The cartel believed responsible for the armed kidnapping last week that killed two American tourists and a Mexican woman in Matamoros, Mexico, issued an apology letter.
A CNN report states that the head of the cartel handed over five of their members to local authorities
According to images circulating online, a version of the letter was obtained by CNN from an official familiar with the ongoing investigation.
“The [Gulf Cartel] apologizes to the society of Matamoros, the relatives of Ms. Areli, and the affected American people and families,” reads the handwritten letter, referring to a Mexican woman who was also killed in the shootout.
The bodies of the two Americans killed in the kidnapping were delivered Thursday to US diplomatic authorities, according to a Mexican official. Two other American tourists survived the kidnapping.
Five men suspected to be the ones from the cartel, can be seen lying face down and restrained on the pavement with their shirts pulled over their faces.
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