Eric Williams, a man who survived a kidnapping at gunpoint in Mexico, was found alive with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds to his legs five days after a Mexican cartel accosted him and his friends.
Williams was travelling to support his friend Latavia ‘Tay’ McGee at her scheduled tummy tuck surgery. However, his wife, Michelle, said she did not know he was travelling to the country.
She explained that she did not hear from him since Friday and assumed that was when they were ambushed. Mexican and American authorities have been searching for days for the four friends who travelled to a dangerous part of the country to support McGee.
Dramatic footage showed her barefoot and covered in dirt as she and Williams were rescued from a dingy stash house on Tuesday, but McGee’s cousin, Shaeed Woodard, and Zindell Brown did not survive.
McGee’s mother, Barbara Burgess, also told ABC 15 on Tuesday evening that she had spoken to her daughter, who was in shock but unharmed.
Mexican authorities said the group arrived in Matamoros at 9:45 am and were caught up in the terrifying ambush hours after arriving at 11:45 am.
Once officials had identified U.S. license plates on the minivan the group had been travelling in, Mexican authorities reached out to their U.S. counterparts.
Mexican authorities said they could scan public surveillance cameras to determine ‘the number of cartel vehicles involved in the attack.’
In a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, the Governor of Tamaulipas, Américo Villarreal Anaya, confirmed the identity of the person arrested, ’24-year-old Jose ‘N’ was arrested. He was in charge of monitoring the victims.’
Mexican newspaper Milenio cites law enforcement officials saying they were investigating whether the group was kidnapped by the ‘Gulf Cartel members,’ a notoriously violent gang run by a feared leader known as La Kena.
Republican representatives Dan Crenshaw of Texas and Michael Waltz of Florida recently introduced a bill giving Biden ‘authority to use the U.S. military against these cartels in Mexico.’
In response, Ricardo Monreal tweeted yesterday: ‘My response to the representative from Texas @DanCrenshawTX is direct and clear: I reject all foreign interference in the internal affairs of Mexico, and also the claim to apply United States laws in our country. It’s called ‘Sovereignty.’ Even if Crenshaw doesn’t get it.’
The State Department has a ‘Do Not Travel’ warning for Tamaulipas state due to ‘crime and kidnapping.’
It said organized crime activity, including gun battles, armed robberies and kidnappings, are common along the border and in Ciudad Victoria.
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