The FBI is seeking the public's help in locating the four Americans kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico, on Friday. Pictured are members of the National Guard in the border city of Matamoros, Mexico, in 2021.
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The FBI is seeking the public's help in locating the four Americans kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico, on Friday. Pictured are members of the National Guard in the border city of Matamoros, Mexico, in 2021.
Mandatory Credit: Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images/File

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4 US citizens missing in Mexico were there for medical procedures and targeted by mistake, US official says

Four US citizens who were assaulted and kidnapped in northeastern Mexico on Friday are believed to have been targeted by mistake, a US official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN, adding the Americans were in Mexico for medical procedures, according to receipts found in their vehicle.