The two Americans who survived a Mexican cartel kidnapping in March are coming forward with disturbing details on the horrifying ordeal. Latavia Washington McGee and Eric Williams spoke with CNN’s Anderson Cooper about the attack, which left two of their friends, Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown, dead. The four friends …

The gun used by members of a Mexico cartel during the kidnapping of four Americans last month in Mexico was smuggled in from the United States. The man who purchased it has been arrested, CBS News reports.  According to a criminal complaint filed in a federal court, the gun was …

A letter claiming to be from the Mexican cartel responsible for the kidnapping of four Americans and the murder of two has condemned the violence and said they turned over the men responsible to authorities. In the letter obtained by the Associated Press through a Tamaulipas state law enforcement source, the …

Mexican officials said Tuesday that a suspect involved in the kidnapping and killings of American citizens in Matamoros has been arrested. Authorities said the 24-year-old, identified only as Jose N, was in charge of looking after the victims inside the house located just outside of Matamoros where they were found. …

Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador argued that Mexico is a safer country than the United States. His statement comes weeks after the kidnapping of four Americans that garnered global attention. “Mexico is safer than the United States. There is no issue with traveling safely through Mexico. That’s something the …

Last week, four Americans were kidnapped in Matamoros, a Mexico border city. Tuesday morning, Mexico officials confirmed two of those Americans were dead. “Approximately one hour ago we confirmed that the four Americans were located,” Tamaulipas state governor Americo Villarreal said in a phone call during President Andrés Manuel López …

A gang in Haiti is asking for $17 million in ransom money in exchange for kidnapped American and Canadian missionaries. The “400 Mawozo gang” is said to be one of the most powerful gangs in all of Haiti. On Saturday, the gang kidnapped 16 American citizens and one Canadian on …

There are reports of unidentifiable federal agents running amuck in Portland, with protesters being arrested, beaten, and people snatched off the streets by agents in unmarked vehicles. But despite the backlash over the violence, Donald Trump is threatening to send these agents into other cities like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, …

The family of an American couple visiting Haiti pleads for their release after they were kidnapped from a bus almost a week ago.  Jean-Dickens Toussaint and Abigail Toussaint, of Tamarac, Florida, were in Haiti to visit ailing relatives and attend a community festival when they were taken on Saturday while …

Princeton is going to offer a course on former Black Panther Party member Angela Davis. The course is called #BlackLivesMatter, and it is slated to trace “the historical roots and growth of the Black Lives Matter social movement in the United States and comparative global contexts.” It will be taught …