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Group of 4 Americans in deadly Mexico trip were childhood friends

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The wife of one of two survivors of a deadly Mexico shooting and kidnapping says she’s glad her husband is alive but “heartbroken for the other two families who can’t say the same.”

Eric Williams and LaTavia Washington McGee survived the trip to Mexico that killed two other people, according to officials and family members.

The group of four Americans — all childhood friends — came under attack in Mexico on Friday as they were in the country for a medical procedure for one of them, according to authorities and family.

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Americans’ fun road trip to Mexico became days of horror

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Associated Press

Julie Watson, James Pollard, and Alfredo Pena

Published Mar 11, 2023  •  Last updated 3 days ago  •  7 minute read

A general view of a storage shed at the scene where authorities found the bodies of two of four Americans kidnapped by gunmen, in Matamoros, Mexico, March 7, 2023.
A general view of a storage shed at the scene where authorities found the bodies of two of four Americans kidnapped by gunmen, in Matamoros, Mexico, March 7, 2023. Photo by Daniel Becerril /REUTERS

LAKE CITY, S.C. — It was supposed to be a fun road trip to Mexico, a post-pandemic adventure for a group of childhood friends.

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With COVID-19 quarantines lifted, some Asian Americans can travel home

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Rosie Chow hasn’t seen her 84-year-old mother since the pandemic started.

With a 14-day quarantine required for travelers entering Hong Kong, Chow skipped her usual flights across the Pacific, making do with calls on Google Meet.

Now, Hong Kong is among the Asian jurisdictions that have relaxed their strict COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Chow, a homemaker in Alhambra, will soon be heading for Hong Kong with her husband and teenaged son to reunite with her mother and other relatives after nearly three years apart. Always pricey during the holidays, tickets to Asia are selling at a premium as airlines ramp up

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3 Americans found dead at Airbnb in Mexico on trip to celebrate Day of the Dead, officials and family say

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Three Americans were found dead at an Airbnb in Mexico City for a trip to celebrate the Day of the Dead, authorities and family said Wednesday.

Kandace Florence, 28, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was staying with high school friend Jordan Marshall, 28, also of Virginia Beach, along with Marshall’s friend Courtez Hall, relatives told NBC News and NBC affiliate WAVY of Portsmouth, Virginia.

Investigators believe the trio died from carbon monoxide poisoning, Mexico City prosecutors said.

Marshall, a 12th grade English teacher at Rosenwald Collegiate High School in New Orleans, loved to travel, said his mother, Jennifer Marshall.

“In his

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