Mexican Travel Expert on US Kidnapping Case Has a Different Perspective

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - MARCH 07: A slide shows the information on the American citizens kidnapped during a press conference to give details after two American citizens were found dead in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, at Auditorium of Secretaria de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana on March 07, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico. Police had been looking for a group of four American citizens since they were kidnapped by a group of gunmen on Friday, March 03 in the border town of Matamoros. According to official reports, the other two were found alive, one severely injured. The group of friends had traveled from South Carolina to buy medicines. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images)

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A Mexican travel expert has a different take on the report that the kidnapping was a case of mistaken identity.

Listen: Travel expert Janet Sanders lived in Mexico until earlier this year and nearly lost her life to the corrupt local police officials under the drug cartel's power. She strongly cautions any American citizen from going to Mexico, especially now with tensions on the rise there. Sanders is urging parents of college students to keep their kids out of Mexico at all costs

“These Americans that were kidnapped by the drug cartels in Mexico were murdered, and we still haven’t declared the cartels a military target. It’s way past time that we authorize U.S. military force against the cartels, and protect our people", said Sanders, who is currently writing a book about her own dangerous experience in Mexico and oversees the travel advisory website https://mexiknowinfo.com/