Mexico kidnapping survivor’s mother reveals her daughter SAW cartel murder her cousin and friend

The mother of a woman who was brutally kidnapped while traveling to Mexico for a budget tummy tuck said that her daughter watched her friend and cousin murdered.

Latavia ‘Tay’ McGee, Eric Williams, Zindell Brown and Shaeed Woodard were abducted when they got caught in crossfire between two gangs in the Mexico border city, Matamoros, on Friday.

McGee and Williams survived the harrowing ordeal, Brown and Woodard were both killed – all four were found in a dingy stash house six miles from where they’d been taken.

McGee’s mother, Barbara Burgess spoke to CNN and said that she was horrified to see her daughter kidnapped and wants justice.

The mother of a woman who was brutally kidnapped while traveling to Mexico for a budget tummy tuck said her daughter watched her friend and cousin murdered

 Lativa ‘Tay’ McGee was found uninjured after she, her cousin and two friends were kidnapped. The mother-of-five was seen without shoes after surviving the tragic incident along with friend Eric Williams who was shot in the left leg

‘She was doing ok I talked to her last night,’ Burgess explained having spoken to her daughter for the first time since the kidnapping.

‘They were driving through and a van came up and hit them. That van just started shooting at the car, shooting inside the van or whatever.

‘[Latavia] said the others started running and they got shot at the same time –  Shaheed and Zindell – they all got shot at the same time and she watched them die.’

Burgess said watching her daughter ‘thrown into the truck like trash’ in video footage which emerged from the ordeal was heartbreaking. 

‘When I saw them throw my daughter up on that truck they like threw them up like trash on that truck and I didn’t like it and I wanted to get to her,’ she said. 

When rescued, McGee was seen barefoot and covered in dirt – the trauma of the incident evident on her face.

She survived the ordeal with friend Eric Williams who was shot in the left leg, according to Mexican officials, the others did not survive.

Burgess said that she was like a mother to Woodard. 

‘His mother had passed away when he was like 15 and I had him ever since then,’ she said to the broadcaster. 

‘Latavia was in the house so she saw him as a brother but he’s her cousin and my son. I miss him I love him and there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for him.’

The four had traveled to Mexico so McGee could get a budget tummy tuck when they were caught in gunfire between two gangs on March 3 – officials saying they believe the incident could have been a case of mistaken identity. 

Mexican officials said Mcgee’s cousin Shaeed Woodard and friend Zindell Brown were killed. Their bodies were found in the stash house along with the two survivors

McGee (pictured) was seen in the back of an ambulance before being transported to Texas after the brutal kidnapping that officials believe was a case of ‘mistaken identity’

McGee was seen wiping her eyes with a tissue as Williams – who was shot in the left leg, but also survived the ordeal – was treated in the back of the emergency vehicle

‘She’s alive. I talked to her. The nurse at the hospital called and let me talk to her,’ said Burgess. 

‘She was crying. I asked her how she was doing. She doing okay. 

‘She was crying because her brother got killed and she watched him die. She watched two of them die. They died in front of her.’ 

Burgess thanked well-wishers for their support.