They would if the leaders were not killed or imprisoned in the 80s and 90s. Black Americans are not allowed to establish real mafias like other ethnic groups
Nothing organized about that. They kidnapped them. They didn't capture the president just regular citizens. It's not hard to cause people and shoot them
I was raised in houston an now live in mexico, both places are dangerous in houston a 15 yo kids can blow your head off n here in mexico cops will make you disappear!
It may not look like it but they are so lucky to be alive to tell the story, God knows how many people disappeared and never made it back. So sorry about their brothers.
Every since this incident the u.s has have a few kidnapping and 5 shooting massacres and the killing of the cash app in San Francisco. Ohh ohhh.. México needs to invade us because our country is more dangerous.
He was curious if the guy was from the south because I think she had already said the guy said he’s from the USA. The guy saying y’all” would be an important identifier.
He did an interview with Black actor, can't remember name. Actor spoke about growing up with Big Mama. Andersen laughed in condescending tone. Actor explained Black people don't say Grandma. I was offended then and now. This is race bias. Racism is not slurs. Hidden in plain sight. Not saying he racist but biased with ignorance.
Most important lesson of all this, stay in the good US of A, don't go down to Mexico just because you want to save a couple of bucks, as much as you want to feel bad why would go to the the capital of murder, and the sad part is these people won't go to church how many times have they sad thank God none at all, and not like they did this interview for free 😅😅
To the person reading this, Good luck! Don’t stress, everything will be fine. No matter what difficulty you are facing right now, you can overcome it. You are strong and brave ❤😊
My prayer for these two is that they get professional mental health. The pain on their faces, the trauma they've experienced and their down countenance is so heartbreaking!
What scares me the most about this horrific event is that they were mistakenly kidnapped and were eventually released. However, if this happens again, what impact will this interview have on the cartels' decision to release hostages in the future? I hope that the victims receive the help that they need.
@@MadamKitt exactly just the way they speak about it there is no way they would be here to talk I have known family hardworking people innocent get picked up and never seen again
@@rosiesalinas978 Were those people American tho? I'm not justifying it at all but the Mexican cartel is not trying to be known for kidnapping and murdering Americans. If they were Mexican (or Haitian) citizens, no doubt cartel would have killed them to cover it up.
I've been to Mexico a couple of times ( I live in Cali ) one thing I do know is you don't go wondering off to small streets you stay on the main roads. These two were very fortunate to have been let go. I've seen some very gruesome things happening to people things you couldn't bare to watch. Don't get me wrong Mexico is a beautiful country the people there are very nice. It's the bad side that controls everything there. If you ever go there be vigilant and be careful.
Same here. Mexico is a beautiful country with a lot of culture. Hard working and family oriented people. I have a horror story but I don't hate the Mexican people. Just the criminals.
@Will Smith The Mexican are extremely nice and humble but they are also very poor and some have chosen to make fast money bringing drugs to the US and with that comes a lot of violence.
Do you all realize this is the reason people are fleeing the area? They grab their kids and run and come to our borders and the repubs what to throw them back. Why can't we go in with our forces and clean it up,? Then everyone can go back home where they want to be.
Why does your heart go out to these liars? They were found to be gang-banging drug runners. They were in Mexico doing a huge drug-run. They were just innocent Americans who were ambushed for no reason. The fact that all of you still don't know this scares me a bunch. It means that you don't pay attention to real news. Which is why America is in the mess it is in right now. Stop watching CNN and MSNBC! You will never get the whole truth!
This is heartbreaking to listen to. I am so glad they were released. I can't imagine the bravery it took just to go through that ordeal. The cartel did apologize for their mistake, but I think that is because the media got involved in this story as it spread nationally. RIP to the two who were lost. May God bless the two siblings who survived.
@Shawn Thomas I see a woman, kidnapped after xing into Mexico. Traveling with family. Witness murder and mayhem...and cool as a cucumber telling us the story. Yeah...grace.
@@Rtd976 It takes a lot of stupidity. Why would anyone go down there? People risk their lives daily to flee from there and come to the US for a reason.
Why is CNN giving bits and pieces of the interview instead of dropping the whole interview? Did she say why they were in Mexico driving through cartel infested areas in a rental? Has she done this trip before and familiar with the area? Was this really for cosmetic surgery? I would like some backstory to this because this could be a teachable moment for people who are doing this drive/flight for surgery. Based on comments I've read, there is a clinic there that many woman have gone to but the clinic usual picks the patients up from designated areas.
Don't go to Mexico. It's that simple. Africa is a more beautiful, and better destination. Way bigger too, beautiful animals, people, and 52 countries to visit. Don't let the media fool you. White Americans are always there on vacation, and Blacks are scared to visit.
Do you really believe one man sacrificed himself for these Americans they aren't the first or last something is fishy here cartel members don't care innocent or mistake it's what they do
Probably not because he was going to release them but because they fumbled the bag by murdering 2 of them.. they made it to hot and we’re going to pay with there life
The strength that is probably taking the two of them to sit there and tell the story without breaking down in tears can only come from God above may God continue to bless them and protect them and their families because this is going to live with them and haunt them for a very very long time God willing they will finally see the light at the end of the tunnel
This shouldn’t happen I’m so sorry what you all went through it’s so hard to hear it , can’t imagine the terror and Panic you went through. God be with you always🙏🙏🙏
Who went through?? These THUGZ Okay. 😂😂Two crossed guns Into another country. These THUGZ had criminal records in the u.s these THUGZ were there to cross drugs.. enough of these nonsense.
@@mae2309 Whites do the most drugs in America. Look at the heroin epidemic. Thug is just another form of the "N" word today. I saw two white guys in front of my house buying drugs on their motorcycle. I should've reported them, and the black guys who sold it to them. But hey i guess it's better to sell them to be a "user".
I've been to Mexico twice within the past year. Both times I went to resorts in the Yucatan Peninsula. No problems at all. So sad what's going on in Mexico. The people in Mexico who are not involved with the drug cartels are some of the nicest people I have ever met. Rest In Peace to the victims of this horrendous crime and may the two people being interviewed find peace...
Oh yeah, right the nicest people in the world only when you’re paying the money. And they’re getting what they want. They turn on you as soon as they don’t I’ve seen it.
Only talking cuz the Cartel actually apologized (wrong people) and punished those involved. Most rare interview. That adide...not sure I'd want to talk about any of what happened in public. But that's me. Glad yall made it...sorry about your bro.
@@Faith12Man story was she was going to get a medical procedure done, here she says she was pregnant at the time. The real reason they were there is what’s cap.
@JaceJackboy okay thanks for update. I find it weird this made it to CNN we got alot going on that need some media attention especially with violence. Most of our cases go unotice, not reported or unsolved.
@JaceJackboy I heard from other sources that these people have prior drug convictions and that they were actually meeting cartel uo in Mexico. What's the true story here cause I'm confused...
Cartels mistaking black Americans as members of a Jamaican/Caribbean DTO does not bode well for other black tourists in Mexico. DEA, DHS and any other agency that actively monitors drug trafficking conflict should be more vocal in communicating this sort of thing to Americans. If I look like a rival drug dealer who is actively being hunted in certain parts of Mexico, I would like to know that so I can cancel my trip down there. Federal drug trafficking intelligence needs to be less clandestine, it obviously hasn’t helped to fight their war on drugs.
America does have hot spots highlighted of what parts to stay away from. I am not sure why this group didn't check first or if they didn't believe how dangerous the Cartels are.
@@Ivan_762 Legitimate point made. Looking at schools, churches and malls being slaughtered by the other groups everyday now is a major tragedy too. What a mess of humanity. Statistics and numbers are the tip of the iceberg of how things are really ending. Moment by moment new crisis arises. One world Is being destroyed for the construction of another. Groups in between are being allowed to destroy themselves and each other. Look at Portland Oregon. 🙏🏼 People should pray. Humanity in mass numbers is at stake.
You definitely have to be wary about where you go off by yourself. Personally, I have no intention to hang out in any of the border towns. I just took a solo trip to Cancun/Tulum and had a great time. Met up with a girl friend who lives down in Merida alone and is enjoying her life. Location is everything!
Biggest hugs , love , and blessings may we take a minute to thank god for those two that came home safe and the two that lost their life prayers for them and the family may they rest in peace from your AMERICAN FAMILY ✊🏼
At minute 4:20, the lady said quote, " they drove around till 3 in the morning." My question is, if she was blind folded not knowing what time it was. How did she know the time? Another one the spanish language in Mexico is not the same spanish we mexicans speak in the USA. How would she understand the language? 🤔
Plus it been proven that these persons had a criminal background. And why in the hell would 4 dudes be going with one chick to go get a surgery 🤔 This is BS
I couldn't imagine what horrors they witnessed. They are lucky to be alive. Thank God. You have to be very careful going into Mexico with all thats happening. Im sure so many others never got returned, that's frightening
People need to heed the warnings of the US state the drug wars are very real and dangerous. They are blessed to be alive. Getting health care in Mexico is not an option if you value your life!
WTF does that mean? If one does not cry, there is something else at play? Their characters are questionable? It really wasn’t so horrific? I heard sorrow and tragedy in the voices, but perhaps I see them as human beings, not some caricature from a reality crime show.
Not very often cartel members respect the life of the individuals they have kidnapped,,to let them live I know the feeling myself it's forever lifechanging,you have to stay absolutely strong moving forward 🙏
Anderson Cooper. If you’re so sorry for what they went through. How about you be sorry and apologize for making fun of the female sharing her captives saying “y’all”. No excuse for you to add humor to the trauma during your interview. Your arrogance and insensitivity at that moment are disappointing.
The moral of this is: if you want to visit (any country in the whole world ) make sure you don’t go to places that are marked as dangerous and organized crime gangs related, any country you go, including U.S. ,you’ll find dangerous places, not only Mexico, get a reliable tourist guide and don’t get yourself in trouble…stay out of it and enjoy your vacation…
Somebody called cartel on them this shit was the worst case scenario and they need a movie ASAP get them some money and some people to help with the trauma 💯
Don't pray for traffickers. Pray for all those six shooting massacres and kidnapping the country has had every since this incident happened. i count them. Do not pray for THUGZ that wanted to buy drugs to sell it to your kids.. pray for the innocent that died from shooting massacres in our country.
First of all, I’d like to say rest in peace to her brothers and thank goodness that the guy had the heart to let them go. However, I did read the article on this story they were driving there for her to get cosmetic surgery. Also I’m Canadian but is this normal to drive to Mexico for any reason ??take a plane probably safer it is dangerous.For people that are going there to get cheap surgeries It’s not worth it you might as well save up your money and get it done in the country where you live and don’t have all the risks involved. these surgeries are so risky as it is healthwise, but now you have to be worried about encountering these types of dangerous situations. If this isn’t a warning to other people thinking about doing this I don’t know what is.
You may want to do your own research about this story...I don't believe what they say at ALL. They aren't siblings, LaTavia said was going for a BBL (Matamoros is not the place for BBL's), she drove with 1 female friend and 3 guys, the female friend named "Red" drove with them 20+ hrs to the border and was never told to bring her ID's cause they were driving across states into Mexico (really?), "Red" found out about the surgery when they arrived to the border and was left in a hotel while LaTavia and the 3 guys drove to Matamoros, LaTavia and the 3 guys told "Red" they would be back from across the border in like 15/30 min., How was she going to have a BBL that fast, not even a pre appointment. The video shown in the interview, according to Mexican news outlets is outside a pharmacy, they went there to buy something.. Very contradictory not to add she mentioned in the same interview above, other video that the cartel wanted her and the Eric to have sex with each other ...What?! hes wounded and if anything they would want to do it with her, not ask them to do it with her friend. Not to add LaTavia had been in Matamoros before to buy medicine, not for BBL preparations.
I think the people judging these two should wait for more information to come out before saying they were involved in a drug deal. It's a possibility among many, and things are too ambiguous on our end at the moment. Their body language and overall demeanor can be shock, trauma response, denial, or a number of other things, just as well as it could be evasive. Check your arrogance at the door. The investigators have a lot more information than we do, and they will likely release more of it when they can.
@@Newbalance0341 Asking questions is certainly not arrogant. However, stating that they are guilty of something is very arrogant because at this point we just don't have enough information as observers on the sidelines to make that judgment. People do these interviews for a number of reasons, and we just aren't privy to what their personal reasons are. Until you are in that position, I feel it's probably best not to judge them for that. Guilty of anything or not, they have clearly been through a very traumatizing experience, and perhaps they are doing an interview to help them process the events or make an appeal for some kind of coping assistance in the aftermath of this situation. Maybe they need help with funeral costs. Being on TV is a good way to get eyes on their situation and people who help with this sort of thing to do what they do best. Either way, it's extremely presumptuous because it could genuinely be either extreme or anywhere in-between at this point for all we know. I see a lot of people making very difinitive judgments on a total lack of solid evidence, and that worries me. It just doesn't seem appropriate at all.
@@Newbalance0341 They went there to get medical treatment done because the US health care system. Is *SO* Fucked up that getting affordable health care is impossible. So people go to other countries where they can get high end medical treatment. That won't end up in them having to get a second mortgage to do so.
I mean, they went to an area that's widely known for Americans going there for cheap dental work, surgery, etc. I have no reason to doubt their story. I don't even know what the supposed "holes" are in their story. Everything I've heard seems to sound pretty legit. Granted, I haven't watched this entire story. Just this video & a few other bits & pieces. If they were in one of the cartels, I would imagine showing up on live TV & announcing your presence to the world would be a bad idea. Cause the cartels probably wouldn't want ex-members talking to the law.
I WAS KIDNAPPEDNIN 2009 IN MICHOACAN TOOK US FROM A RESTAURANT WE WERE INTERROGATED UNTIL THE NEW WE WERENT NOBODY INVOLVED IN NO CARTEL, SO LUCKY THEY LET US GO GOD BLESS🙏🙏🙏
I don’t feel bad for them. They know dam well the men only went to buy drugs and not for surgery support. Why he didn’t tell his wife if he was so innocent 🤷🏽♀️
He wasn't hiding them from his boss, he called shots, and where's the heavy set guy with the rifle and body armor, he wasnt in the group that got arrested..
@Armando Sanchez actually drawing attention has levels to it. Whe. Media is involved it's the most influential attention on draw to one another so when the hs government sees media is drawing the attention it becomes a population and statistical demand therefore its an attention the cartel would not want.
@@Verdeishern don't bother explaining. The guy you're commenting to, Armando, wants people to believe that he has inside information on how the cartels work because he thinks he will impress people
@@ArmandoSanchez-ip3on your statement about them not being worried about too much attention, tells me you've never been around anything close to them at all.
Actually it sounds even worse & twice as stupid considering *NONE OF THIS TOOK PLACE IN AMERICA!* It all happened in Mexico, but *NEVER* let those pesky. Facts get in the way of a good grift for the Mango Mussolini.
I’m not ashamed that I was born in Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 I love Mexican food & Mexican music! I love my Mexican culture! The cartels are not part of mexican culture.
@@Jeff-xv6gk no Luis Miguel, jose jose are part of Mexican culture. Luis Miguel is frank Sinatra & Michael Jackson of Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 he’s has won 16 Grammys & sold over 400 million albums worldwide in Spanish language. Luis Miguel is a true Mexican icon 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🎤🎤🎤🎤
Mexico isn't that bad as long as you stay in the more touristy areas. Like Mexico City or Cancun. These guys went into an area known to be an area controlled by the drug cartels. They were warned but still went anyway.
Why she sitting in them people chair like that? Her mom told her not to go,she still went.left all her children with her mom to get a tummy tuck.her BG is horrible.she needs to get healing within because something telling me this not a break thru
All these street gangs in America has NO IDEA what real organized gangs are like.
That's why I love ❤ being an American #ImNeverLeaving!
That's why I laugh at my friends who say they are hood/gangsta
They would if the leaders were not killed or imprisoned in the 80s and 90s. Black Americans are not allowed to establish real mafias like other ethnic groups
Nothing organized about that. They kidnapped them. They didn't capture the president just regular citizens. It's not hard to cause people and shoot them
I was raised in houston an now live in mexico, both places are dangerous in houston a 15 yo kids can blow your head off n here in mexico cops will make you disappear!
It may not look like it but they are so lucky to be alive to tell the story, God knows how many people disappeared and never made it back. So sorry about their brothers.
TRUMP IS GOING BACK AGAIN .
@@EduardoOliveira-e8c ROTFLMAO! The *ONLY* place the Mango Mussolini is going is to prison.
@@EduardoOliveira-e8cWhoopdy fucking do
@@EduardoOliveira-e8c 😂😂😂😂 no.
Every since this incident the u.s has have a few kidnapping and 5 shooting massacres and the killing of the cash app in San Francisco. Ohh ohhh.. México needs to invade us because our country is more dangerous.
So rude of him to cut her off like he was trying to correct her.
Agree. It was completely uncalled for
He was curious if the guy was from the south because I think she had already said the guy said he’s from the USA. The guy saying y’all” would be an important identifier.
@@im-gi2pg he laughed tho
He did an interview with Black actor, can't remember name. Actor spoke about growing up with Big Mama. Andersen laughed in condescending tone. Actor explained Black people don't say Grandma. I was offended then and now. This is race bias. Racism is not slurs. Hidden in plain sight. Not saying he racist but biased with ignorance.
I enjoy Mr. Cooper, although he may need a sensitivity class.
Cooper cracking a joke about "y'all" at a time like this is autistic-like. Way to go cooper
Cooper is dead from the neck up
He gay. Don’t get cancelled
So horrifying! 😢 So sad for what yall went through.
They went to buy some drugs to Cross it over. They carry guns.. it was a deal gone bad.
Most important lesson of all this, stay in the good US of A, don't go down to Mexico just because you want to save a couple of bucks, as much as you want to feel bad why would go to the the capital of murder, and the sad part is these people won't go to church how many times have they sad thank God none at all, and not like they did this interview for free 😅😅
@@joseluisgonzalez923 propaganda working.
These guys work for them 😊
I dont believe ghetto people
I wouldn't even talk about it, ever. You never know if they see this and want to finish the job.
Not everyone lives in fear like yourself.
@@Texas_ice I live in fear 😆 you got me. This guy is Rambo.
@@icemany617 he sure is😉
@@icemany617 such a sad way to live.
Keep thinking it only stays in mex...look what happened to the guy who bragged about stealing from them
To the person reading this, Good luck! Don’t stress, everything will be fine. No matter what difficulty you are facing right now, you can overcome it. You are strong and brave ❤😊
Thank you.
Well, I wasn't stressed... But now I am! How did you know I was reading this?!
WHERE ARE YOU HIDING?! 😂
@@HeartlesSv420 😂😂😂
Bro shut up. Only thing you care about is likes
@@Dominion_247 thank you read this at exactly the right time
My prayer for these two is that they get professional mental health. The pain on their faces, the trauma they've experienced and their down countenance is so heartbreaking!
What scares me the most about this horrific event is that they were mistakenly kidnapped and were eventually released. However, if this happens again, what impact will this interview have on the cartels' decision to release hostages in the future? I hope that the victims receive the help that they need.
The cartel would never have let them go ... This wasn't a cartel act
@@MadamKitt exactly just the way they speak about it there is no way they would be here to talk I have known family hardworking people innocent get picked up and never seen again
@@MadamKitt that's what im saying its staged
@@rosiesalinas978 Were those people American tho? I'm not justifying it at all but the Mexican cartel is not trying to be known for kidnapping and murdering Americans. If they were Mexican (or Haitian) citizens, no doubt cartel would have killed them to cover it up.
@@BdCA687 Okay master know everything.
Watching some of these cartel shows like Narcos or breaking bad almost makes you forget how dangerous these people are in real life. Very tragic
um, how does watching those shows make you forget???
@@frndlyblckhttie Cause they humanize them in some ways
I've been to Mexico a couple of times ( I live in Cali ) one thing I do know is you don't go wondering off to small streets you stay on the main roads. These two were very fortunate to have been let go. I've seen some very gruesome things happening to people things you couldn't bare to watch. Don't get me wrong Mexico is a beautiful country the people there are very nice. It's the bad side that controls everything there. If you ever go there be vigilant and be careful.
Same here. Mexico is a beautiful country with a lot of culture. Hard working and family oriented people. I have a horror story but I don't hate the Mexican people. Just the criminals.
@Will Smith they are not all of them are just criminals
Correct. 99.99% of mexicans arent violent. Organized crime is!
Hell nah 😮
@Will Smith The Mexican are extremely nice and humble but they are also very poor and some have chosen to make fast money bringing drugs to the US and with that comes a lot of violence.
NO ONE deserves that! If you haven't, you should listen to the whole interview.
Do you all realize this is the reason people are fleeing the area? They grab their kids and run and come to our borders and the repubs what to throw them back. Why can't we go in with our forces and clean it up,? Then everyone can go back home where they want to be.
Happens everyday there play stupid games win stupid prizes its her fault taking her family to mexico for plastic surgery
I’ve been searching for the entire video
They fucked around and found out 😂
My heart goes out to both of you and your family.
Just eat some chocolate chocolate chip
Why does your heart go out to these liars? They were found to be gang-banging drug runners. They were in Mexico doing a huge drug-run. They were just innocent Americans who were ambushed for no reason. The fact that all of you still don't know this scares me a bunch. It means that you don't pay attention to real news. Which is why America is in the mess it is in right now. Stop watching CNN and MSNBC! You will never get the whole truth!
This is heartbreaking to listen to. I am so glad they were released. I can't imagine the bravery it took just to go through that ordeal. The cartel did apologize for their mistake, but I think that is because the media got involved in this story as it spread nationally. RIP to the two who were lost. May God bless the two siblings who survived.
Yhis woman has so much grace. I am moved by her love. RIP
So much grace? She's got a grill
@nestical916 😂 you wrong for making me laugh 😢
Grace?
You like that act fool u
@Shawn Thomas I see a woman, kidnapped after xing into Mexico. Traveling with family. Witness murder and mayhem...and cool as a cucumber telling us the story. Yeah...grace.
@@Off_Brand_MexI Sense tiny dck energy.🤔
The scariest story I’ve ever heard.. you literally can’t come back from this
All these hoods in America suddenly seem safe huh?
Police don't seem so bad now either right;)
Omg what they went through it's something so horrifying, so traumatic, I am blown away by their bravery
It takes a lot of bravery to drive down to Mexico for drugs.
@@Rtd976 can't wait till trump deports all you racist. Mexico only sends their worse
@Broskisnowski and you confused your mama with your daddy
Honestly idk this story is off based on what I heard from leaks from the cartel boss that was part of that known as kena. This story don't add up.
@@Rtd976 It takes a lot of stupidity. Why would anyone go down there? People risk their lives daily to flee from there and come to the US for a reason.
Why is CNN giving bits and pieces of the interview instead of dropping the whole interview? Did she say why they were in Mexico driving through cartel infested areas in a rental? Has she done this trip before and familiar with the area? Was this really for cosmetic surgery? I would like some backstory to this because this could be a teachable moment for people who are doing this drive/flight for surgery. Based on comments I've read, there is a clinic there that many woman have gone to but the clinic usual picks the patients up from designated areas.
Hood politics said they were actually down there doing ‘business’ with the cartel and it went sideways. 🤷🏽♂️
Bro they didn’t know where the cartel area was. They drove down the wrong street. They made a mistake.
@@justinx9892 - UH-HUH....you stick to that story
@@justinx9892 you're going by what the media said.
Don't go to Mexico. It's that simple. Africa is a more beautiful, and better destination. Way bigger too, beautiful animals, people, and 52 countries to visit. Don't let the media fool you. White Americans are always there on vacation, and Blacks are scared to visit.
Damn, the guy knew he was going to die releasing them
Do you really believe one man sacrificed himself for these Americans they aren't the first or last something is fishy here cartel members don't care innocent or mistake it's what they do
Probably not because he was going to release them but because they fumbled the bag by murdering 2 of them.. they made it to hot and we’re going to pay with there life
I'm assuming he didn't say Y'ALL 😅😂
He's a fool for that one
Why are humans so evil and why do they treat their fellow human so evil. May God bless these strong people and give them peace of mind.
Money. Specifically, the fetish of hoarding money.
The strength that is probably taking the two of them to sit there and tell the story without breaking down in tears can only come from God above may God continue to bless them and protect them and their families because this is going to live with them and haunt them for a very very long time God willing they will finally see the light at the end of the tunnel
if god was compassionate...he would have transformed the weapons to wine.
Nah it means she’s lying. Look at the way she smirks when she starts telling her story. She smirks the whole interview 😂
Stop blaming white people for everything so this isn’t a racism where’s your protest blm????? Hypocrites
🤣😂🤣
Because its a lie
They wanted a plug
This shouldn’t happen I’m so sorry what you all went through it’s so hard to hear it , can’t imagine the terror and Panic you went through. God be with you always🙏🙏🙏
@@AlphaMaleAnimalis Thanks for letting us all know what you are Vlad.
Who went through?? These THUGZ Okay. 😂😂Two crossed guns Into another country. These THUGZ had criminal records in the u.s these THUGZ were there to cross drugs.. enough of these nonsense.
They do this to each everyday in the US so STFU!
@@mae2309 Whites do the most drugs in America. Look at the heroin epidemic. Thug is just another form of the "N" word today. I saw two white guys in front of my house buying drugs on their motorcycle. I should've reported them, and the black guys who sold it to them. But hey i guess it's better to sell them to be a "user".
Seems fake cartel dont just let you go
Really glad they made it back alive and I see on the horizon their story being made into a lifetime movie sometime in the future.
When you do bad business w/ the cartel events occur
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Exactly……NO cartel boss is going to let these witnesses live out of kindness……gimme a break
Did you or did you not hear they went d9wj the wrong rd if they did bad business why are they alive
Of course.
@@donaldbrooks9588Every road is the wrong road in Matamoros.
I've been to Mexico twice within the past year. Both times I went to resorts in the Yucatan Peninsula. No problems at all. So sad what's going on in Mexico. The people in Mexico who are not involved with the drug cartels are some of the nicest people I have ever met. Rest In Peace to the victims of this horrendous crime and may the two people being interviewed find peace...
I can only imagine what it's like when it's a national kidnapped. To live under their pressure.
Oh yeah, right the nicest people in the world only when you’re paying the money. And they’re getting what they want. They turn on you as soon as they don’t I’ve seen it.
@@livingintheforest3963 I can absolutely confirm this is not true lol
@@livingintheforest3963 that depends...
Went twice and got stuck at the border twice because they thought my passport was fake. They bribed us and then we were out
Theirs something missing from this story , you can see it in their eyes and body language.
I was thinking the same thing, weird
Facts
@@Tommy-fo4gb lol
Yes, because they were convicted felons, but that doesn't mean that this doesn't happen every day in Mexico.
@@Tommy-fo4gb white
Only talking cuz the Cartel actually apologized (wrong people) and punished those involved. Most rare interview. That adide...not sure I'd want to talk about any of what happened in public. But that's me. Glad yall made it...sorry about your bro.
Anderson corrects her on her own details of the occurrence.🧐🤨
Kuz he asked about the “YALL”
Mexicans don’t say “YALL”
Yall saying this story cap or what.
@@Faith12Man story was she was going to get a medical procedure done, here she says she was pregnant at the time. The real reason they were there is what’s cap.
@JaceJackboy okay thanks for update. I find it weird this made it to CNN we got alot going on that need some media attention especially with violence. Most of our cases go unotice, not reported or unsolved.
@JaceJackboy I heard from other sources that these people have prior drug convictions and that they were actually meeting cartel uo in Mexico. What's the true story here cause I'm confused...
IDC somebody lying somewhere. Something just doesn't sit right.
This is what the USA will be like if we don't get our border closed.
wow.. what a testimony 🙏🏽
🕊🕊
Cartels mistaking black Americans as members of a Jamaican/Caribbean DTO does not bode well for other black tourists in Mexico.
DEA, DHS and any other agency that actively monitors drug trafficking conflict should be more vocal in communicating this sort of thing to Americans. If I look like a rival drug dealer who is actively being hunted in certain parts of Mexico, I would like to know that so I can cancel my trip down there.
Federal drug trafficking intelligence needs to be less clandestine, it obviously hasn’t helped to fight their war on drugs.
America does have hot spots highlighted of what parts to stay away from. I am not sure why this group didn't check first or if they didn't believe how dangerous the Cartels are.
@@bellaapple2166 The Mormon family that was massacred a few years back should've done the same I guess
@@Ivan_762 Legitimate point made. Looking at schools, churches and malls being slaughtered by the other groups everyday now is a major tragedy too. What a mess of humanity. Statistics and numbers are the tip of the iceberg of how things are really ending. Moment by moment new crisis arises. One world Is being destroyed for the construction of another. Groups in between are being allowed to destroy themselves and each other. Look at Portland Oregon. 🙏🏼 People should pray. Humanity in mass numbers is at stake.
@@keithmorgan9258 they were smuggling drugs and didn’t pay their tax to the cartel.
You definitely have to be wary about where you go off by yourself. Personally, I have no intention to hang out in any of the border towns. I just took a solo trip to Cancun/Tulum and had a great time. Met up with a girl friend who lives down in Merida alone and is enjoying her life. Location is everything!
Biggest hugs , love , and blessings may we take a minute to thank god for those two that came home safe and the two that lost their life prayers for them and the family may they rest in peace from your AMERICAN FAMILY ✊🏼
Why is CNN covering this? They allow the Cartels to do what they do. And allow them to operate
At minute 4:20, the lady said quote, " they drove around till 3 in the morning." My question is, if she was blind folded not knowing what time it was. How did she know the time? Another one the spanish language in Mexico is not the same spanish we mexicans speak in the USA. How would she understand the language? 🤔
Plus it been proven that these persons had a criminal background. And why in the hell would 4 dudes be going with one chick to go get a surgery 🤔 This is BS
Definitely a fishy story.
Thank You ! Anderson us GULLIBLE as her Family ! 😡!
This is just heartbreaking 😢
My prayers are with you all and your families!!!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Where is the entire interview? I can't find it.
My condolences for the families of those that didn't make it glad to see two Americans back at home
this was a confusing story but damn still super crazy from what I can understand.. I hope they recover
They don’t say why they were kidnapped. I’m glad that they are ok.
Wow takes alot of balls to go on national television and talk about it. 👏🏻Respect.
They didn’t go down to Mexico for a medical procedure.. I don’t believe that crap whatsoever
It take a lot of v***na too my son
They’re morons IMHO.
@@solrac18619 THIS 🎯💯🎯💯
No it doesn't. We have the right to bare arms. I bet they have em.
I can’t stop crying. This is so sad
You serious? Damn
@@Off_Brand_Mex are you a trump supporter
🙄 they had antecedents!
Omg so sad 😂😂😂
Keep crying
Mexico & The United States, Needs to Do What El Salvador is Doing ASAP!
😂no seas pendejo!! There’s so much money involved
Put some high school gals to parade in mini mini short skirts.
That Id like.
😅😅😅
@92 riots Tacos are way better and I mean locking up all the criminals
I couldn't imagine what horrors they witnessed. They are lucky to be alive. Thank God. You have to be very careful going into Mexico with all thats happening. Im sure so many others never got returned, that's frightening
Belize central america I'm from and i think they're lucky to be alive because kidnapping in Mexico usually end in bloodshed!!✌🏽🙏🌎🇧🇿🇲🇽🇺🇸
Why y’all wait so long to upload the rest of the video?
2:30 that’s so traumatizing omg
People need to heed the warnings of the US state the drug wars are very real and dangerous. They are blessed to be alive. Getting health care in Mexico is not an option if you value your life!
Therein lies a huge problem when Americans have to leave their own country in search of Healthcare they can afford...disgraceful for our country...
There was no appointment at any doctors office. They were there for drugs.
DO GO THERE CUT OFF THEIR MONEY!!!
@@pleasetakemecanada they go for cheaper plastic surgery and that’s a stupid option.
@@DavidJones-tp9vy😂😂
Can't believe it
That’s sad so they were kidnapped by mistake? Crazy they’ll never forget this
There story is BS I can garantee it wasn’t a mistake
They was getting drugssss why would you bring that many guys with you to Mexico for a bbl 😂 they found out who's really in charge
Not a single tear shed or voice change in retelling their story. Jeez..
WTF does that mean? If one does not cry, there is something else at play? Their characters are questionable? It really wasn’t so horrific? I heard sorrow and tragedy in the voices, but perhaps I see them as human beings, not some caricature from a reality crime show.
Regardless of what the real story is they are lucky to be alive
IDK if you know how lucky you are to be Alive. Condolences for your brothers.
They were blessed. That is one of the sadest stories I have heard.
in my country , we have a hundred of stories like this, with the difference that in the mostly of them never come back...
And the lesson is…. Don’t go to Mexico..
Dont ever go to the state of Tamaulipas
Not very often cartel members respect the life of the individuals they have kidnapped,,to let them live I know the feeling myself it's forever lifechanging,you have to stay absolutely strong moving forward 🙏
Got caught trying to pull a quick one and now they playing angels with that paperwork on their records 😂😂😂
lol AC like “they didn’t say y’all??”
Southern dialect
Do one on all the kids that go missing in America.
makes you wonder who were the original victims they got confused with
Haitian drug dealers
Foos found out what a "gangsta" really is 😂😂😂
AMERICAN STOP GOING TO MEXICO
Anderson Cooper. If you’re so sorry for what they went through. How about you be sorry and apologize for making fun of the female sharing her captives saying “y’all”. No excuse for you to add humor to the trauma during your interview. Your arrogance and insensitivity at that moment are disappointing.
The moral of this is: if you want to visit (any country in the whole world ) make sure you don’t go to places that are marked as dangerous and organized crime gangs related, any country you go, including U.S. ,you’ll find dangerous places, not only Mexico, get a reliable tourist guide and don’t get yourself in trouble…stay out of it and enjoy your vacation…
Somebody called cartel on them this shit was the worst case scenario and they need a movie ASAP get them some money and some people to help with the trauma 💯
If that was me I be cry shaking. I lost 2 brothers and went through some poop. They seem so cool and relax.
I'm sorry for what yall had to go through, praying for yall
Don't pray for traffickers. Pray for all those six shooting massacres and kidnapping the country has had every since this incident happened. i count them. Do not pray for THUGZ that wanted to buy drugs to sell it to your kids.. pray for the innocent that died from shooting massacres in our country.
Why. U do not know their backgrounds. Google a Lil bit not only what "CCn news" says
And people keep thinking Mexico is fun/safe...
Really sad 😭 God help this guys heal
Anderson mocking her vernacular kinda pissed me off. 🤬
Do you pee sitting down
They're not even lucky, they're blessed.
First of all, I’d like to say rest in peace to her brothers and thank goodness that the guy had the heart to let them go. However, I did read the article on this story they were driving there for her to get cosmetic surgery. Also I’m Canadian but is this normal to drive to Mexico for any reason ??take a plane probably safer it is dangerous.For people that are going there to get cheap surgeries It’s not worth it you might as well save up your money and get it done in the country where you live and don’t have all the risks involved. these surgeries are so risky as it is healthwise, but now you have to be worried about encountering these types of dangerous situations. If this isn’t a warning to other people thinking about doing this I don’t know what is.
It's normal to drive to Mexico you can get there driving thru California
@@ayekay5896 is that considered a good option????
@Ali c Most definitely. Alot of people cross the boarder back and fourth there all the time
You may want to do your own research about this story...I don't believe what they say at ALL. They aren't siblings, LaTavia said was going for a BBL (Matamoros is not the place for BBL's), she drove with 1 female friend and 3 guys, the female friend named "Red" drove with them 20+ hrs to the border and was never told to bring her ID's cause they were driving across states into Mexico (really?), "Red" found out about the surgery when they arrived to the border and was left in a hotel while LaTavia and the 3 guys drove to Matamoros, LaTavia and the 3 guys told "Red" they would be back from across the border in like 15/30 min., How was she going to have a BBL that fast, not even a pre appointment. The video shown in the interview, according to Mexican news outlets is outside a pharmacy, they went there to buy something.. Very contradictory not to add she mentioned in the same interview above, other video that the cartel wanted her and the Eric to have sex with each other ...What?! hes wounded and if anything they would want to do it with her, not ask them to do it with her friend. Not to add LaTavia had been in Matamoros before to buy medicine, not for BBL preparations.
I wouldn’t go on television, that shit must be so traumatic
I love my Mexico still 🇲🇽
It’s a beautiful country… but it’s becoming more deadlier by the second 😢
thank you for telling your story!
This is why I will never travel to Mexico.
I think the people judging these two should wait for more information to come out before saying they were involved in a drug deal. It's a possibility among many, and things are too ambiguous on our end at the moment. Their body language and overall demeanor can be shock, trauma response, denial, or a number of other things, just as well as it could be evasive. Check your arrogance at the door. The investigators have a lot more information than we do, and they will likely release more of it when they can.
@@Newbalance0341 Asking questions is certainly not arrogant. However, stating that they are guilty of something is very arrogant because at this point we just don't have enough information as observers on the sidelines to make that judgment. People do these interviews for a number of reasons, and we just aren't privy to what their personal reasons are. Until you are in that position, I feel it's probably best not to judge them for that. Guilty of anything or not, they have clearly been through a very traumatizing experience, and perhaps they are doing an interview to help them process the events or make an appeal for some kind of coping assistance in the aftermath of this situation. Maybe they need help with funeral costs. Being on TV is a good way to get eyes on their situation and people who help with this sort of thing to do what they do best. Either way, it's extremely presumptuous because it could genuinely be either extreme or anywhere in-between at this point for all we know. I see a lot of people making very difinitive judgments on a total lack of solid evidence, and that worries me. It just doesn't seem appropriate at all.
@@Newbalance0341 They went there to get medical treatment done because the US health care system. Is *SO* Fucked up that getting affordable health care is impossible. So people go to other countries where they can get high end medical treatment. That won't end up in them having to get a second mortgage to do so.
Professor Monstru well said. Initial reports were they went to get medication because it was much cheaper.
I mean, they went to an area that's widely known for Americans going there for cheap dental work, surgery, etc.
I have no reason to doubt their story. I don't even know what the supposed "holes" are in their story. Everything I've heard seems to sound pretty legit. Granted, I haven't watched this entire story. Just this video & a few other bits & pieces.
If they were in one of the cartels, I would imagine showing up on live TV & announcing your presence to the world would be a bad idea. Cause the cartels probably wouldn't want ex-members talking to the law.
@@Newbalance0341there’s no holes. The story has been consistent imo
Prayers y’all way. May god keep blessing y’all🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I WAS KIDNAPPEDNIN 2009 IN MICHOACAN TOOK US FROM A RESTAURANT WE WERE INTERROGATED UNTIL THE NEW WE WERENT NOBODY INVOLVED IN NO CARTEL, SO LUCKY THEY LET US GO GOD BLESS🙏🙏🙏
This is going to turn into a movie in 10 years mark my words. Remember I told you all first.
Just shows how important it is to work together to rid the streets of all crime.
I don’t feel bad for them. They know dam well the men only went to buy drugs and not for surgery support. Why he didn’t tell his wife if he was so innocent 🤷🏽♀️
What makes you think that?
went to buy drugs there story Is way off .. ppl wake up. stop paying attention to these thugs
Why did they release them than... Also Mexican cattle would've said so gets them out of hotbwater
Are you dumb or slow ? Mexico pumps drugs into the US. Why would they need to go to Mexico ?
He wasn't hiding them from his boss, he called shots, and where's the heavy set guy with the rifle and body armor, he wasnt in the group that got arrested..
Exactly because they are innocent people that took the fall
The guy was the boss himself playing as a subordinate
That’s why you don’t go to Mexico to meet the “plug”
Yup, cuz then they find out what "gangsta" truly is😅
@@dagosegovia843Not as gangsta as the middle east
@@dixoncider3933 screw those towel heads
@@dixoncider3933 fr man, but they still gangsta bro and these homeboys found out the hard way how soft shit really is in the u.s.a
@@dagosegovia843 Send our military in and we will see how gangsta they are
I would love to have been there when "someone" had to explain to the big boss why they drew so much attention to them.
@@ArmandoSanchez-ip3on They didn't want the attention of the United States Government
@Armando Sanchez actually drawing attention has levels to it. Whe. Media is involved it's the most influential attention on draw to one another so when the hs government sees media is drawing the attention it becomes a population and statistical demand therefore its an attention the cartel would not want.
@@Verdeishern don't bother explaining. The guy you're commenting to, Armando, wants people to believe that he has inside information on how the cartels work because he thinks he will impress people
@Clyde C McElroy probably a street soilder or wannabe groupie
@@ArmandoSanchez-ip3on your statement about them not being worried about too much attention, tells me you've never been around anything close to them at all.
CNN: We would like to interview you about the kidnapping and killings by the cartel...
Victim: Nope...
This is why I don’t go to Mexico
wow Thank you all for sharing this story
That wall don’t sound so bad now, Does it 😮?
Its already there lady. They dig under it and fly over it. How bout you stop buying avocados and drugs for a change
Never did sound good
Actually it sounds even worse & twice as stupid considering *NONE OF THIS TOOK PLACE IN AMERICA!* It all happened in Mexico, but *NEVER* let those pesky. Facts get in the way of a good grift for the Mango Mussolini.
Where is the rest of the interview?
I’m not ashamed that I was born in Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 I love Mexican food & Mexican music! I love my Mexican culture! The cartels are not part of mexican culture.
Yes they are rather you accept it or not
They most definitely are that’s your culture
@@Jeff-xv6gk no Luis Miguel, jose jose are part of Mexican culture. Luis Miguel is frank Sinatra & Michael Jackson of Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 he’s has won 16 Grammys & sold over 400 million albums worldwide in Spanish language. Luis Miguel is a true Mexican icon 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🎤🎤🎤🎤
@@bobbyme91 Luis Miguel represents the country of Mexico he’s the face of Mexican style music he’s sun of Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽🎤🎤
@@bobbyme91so fair to say kkk apart of white people culture if we are using your analogy ?
Americans, don’t go to Mexico 🇲🇽
I'm not going to Mexico.
Mexico isn't that bad as long as you stay in the more touristy areas. Like Mexico City or Cancun. These guys went into an area known to be an area controlled by the drug cartels. They were warned but still went anyway.
Stop going to Mexico people....just quit going there.
They definitely didn’t have a guide and I think that’s a mistake nobody should make while visiting a place with cartel problems
Why she sitting in them people chair like that? Her mom told her not to go,she still went.left all her children with her mom to get a tummy tuck.her BG is horrible.she needs to get healing within because something telling me this not a break thru
Heartbreaking.
To be blind folded, she saw a lot
Apparently blindfolds gives you 20/20 vision
and that's why u don't try to buy drugs from the Cartels.