NYT WORLD: 2 Americans Found Dead; 2 Found Alive in Mexico Kidnapping
By Natalie Kitroeff, Maria Abi-Habib, Jack Nicas and Jacey Fortin
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: March 7, 2023 at 02:00AM
Her brother, 28-year-old Zindell Brown, was laughing, Ms. Grant said, and she could hear his three friends in the car, having a good time.
“They weren’t nervous,” Ms. Grant, 34, said in an interview.
But by Tuesday, the Mexican authorities confirmed that her brother was dead, one of the two Americans in the group who were killed after gunmen attacked their car hours after they had crossed into the dangerous border town of Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state last week.
The two others in the group survived — one suffered a gunshot wound in his leg. They were found along with the bodies of the dead in a house outside the city, where they were being held, the authorities said.
By Natalie Kitroeff, Maria Abi-Habib, Jack Nicas and Jacey Fortin
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: March 7, 2023 at 02:00AM
U.S. and Mexican authorities had been searching for the four Americans since they were kidnapped in Mexico last week after they crossed into the country from Texas for a medical procedure.
MEXICO CITY — Zalayna Grant last spoke to her brother on Thursday, when he told her he was driving to Mexico with a group of friends — one of them was planning to get a tummy tuck there.Her brother, 28-year-old Zindell Brown, was laughing, Ms. Grant said, and she could hear his three friends in the car, having a good time.
“They weren’t nervous,” Ms. Grant, 34, said in an interview.
But by Tuesday, the Mexican authorities confirmed that her brother was dead, one of the two Americans in the group who were killed after gunmen attacked their car hours after they had crossed into the dangerous border town of Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state last week.
The two others in the group survived — one suffered a gunshot wound in his leg. They were found along with the bodies of the dead in a house outside the city, where they were being held, the authorities said.
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