reporter: a convoy transporting the two survivors to the border near brownsville, texas. this is the moment the two victims made it back to u.s. soil and a waiting ambulance. tonight, barbara burgess tells abc news her daughter, mother of five latavia tay mcgee, is one of the survivors. i had to hold my heart. i was thanking the lord. i said, thank you, jesus. there is a god. reporter: her mother says she has no major injuries. reporter: and tonight, the wife of mcgee s friend, eric james williams, says he is in surgery in texas. officials in mexico say he was shot in the leg. it was just tears of joy. i guess that he s, he s alive. reporter: the other two members of the group, shaeed wodard and zindell brown, killed during the kidnapping. their bodies now headed back to the u.s. tonight, mexican officials outlining the three-day search that led authorities to a wooden house outside matamoros. they say the survivors were found alongside the dead. according to her family
matamoros on friday, her family says armed gunmen in body armor chased them, opening fire on their white minivan. the gunmen then kidnapping the group. a mexican bystander also killed. mexican officials say it was a case of mistaken identity. a source close to the investigation telling abc news that investigators believe the gunmen may have targeted the vehicle because they wrongly believed the group of americans were rival human traffickers. so, let s bring in matt rivers again tonight. we know this is an area filled with organized crime. the u.s. warning americans about traveling to this part of mexico. have authorities made any progress tonight in finding out who might be responsible for this? reporter: david, officials not saying if organized crime was definitively involved here, but they have detained one person they say was acting as a lookout at the house where the kidnapping suspects were found. but the investigation in its infancy right now. and david, more arrests could b
coming under fire and kidnapped. u.s. and mexican authorities launching a desperate search. the incident caught on surveillance. heavily armed men could be seen pulling the americans from the car. one seen being toss into the back of a truck. their white mini van, the windshield shattered. mexico deploying police and armed vehicles on the streets. this morning, that gruesome discovery. the two survivors transported away in an ambulance under heavy guard, back to the united states. tonight here, we have news on their conditions, and why they traveled to that town in the first place. abc s matt rivers leading us off, he s in mexico tonight. reporter: tonight, two americans have been found alive and are now back safe in the u.s. after this horrific kidnapping at gunpoint in a mexican border city, captured on video. you can see at least one of the survivors in the back of that pickup truck. two u.s. citizens were returned to the united states. the bodies of two other u.s. citizens kill
kristen: thank you for joining us on getting answers today. we are here every day at tonight, two americans found dead, shot and killed after being kidnapped in mexico. two more americans surviving in that same home in mexico. we have late reporting. and the developing headline. two small planes colliding outside tampa, going down in a lake. first tonight, the haunting images. those four americans kidnapped at gunpoint, shortly after crossing over the border from texas. one of them seen being tossed into the back of the pickup. the two survivors found in that house. their conditions tonight. why it s believed they made that trip into mexico. and news here on their whereabouts. matt rivers in mexico tonight. also this evening, that scene playing out late today, a midair collision in florida outside tampa. those two small planes crashing
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