Four Americans traveled to Mexico. Two people came back alive.

Two of the four American citizens who survived a shootout and kidnapping in Matamoros, Mexico, on Friday, March 3, were returned to the United States.

A road trip to Mexico for a cosmetic procedure for one of the women turned tragic when she and her companions were caught in a shootout between drug cartels. Two American citizens were killed in the incident, and two others were held captive for several days before being rescued.

The four Americans were in a white minivan when they were met with heavy gunfire shortly after crossing the border in Matamoros on Friday, as members of drug cartels waged war on the streets.

After being shot at, they were forced onto a pickup truck. According to authorities, they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Two of the four Americans were identified by family members. LaTavia Washington McGhee, one of the gunshot victims, traveled to Mexico for a “tummy tuck” procedure with friends Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown, and Eric Williams.

On Friday, a shocking video of their ordeal went viral online, showing the four Americans being hauled into a pickup truck. One woman was alive, one man seemed to be alive, and the other two appeared unresponsive.

As the cartel moved the Americans around and later took them to a clinic, Mexican authorities were searching for them.

On Tuesday, March 7, Mexican police discovered the group in a wooden shack in Ejido Tecolote, east of Matamoros. The man who was guarding them was apprehended by the police.

LaTavia McGhee and Eric Williams survived the ordeal, but Williams was wounded in the left leg by gunshot. They were returned to the United States on Tuesday and are being treated at the Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville.

Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown, who did not survive the attack, will be returned to the United States following a forensic investigation in Mexico.

Due to warring factions of the Gulf drug cartel, violence has reigned in Matamoros for years, with thousands of Mexicans disappearing in the state of Tamaulipas alone.