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The four Americans kidnapped in Mexico had crossed over the border to get medicine, the Mexican president revealed Monday, as new details emerged about the moment they were taken.
The US citizens came from Texas before they got caught in the crossfire and were abducted, officials said. At least one Mexican citizen was killed in the broad daylight shooting.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday the four were going to purchase medicine but offered few details.
“There was a confrontation between groups, and they were detained,” he said, adding Mexico’s public safety ministry was working with the FBI to find the missing Americans.
“I believe it will be resolved, I hope so,” Obrador said during a regular news conference.
The four were riding in a white minivan with North Carolina license before getting shot on Friday shortly after they entered the dangerous city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas from Brownsville, Texas, the FBI San Antonio Division office said Sunday.
An “innocent” Mexican citizen died in the attack, US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said Monday.
A witness to the attack and kidnapping told The Associated Press she saw the white minivan get hit by another vehicle before shots rang out.
