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2 Americans dead, 2 rescued after violent Mexico kidnapping

The surviving Americans were back on U.S. soil after being sped to the border near Brownsville, Texas, in a convoy of ambulances and SUVs escorted by Mexican military Humvees and National Guard trucks with mounted machine guns.

Chicago Sun-Times

Four Americans kidnapped at gunpoint in Mexico identified as group of friends who travelled for tummy tuck

Family members named the group on Monday as Latavia ‘Tay’ McGee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown and Eric James Williams

The Independent UK

The U.S. and Mexico are working together to find 4 Americans who were kidnapped

The abduction took place on the streets of Matamoros, Mexico. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the return of the Americans and the arrests of those involved.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for US military to rescue Americans kidnapped in Mexico with ‘strike’ on cartels

It is unclear who kidnapped the Americans

The Independent UK

4 US citizens kidnapped in Mexico border city amid shootout

The FBI and Mexican officials say four U.S. citizens were kidnapped by gunmen after crossing into Mexico

The Independent UK

Americans ‘buying medicine’ were not ‘intended target’ when kidnapped by cartel in Matamoros

Four Americans drove across the US border with Mexico on Friday in their white minivan, where they were ambushed by armed men

The Independent UK

Four US citizens shot at, kidnapped in northern Mexico: FBI

FBI offers $50,000 reward after Americans abducted by armed men after crossing into border city of Matamoros.

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Matamoros kidnapping: FBI offers $50,000 after four US citizens taken at gunpoint

The FBI said the four Americans were in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates and crossed into Matamoros, Tamaulipas in Mexico, on Friday where they were kidnapped

Daily Mirror

Al Qaeda leader in North Africa grants exclusive interview to FRANCE 24

Algerian Islamist Abu Obeida Youssef al-Aanabi, the current leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), granted an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24 in which he officially confirmed his group is holding French journalist Olivier Dubois, who was kidnapped in Mali in 2021, and discussed the role of jihadism…

France 24

Mexico kidnapping latest: FBI offers reward for four Americans kidnapped in Matamoros as they are identified

Follow the latest updates on abduction in Matamoros, Tamaulipas as FBI launch search for missing US citizens

The Independent UK

FBI launches search for four US citizens kidnapped at gunpoint in Matamoros, Mexico

Four Americans drove across the US’s border with Mexico on Friday in their white minivan, where they were ambushued by armed men

The Independent UK

Search underway for four Americans kidnapped in Mexico

Mexican and U.S. authorities said on Monday they were working to locate four Americans who were shot at by gunmen in northern Mexico and then kidnapped shortly after crossing the border.

Reuters

FBI launches search for four US citizens kidnapped at gunpoint in Mexico

Four Americans drove across the US’s border with Mexico on Friday in their white minivan, where they were ambushued by armed men

The Independent UK

Four people kidnapped at gunpoint from minivan in warring Mexican cartel territory

The four US citizens had crossed into Mexico on Friday in a white minivan, but soon came under fire before a gang of suspected cartel gunmen dragged them into a pick up and drove them away from the scene in Matamoros

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Bangkok Post

Depths of despair

News from Nakhon Pathom in February about an eight-month-old baby, Nong Tor, who was kidnapped while his parents slept, drew the public's attention for weeks. By the end of February, the infant's 17-year-old mother, N*, confessed to police that while bathing Nong Tor she accidentally dropped him, causing him to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two International Red Cross Workers Kidnapped in Mali

Two workers for the International Committee of the Red Cross have been kidnapped in northern Mali, the ICRC in Mali said on Twitter on Saturday. It said the abductions took place between the northern cities of Gao and Kidal - long a hotspot for militant and militia violence. "We confirm…

Reuters

Two International Red Cross workers kidnapped in Mali - ICRC

Two workers for the International Committee of the Red Cross have been kidnapped in northern Mali, the ICRC in Mali said on Twitter on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

Victim, not villain

The story of Tor, a toddler in Nakhon Pathom who was initially believed to have been kidnapped before it was determined that he was dumped into the Tha Chin River by his own mother, is more than just a simple homicide. The case reflects a deep-rooted social problem in our…

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Teen mother admits 'stolen' baby died, disposed of

A teenage mother who earlier claimed her 8-month-old baby was kidnapped in Nakhon Pathom province has now told police she accidentally dropped the child and it died of its injuries, and she dumped the body in a river.

Daily Mirror

Pregnant mum run over as she attempted to rescue son, 2, from being kidnapped

The 6-month pregnant mum had just pulled into her driveway in Illinois, US, when car thieves turned up outside and stole her car which contained her two-year-old son

Daily Mirror

Woman who 'married' rag doll claims their son has been 'kidnapped and held hostage'

A woman who says she married a rag doll now claims their 'son' has been 'kidnapped and is being 'held hostage'. She has now quit her job in a bid to find her child

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Condemns Iran Over Death Penalty for Iranian-German

The European Union on Thursday condemned a death penalty imposed by an Iranian court on an Iranian-German dual national and expressed concern about the increasing number of EU citizens in Iran's jails. Tehran's Revolutionary Court convicted Jamshid Sharmahd, 67, on Tuesday on charges of playing a role in a deadly…

Tribune News Service

Athena Strand’s mother sues FedEx, contractor, driver accused of killing 7-year-old girl

FORT WORTH, Texas — The mother of Athena Strand, the 7-year-old girl who was kidnapped and killed in Wise County in November, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against FedEx, Big Topspin and the driver accused of the girl’s murder, according to a news release.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Orders Death Penalty for ‘Kidnapped’ German National

An Iranian court on Tuesday sentenced to death on terror charges an Iranian-German national who supporters say was abducted in the Gulf and forcibly returned to Iran for a show trial. The Tehran Revolutionary Court convicted Jamshid Sharmahd in connection with the deadly bombing of a mosque in 2008, the…

ABC News

Hostage takers demand ransom in exchange for release of Australian professor kidnapped in PNG

The Australian professor was conducting a field study with three female researchers when a group of armed men abducted them, took them to a secret location and demanded money for their release.

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