A Mexican drug gang apologized for abducting four Americans and turned over five of its members to AP and Local media.

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Mexican Cartel Apologizes

By Brandon Lee

Pictures of five guys bound to a pickup vehicle with an apology scribbled by hand on the windshield are going viral on social media.

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According to the AP, a law enforcement source in Tamaulipas, the Mexican state where the American tourists were attacked, provided a copy of the letter.

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After traveling to the border city of Matamoros for cosmetic surgery, two of them were shot and died, while one was injured.

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According to authorities, cartel gunmen may have mistaken them for drug runners and shot at their van before kidnapping them.

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The Gulf cartel's Scorpions division expressed regret to the people of Matamoros for the deaths of a Mexican woman and four Americans.

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The AP received a letter from the police as well as a picture of the men who were discovered chained inside one of the cars.

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In addition to Zindell Brown and Shaeed Woodard, who perished in the attack, Tamaulipas also seized an ambulance and a clinic that were used to treat injured Americans.

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The cartel turned over to Mexican authorities the five men who were in charge of the assault.

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In addition to Zindell Brown and Shaeed Woodard, who perished in the attack, Tamaulipas also seized an ambulance and a clinic that were used to treat injured Americans.

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Police in Brownsville, Texas, are aware of the events in Matamoros and have found Cheryl Orange, the fifth traveler who had forgotten her travel documents.

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