He didn’t deserve it,” James Woodard told reporters Thursday, referring to his son's death. It’s just crazy to see your own child taken from you in such a way, in a violent way like that. Just restless, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t eat. “I’ve just been trying to make sense out of it for a whole week. Woodard's father said he was speechless upon hearing that the cartel had apologized for the violent abduction captured in video that spread quickly online. In the letter obtained by The Associated Press through a Tamaulipas state law enforcement official Thursday, the Scorpions faction of the Gulf cartel apologized to the residents of Matamoros where the Americans were kidnapped, Servando, and the four Americans and their families.īut relatives of the abducted Americans said that the purported apology has done little to dull the pain of their loved ones being killed or wounded. A Mexican woman, Areli Pablo Servando, 33, was also killed, apparently by a stray bullet. Another friend, who remained in Brownsville, called police after being unable to reach the group that crossed the border. About midday, they were fired on in downtown Matamoros and then loaded into the pickup truck. The four Americans had crossed into Matamoros from Texas so that McGee could have cosmetic surgery. He was wearing a tactical vest, but there is no mention of him being armed. When authorities arrived, McGee and Williams shouted desperately to them in English.Ī guard who tried to escape out a back door was quickly apprehended, the documents said. Beside them were the bodies of Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown, wrapped in blankets and plastic bags. Inside the shack, the documents said, Latavia “Tay” McGee and Eric Williams were blindfolded. Then they began to hear someone shouting, “Help!” CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico - The anonymous tip that led Mexican authorities to a remote shack where four abducted Americans were held described armed men, people wearing blindfolds and plenty of activity around a ranch.Īuthorities headed for the rural area east of Matamoros on Tuesday morning, leaving the highway and driving remote dirt roads looking for the described location, according to Mexican investigative documents viewed Friday by The Associated Press.įinally, they saw the wooden shack far from any homes or businesses, surrounded by brush, and a white pickup parked outside that matched the one the Americans had been loaded into last Friday.
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