After four Americans were kidnapped — two killed — when caught in the crossfire of a Mexican cartel, officials believe they were taken by mistake, as the criminals rarely target Americans. How a missed tummy tuck led to a deadly kidnapping in Mexico:
Soldiers on patrol outside the Forensic Medical Service morgue building in Matamoros, Mexico, March 8, 2023.
Then gunshots rang out, and the friends found themselves caught in the crossfire of a Mexican cartel. Brown 28, and Woodard, 33, would be killed, and McGee, 34, and Williams, 38, would spend four days in captivity, with the bodies of their friends beside them. About 1.2 million Americans traveled to Mexico in 2019 to save money on medical procedures, according to Patients Beyond Borders, a group that offers guidance on health care options abroad. The organization estimates that cosmetic procedures account for about 15% of all medical travel from the United States.
For many patients who undergo butt lifts and related procedures, complications like blood clots or embolisms, which can be fatal, are a bigger concern than the cartels. Even a normal recovery involves bruising, bleeding and painful swelling, which has led to a homegrown system of postoperative recovery houses arising along the border.
A friend recommended the same doctor that Wilson had visited. “I was kind of scared,” McGee said this week about her first procedure in Mexico two years ago, because she knew that complications were possible. But she was happy with the results, and decided to go back again for a tummy tuck.After roaming through Matamoros with her friends on the day of her appointment last month, McGee was ready to head back to Brownsville when a car cut them off.
As the truck began to pull away from the scene of the shooting, McGee was the only one of the four who had not suffered a major injury. She and Williams, who had been shot in the legs, decided that she should try to escape and find help. So she jumped, she said, and ran toward a fence with a gate. But the gate was locked, and the fence was too high to climb over.
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