Five people arrested for deadly kidnapping of Americans in Mexico after the cartel turned in its own gang members
- Mexican authorities arrested five more people in connection with the brutal kidnapping of four US citizens in Matamoros, Mexico.
- The Attorney General of Tamaulipas, Irving Barrios Mojica, said that they were arrested for the crimes of “aggravated kidnapping and intentional homicide.”
- So far six people have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and it comes after the Gulf Cartel apologized and handed over five of its members.
Mexican authorities have arrested five more people in connection with the brutal kidnapping of four US citizens in Matamoros, Mexico, in which two were killed, authorities say.
Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica tweeted on Friday that the five men were arrested for the crimes of “aggravated kidnapping and intentional homicide.”
So far six people have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and it comes after the Gulf Cartel apologized and handed over five of its members to local authorities.
Barrios Mojica tweeted: ‘The Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office (#FGJT) executed an arrest warrant against 5 people linked to the events of March 3 in Matamoros, for the crimes of aggravated kidnapping and intentional homicide. One more person who was arrested in recent days was linked to the process.’
More to come.
Mexican authorities have arrested five more people in connection with the brutal kidnapping of four US citizens in Matamoros, Mexico, in which two were killed after members (pictured) of the Gulf Cartel’s Grupo Escorpiones were abandoned on a street from Matamoros and accused by the criminal organization. of being behind last Friday’s kidnapping of four Americans, including two who were killed