Two of the four Americans kidnapped by gunmen on Friday in Matamoros, a town in northeastern Mexico on the border with the United States, were found dead on Tuesday, Tamaulipas state governor Americo Villarreal announced.
“Of the four (Americans), two are dead, one is injured and the other is alive,” the governor said by telephone during the morning press conference of Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador.
The four Americans, whose identity remains unknown, had crossed the city of Matamoros, in the state of Tamaulipas, driving a white minivan with North Carolina registration before being targeted by gunfire and then kidnapped by armed men.
The FBI had offered a $50,000 reward for any assistance contributing to their release and the arrest of the suspects.
The city of Matomoros is plagued by violence linked to drug trafficking and organized crime.
The roads in the region are considered the most dangerous in Mexico due to the risk of kidnapping and extortion by criminal groups.
