central matamoros. translator: the four persons kidnapped were taken to different places, one of them to a clinic. in an effort to make this more confusing and avoid rescue. reporter: washington, mcgee and williams have survived the incident, while woodard and brown did not. williams was reportedly shot in the leg. the two survivors are back in the u.s. receiving medical care. translator: we condemn what happened and feel sorry for the loss. reporter: mexican authorities will process the bodies of brown and woodard before returning them to the united states. as for the investigation translator: the investigation is ongoing to find who is responsible. reporter: family members tell cnn the group of friends traveled by car from south carolina so washington mcgee, a mother of six, could undergo a medical procedure. investigators believe after they crossed the border, they came under gunfire and crashed their
do not travel to the state. the group was abducted due to heavy crime and kidnapping in the region. there are many people who crossed over that border for these medical appointments. attacks on u.s. citizens or are acceptable or, no matter what circumstances they occur. mcgeachin williams are now under the care of the fbi and u.s. officials are making arrangements to bring home the bodies of brown and woodard. we want to see accountability for the violence that has been inflicted on these americans. she joins us now just across the border from all this happened. has anyone been arrested in connection? you know anderson, according to mexico officials, one individual has been arrested. a 24-year-old from mexico. now according to mexican officials, this man was somehow associated with surveillance on the americans. here s the thing, mexican
kidnapping as heavily armed men loaded them into a white truck and transported them into various locations to evade capture. the mexican president says that those responsible will be found and punished. a u.s. official familiar with the investigation told cnn that they believe a mexican cartel kidnapped the group after mistaking them for haitian drug smugglers. the state department has issued its highest level four warning, don t travel to the state where the group was abducted. there are many people who cross over that border for these medical appointments. attacks on u.s. citizens are unacceptable no matter where or under what circumstances they occur. reporter: mcgee and williams are now under the care of the fbi and u.s. officials are making arrangements to bring home the bodies of brown and woodard. we want to see accountability
americans who were abducted just absolutely terrified right now by what has happened, two of those families have identified the four americans as la dave i can t washington mcgee, woodard, brown and their friend eric. they are a tight-knit group of friends, three of the four grew up in the lake city, south carolina, area. we re told they traveled down to mexico together because one of those friends, tae mcgee, was set to have a medical procedure there. her mother says that on friday morning she never showed up for her doctor s appointment and then on sunday the fbi told her that her daughter had been abducted and was in danger. she says the fbi said if your daughter calls, you need to call us right away. now, mcgee s aunt says she actually saw a video on sunday where she recognized her niece being kidnapped, she said she recognized her blond hair, also recognized the clothes she was
a u.s. official told cnn they believe a mexican cartel kidnapped the group after mistaking them for haitian drug smugglers. the state department has issued its highest level four warning, do not travel to the state, where the group was abducted, due to heavy crime and kidnapping in the region. there are many people who cross over that border for these medical appointments. attacks on u.s. citizens are unacceptable. mcgee and williams are now under the care of the fbi and u.s. officials are making arrangements to bring home the bodies of brown and woodard. our immediate concerns are for the safe return of our citizens. reporter: the building that you see behind me is a hospital where we believe the american survivors are being treated. the hospital is not issuing a statement or reporting their conditions. but we do know that they are