ends in a tragedy. just a short time ago, all four were found, but two were dead. authorities have not identified the victims, but we do know that a mother of six from south carolina crossed the border from texas with three of her friends for a medical procedure, but investigators believe that once they were in the city of matamoros, they were kidnapped. we have disturbing footage. it shows the terrifying moments friday when at least one of those americans was shoved into the bed of a pickup truck at gunpoint in broad daylight, and not far from the united states border. our correspondents are covering this from all angles. josh campbell, you are getting information from your law enforcement sources about the condition of the victims and where exactly they were found. reporter: yeah, abby. i have been talking to sources since this incident began on friday, and to a person, they said, look. we re holding out hope that we will find these four, but the situation was very grim,
hello, i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. and i m bianna golodryga. a tragic discovery in the search for the four americans abducted in mexico. two of them were found dead and two are pack on u.s. soil. they were all found in a medical clinic in a boerder town. one of the two survives is injured. the group was traveling from south carolina so one of them could undergo a medical procedure. authorities say a group of unidentified men shot at the victims vehicles and took them away. investigators believe the americans were targeted by a mexican cartel that likely mistook them for haitian drug smugglers. diane dgallagher is in south carolina, kylie atwood is monitoring the situation from the state department. diane, let s start with you and what we re learning about the victims and what happened. reporter: victor, i m in lake city, south carolina, which family says is where three of the four americans who were abducted grew up here together. they describe them
a tragic end after a mother s trip to mexico with friends to get a medical procedure. now two in the group are dead. two others found alive. how the group got lost and ended up in the hands of armed criminals. plus i m taking over this plane. taking over this plane, he says. terrifying moments on a cross-country flight when a man threatens to hijack the plane. the video as freaked out p passengers tried to react. plus, cnn s upclose look at how the chinese will go to control its country s messaging. welcome to the lead. and we start today with our world lead and new details in tin vest game into those four americans kidnapped in mexico last week. local officials say one person has been detained after two of the u.s. citizens were found d dead. the two others are thankfully alive, though one is severely injured, according to a u.s. official, and those two have returned to the united states for medical treatment and observation. family members say that the four were
south carolina were kidnapped shortly after crossing into mexico. what authority is have called a case of mistaken identity. we want to warn you that the video we are about to show you is graphic and disturbing. you can see men and bulletproof vests brandishing long guns, shoving the americans into the back of the pickup. a woman shoved into the flat bud while the bodies of two others are limp and dragged him beside her. the minivan they were traveling in riddled with bullet holes, one of the windows shut out. family members have identified as batavia mcgee, her cousin seen here and their friend and eric james williams. we don t know which of the victims have been killed at this time. martha, again, we don t know who has been killed. we know reportedly to the sustained press it was an individual going for a tummy tuck and that individuals mother saying she got a call saying we are 15 minutes away from the procedure and then just never heard back. it is a terrifying story, i
texas border. the gunmen appearing heavily armed and wearing body armor, pulling them from a mini van and putting them in the back of a pickup. what the u.s. state department is saying tonight. the violent scene in atlanta. more than 100 people clashing with police. explosives and molotov cocktails hurled at officers. nearly two dozen suspects tonight charged with domestic terrorism. only two of them are actually from georgia. elwyn lopez is there. bracing for several feet of more snow. the new storm in the west. and this is already the scene tonight, driving through walls of snow some 20 feet high. tonight, families that have already run out of food and critical medicine. matt gutman in california. in fact, there are two systems we re watching tonight. in the northeast, a fast-moving storm. several inches of snow and rain coming in some places. and then that new system set to slam the west again. ginger zee timing it all out. yet another train derailment in ohio. it