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☆ Death Toll in Mexican Church Collapse During Mass Rises to 10
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - The death toll caused by the collapse of a church roof during a Sunday Mass in northern Mexico has risen to 10, and another 60 people were injured, officials said on Monday, as local authorities began wrapping up search and rescue efforts. Five women, two men and three children were among those killed at the church in the Gulf Coast city of Ciudad Madero in Tamaulipas state, state governor Americo Villarreal said. Footage posted on social media showed the moment the church roof caved in, puffs of gray smoke billowing into the air, followed by the toppling of yellow brick outer walls. Mexican media reported that several children were baptized during the Sunday Mass at the church. Bishop Jose Armando Alvarez from the Roman Catholic Diocese of nearby Tampico said the church roof crumbled as worshippers were receiving communion and asked others to pray for survivors.

Persons: Americo Villarreal, Villarreal, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Bishop Jose Armando Alvarez, Nestor Javier Lopez, Kylie Madry, Raul Cortes, Laura Gottesdiener, David Gregorio Organizations: Roman Catholic Diocese, Reforma Locations: MONTERREY, Mexico, Gulf Coast, Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Tampico, Mexico City, Monterrey

☆ Death toll in Mexican church collapse during mass rises to 10
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Rescue team work near the church, after the roof collapsed, in Ciudad Madero, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico, October 1, 2023. Five women, two men and three children were among those killed at the church in the Gulf Coast city of Ciudad Madero in Tamaulipas state, state governor Americo Villarreal said. Footage posted on social media showed the moment the church roof caved in, puffs of gray smoke billowing into the air, followed by the toppling of yellow brick outer walls. Mexican media reported that several children were baptized during the Sunday Mass at the church. Bishop Jose Armando Alvarez from the Roman Catholic Diocese of nearby Tampico said the church roof crumbled as worshippers were receiving communion and asked others to pray for survivors.

Persons: El Citadino, Americo Villarreal, Villarreal, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Bishop Jose Armando Alvarez, Nestor Javier Lopez, Kylie Madry, Raul Cortes, Laura Gottesdiener, David Gregorio Our Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Roman Catholic Diocese, Reforma, Thomson Locations: Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, El, Rights MONTERREY, Gulf Coast, Tampico, Mexico City, Monterrey

☆ Gulf cartel apologizes after Americans are kidnapped and killed in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Ken Dilanian | Minyvonne Burke | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Gulf cartel apologized Thursday after two American citizens were killed during an armed abduction last week in Mexico. A senior law enforcement official told NBC News that U.S. authorities believe the letter is legitimate. Four Americans were shot at and kidnapped after driving into Matamoros, Mexico, just south of Brownsville, Texas, for a medical procedure. Video showed a gunman dragging people into a white pickup, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the matter previously said. A law enforcement official with knowledge of the matter said a woman in the group had been seeking a cosmetic medical procedure.

Mexican officials, who say they are pursuing various lines of inquiry, drew up a brief document summarizing the abduction of the Americans and biographical information on them. A Reuters review of South Carolina state records found that Woodard was convicted five times between 2007 and 2016 of drug crimes. The records also showed that Williams was in 2017 convicted for the manufacture and distribution of cocaine, though this was not mentioned in the Mexican document seen by Reuters. Reuters could not ascertain how a drug gang might have known Americans with drug convictions were arriving in Matamoros. Mexican officials have not yet specified the cause of death of Brown and Woodard.

☆ Two of Four Americans Kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico, Found Dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Juan Montes | Anthony Harrup | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A scene where gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas. The governor of Mexico’s Tamaulipas state said Tuesday that two of the four U.S. citizens kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros have been found dead and two others alive, one of them injured. Ambulances and security personnel were on their way to the site, Gov. Américo Villarreal said in a telephone call to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador .

☆ Two of four Americans kidnapped in Mexico are alive, two dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Mexican authorities search for evidence as they work to locate four Americans who were shot by gunmen and then kidnapped shortly after crossing the border with Brownsville, U.S. Texas, in Matamoros, Mexico March 6, 2023. REUTERS/StringerMEXICO CITY, March 7 (Reuters) - Two of four Americans who went missing on Friday in the Mexican northern border state of Tamaulipas are alive, and two are dead, the state governor said on Tuesday. Separately, a Mexican official told Reuters that two of the men had been found dead. The woman and another man were alive, safe and in the hands of authorities, the official said. The four Americans were in a white minivan when they entered the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on Friday.

☆ The 4 Americans who were attacked after crossing the Mexican border were traveling to get a tummy tuck procedure, relatives say
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Chris Panella | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two of the four Americans kidnapped in Mexican are dead, while the other two were found alive. Relatives told CNN and ABC News the group traveled for one of them to get a tummy tuck procedure. Tamaulipas Governor Américo Villarreal said the other two Americans were found alive in Tamaulipas, according to Latinus journalist Claudio Ochoa Huerta. Obrador confirmed at a press conference Monday that the group was abducted on March 3 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, near the Rio Grande and southern US border with Brownsville, Texas. It was originally reported by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that the group traveled to buy medication.

Two of the four Americans who were shot at by gunmen and kidnapped shortly after crossing the border into northern Mexico last week are dead, according to the governor of Tamaulipas state. McCleod said the group is from South Carolina, and had been traveling in a rental vehicle with North Carolina license plates when they entered Matamoros. The FBI confirmed that the group was traveling in a white minivan with North Carolina plates. Zalandria Brown of Florence, South Carolina, told The Associated Press that her younger brother, Zindell, was among the four victims. She said she had been in contact with the FBI and local officials after learning her sibling had been kidnapped.

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