Key takeaways:
- Five people have been arrested in connection with the kidnappings and slayings of four Americans near the Brownsville, Texas border last week.
- The Scorpions faction of the Gulf cartel apologized to the residents of Matamoros, the Mexican woman who died in the cartel shootout, and the four Americans and their families.
- Five vehicles, including a Lamborghini stolen on U.S. soil, were found in Matamoros as part of a joint operation by Mexican officials, and the warrants for the five people arrested were for the charges of aggravated kidnapping and intentional simple homicide.
Five people have been arrested in connection with the kidnappings and slayings of four Americans near the Brownsville, Texas border last week. The arrests were announced by Irving Barrios Mojica, the attorney general of Tamaulipas, on Friday.
The incident occurred on March 3, when four Americans crossed the border into Matamoros, Mexico, just south of Brownsville. Video of the violent abduction quickly spread online.
In a letter obtained by The Associated Press through a Tamaulipas state law enforcement official, the Scorpions faction of the Gulf cartel apologized to the residents of Matamoros, the Mexican woman who died in the cartel shootout, and the four Americans and their families.
However, the father of Shaeed Woodard, one of the two Americans who died, said he was speechless upon hearing the apology. Relatives of the other Americans abducted in Mexico said that the apology from the cartel had done little to dull the pain of their loved ones being killed or wounded.
In a separate tweet Thursday night, Barrios Mojica said five vehicles, including a Lamborghini stolen on U.S. soil, were found in Matamoros as part of a joint operation by Mexican officials. The warrants for the five people arrested were for the charges of aggravated kidnapping and intentional simple homicide.
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