come here illegally it will result in their detention and swift removal. and tickets for the eurovision final in liverpool sell out completely in 90 minutes. we meet some lucky, and some not so lucky, fans. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. two of four americans kidnapped in mexico on monday have been found dead. the two survivors have returned to the us. the group was fired on by gunmen while driving through matamoros in the north east, after crossing into mexico from texas. a mexican woman also died in the violence. a suspect is in custody. here s our mexico correspondent will grant. caught up at the epicentre of mexico s violent drug war. this unconfirmed video reportedly shows the moment that the four us citizens, in mexico for a cosmetic health procedure for one of them, were kidnapped. only one appeared to be conscious, ramping up the fears for their relatives in north carolina. those fears were later confirmed in the most public of ways by
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health tourism to mexico is common and popular among people living in southern us states. but matamoros is one of the most dangerous cities in this country. tamaulipas one of its most dangerous states. the four americans had travelled together for one of them, 33 year old latavia tay mcgee, to undergo a minor procedure. she was accompanied by shaheed woodard, zindell brown and eric williams. but the group never made the appointment. the incident further strains the already difficult us mexico relationship. the cartels are responsible for the deaths of americans, and we are fighting as hard as possible. the dea and the fbi are doing everything possible to dismantle and disrupt and ultimately prosecute the leaders of the cartels and the entire networks that they depend on. under president lopez obrador, the mexican drug war has continued to worsen. critics say his security policy, often described by his hugs, not bullets
simply isn t working, with the cartels in control of swathes of the country. now, as these four us visitors return home in the worst possible circumstances, they become the latest victims of mexico s endless war with organised crime. will grant, bbc news, mexico city. our mexico correspondent will grant gave us this update. well, let me start by giving you the state department s travel advice for the state of tamaulipas. they obviously advise us citizens not to go there, saying that it is a state where organised crime activity, including gun battles, murder, armed robbery, car jackings, kidnapping, forced disappearance, extortion and sexual assault is common along the border. so that gives you a picture ofjust how dangerous the entire state of tamaulipas is, and specifically this city of matamoros, one of the absolute flashpoints in tamaulipas. it is worth bearing in mind that currently two factions of the same cartel, the gulf cartel, are at war
over control of the routes north for drugs, but it s notjust the drug war. we talk about the drug war in mexico, but really, this goes long beyond that. it is about control of the routes for trafficking migrants north, moving guns south from the us and money north, it is about the whole spread of criminal activity, much of which is contained along the border, specifically in states like tamaulipas. and in terms of the mexican government s strategy towards it, 35,000 people were murdered last year. during the worst years of the drug war, which were considered around 2015, it was 20,000. so the president s critics really believe that he is on the wrong path when it comes to security strategy in this country. so, will, you ve mentioned this state advisory, and also, how dangerous particular areas are, but how unusual is it for americans to be kidnapped in the country?