Washington McGee by her cousin, Aliyah McCleod, who is serving as a family spokeswoman.

McCleod said the group was from South Carolina, but they were driving a North Carolina license plate vehicle when they entered Matamoros. The FBI confirmed that the group was traveling in a white minivan with North Carolina plates.

McCleod said the group went to Mexico for medical treatment. He said his family is praying for their safe return.

A police officer with knowledge of the matter said that a woman in the group sought medical treatment. The official said the group was attacked by robbers in an incident that went wrong.

Zalandria Brown from Florence, South Carolina, told the Associated Press that her brother Zindell was one of the four. She said she contacted the FBI and local authorities after learning her brother had been kidnapped.

"It's like a bad dream that you want to wake up from," he told the news agency. "To see one of your family being thrown into the back of a car and dragged away, it's unbelievable."

Brown said her cousin, who lives in Myrtle Beach, was on a trip to join her friend who was going to Mexico for a trip.

He also said that his brother was a little worried about them going on the trip because of the problems with Mexico.

“Zindell kept saying, ‘We shouldn’t go down,’”

At a news briefing in Washington on Monday, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said the Biden administration was "closely following the assault and kidnapping of four U.S. citizens."

"These types of attacks are not acceptable," he said, adding that U.S. security officials are working closely with Mexican authorities, as well as the foreign ministry and Homeland Security.