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Two of the 4 Americans kidnapped astatine gunpoint successful Mexico past week are dormant and 2 are inactive alive, a Mexican authorities politician has said.
Four US citizens were kidnapped astatine gunpoint connected 3 March portion driving into the metropolis of Matamoros successful the north-eastern authorities of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
They had travelled their for cosmetic surgery, relatives told US media.
US officials person yet to corroborate the deaths.
Mexico's lawyer general's bureau confirmed that of the 4 Americans, "two of them are dead, 1 idiosyncratic is injured and the different is alive," the politician of Tamaulipas, Americo Villarreal, said during a quality conference.
Both the Mexican and US national authorities person been investigating the kidnapping and searching for the 4 Americans. A Mexican pistillate was killed successful the incidental past Friday.
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