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Mexico: five people arrested in the case of the kidnapping and death of Americans

Mexican authorities found two Americans dead last Tuesday, one injured and one woman unharmed. | Fountain: AFP

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Mexican authorities have arrested five people suspected of involvement in the kidnapping of four Americans and the death of two of them in matamoros, Tamaulipasin a case that caused tension between Mexico And Washington.

These are the same five men who claimed to be members Gulf Cartel (CDG) would have taken to the streets in Matamoros on Thursday accusing them of kidnapping without the permission of their crime bosses, a prosecutor’s source said. AFP.

Formerly prosecutor TamaulipasIrving Barrios tweeted that his office had arrested five alleged perpetrators of last Friday’s kidnapping and murders.

He added that the person who guarded the captives, who had already been arrested, was also involved in the process.

On Thursday, local media released a pamphlet in which CDG apologized for what happened and said the attackers acted without their permission and therefore handed them over.

An image of this manuscript, along with five men in handcuffs and hoods lying on the pavement, also circulated on social media, but authorities have not confirmed its authenticity.

Four Americans were abducted on March 3 by suspected members Gulf Cartel. According to local authorities, they were in Matamoros because one of them planned to have cosmetic surgery.

US seeks justice

Mexican authorities found two Americans dead last Tuesday, one injured and one woman unharmed.

The survivors were handed over to US authorities on the same day, while the deceased were repatriated on Thursday.

This Friday the US Ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazartold a press conference that Washington would not rest until those responsible were brought to justice.

“Team Mr. USA working on this case day and night, we are monitoring it, but we are doing it with the support of the Mexican government,” he said.

The president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador He also said that an analysis is being carried out on whether the Prosecutor General’s Office of the country is involved in this case.

“Since this is an important issue, since the prestige of our country and government is at stake, we must go deep, find out the truth, and we must all help each other,” he said at the morning conference. (AFP)


Source: RPP

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