Mexico: the Gulf cartel would have released a letter of apology for the murder of the two Americans

"Otoniel", leader of the Gulf Clan, present in Mexico and Colombia, surrounded by Colombian law enforcement, on May 4, 2022 at Bogota's military airport.

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The drug cartel accused of the kidnapping in Mexico of four Americans and the murder of two of them has circulated a letter of apology and handed over the alleged perpetrators to the authorities, local media reported Thursday, without official confirmation.

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Several Mexican media published Thursday a letter attributed to the Gulf Cartel - the largest cartel of drug traffickers in the country and one of the most violent armed groups - in which this criminal organization claims to "vigorously condemn" the

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She “

”, and declares having decided to deliver the authors to the authorities.

The kidnappers acted without the authorization of their leaders, according to this alleged letter from the Cartel.

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The four Americans had crossed the border driving a white minivan registered in North Carolina before being targeted by gunfire, then kidnapped by armed men in the border town of Matamoros.

The Mexican authorities quickly evoked the hypothesis of a “

”. 

Of the four Americans abducted, two died and two were later found, one with gunshot wounds and the other unharmed, on the outskirts of Matamoros.

A Mexican bystander was also killed in the exchange of gunfire.

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Local media that reported the information also published a photo in which this handwritten statement appears next to five people lying on their stomachs with their hands tied.

However, the authorities have not confirmed whether they were indeed the alleged perpetrators of the kidnapping.

Anoche fueron abandonados 5 hombres maniatados en calles de Matamoros con ellos un mensaje en el que el Cartel del Golfo los acusa de haber participado en el secuestro los estadounidenses y se culpa por la muerte de tres personas entre ellas una mexicana pic.twitter.com/ 0Y7jLAbvz5

— Azucena Uresti (@azucenau) March 9, 2023

So far, the Mexican prosecutor's office has only reported the arrest of one suspect, who stood guard near the abductees.

(with agencies)

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