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,
ended in a way that absolutely nobody wanted to see happen. there was so much hope from family members just last night speaking about, no good news is good news and they were holding out hope this perhaps would have ended differently. latavi latavia m gecgee is a mother ofx children, and we re waiting word for how this will shake out for those kids. kylie atwood, the state department, there have been travel warnings for this yarea f mexico. what do you know about what is next? well, listen. we heard from the white house national security advisers john kirby expressing condolences to the families of those who were killed in this incident. not getting into the specifics of the circumstances surrounding that yet, he said that the biden administration, u.s. officials are still working with mexican authorities to learn more about really what happened here and what they re focused on, of
concerned they had missed the appointment. the friend says when they reached out of the doctor s office, the doctor s office did say latavia reached out to them for directions because she was lost. they actually sent a screenshot of the message and sent her the address and asked her if she was using gps. they said the office employee she spoke with messaged the doctor s office said she messaged the doctor s office, but the employee did not notice the message until a few hours later. i will tell you, abby, that the aunt of latavi latavia mcgee sa mother said she had been kidnapped and was in danger. her aunt saw a video online where she recognized her niece in that because of her hair and the clothes she was wearing, because, again, these are friends. they were facetiming. they were livestreaming their trip from south carolina down to mexico. she recognized what she was wearing and knew that she was there. again, they could not get in touch with any of them, and this
they can. now i m told as far as the two deceased american victims, they will be processed, their remains, by the medical examiner s office there in mexico to determine the cause of death, and then after that is complete, a source tells me that they expect the remains to be promptly handed over to u.s. officials where they will then be repatiat ed to the united states. one is still alive, and this happened from after a source saying they were seeking a medical procedure. americans and canadians do this all the time. they travel to mexico for lower cost prescription drugs, lower-priced medical care, but of course, this is apart of mexico where the u.s. state department has this travel warning warning citizens not to go there. this obvious i ely ending in tragedy, and saying this appears at least according to law enforcement that these americans were targeted by mistake, that