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Survivors of deadly Mexico abduction return to U.S.

A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two dead and two held captive for days.

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Mexican army soldiers prepare a search mission for four U.S. citizens kidnapped by gunmen at Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, March 6.
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Mexican army soldiers prepare a search mission for four U.S. citizens kidnapped by gunmen at Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, March 6.
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Mexican Natioanla Guard prepare a search mission for four U.S. citizens kidnapped by gunmen at Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, March 6.
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Mexican army soldiers prepare a search mission for four U.S. citizens kidnapped by gunmen in Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, March 6.
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A Red Cross worker closes the door of an ambulance carrying two Americans found alive after their abduction in Mexico last week, in Matamoros, Tuesday, March 7.
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An American woman, abducted in Mexico last week, sits inside an ambulance after she was found alive in Ejido Longoreno, on the outskirts of Matamoros, Mexico, Tuesday, March 7. Two of four Americans whose abduction in Mexico was captured in a video that showed them caught in a cartel shootout have been found dead, officials said Tuesday. 
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A Mexican Red Cross ambulance transports two Americans found alive after their abduction in Mexico last week, in Ejido Longoreno, on the outskirts of Matamoros, Mexico, Tuesday, March 7.
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A Mexican Red Cross ambulance transports two Americans found alive after their abduction in Mexico last week to a Brownsville Fire Department EMS Ambulances through Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates in Brownsville, Texas, Tuesday, March 7.
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FBI units escort two Brownsville Fire Department EMS Ambulances through Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates with two surviving U.S. citizens being transported to Valley Regional Medical Center Tuesday, March 7, in Brownsville, Texas.
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THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD VIA AP

Brownsville Fire Department EMS Ambulances drive through Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates with two surviving U.S. citizens being transported to Valley Regional Medical Center, Tuesday, March 7, in Brownsville, Texas, after having been kidnapped and shot at by gunmen in Matamoros, Mexico.

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