Well written lengthy article about the fateful Mexico trip

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Actually quite sad. Just a bunch of people from South Carolina who had no idea what they were walking into.

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Around that time, the minivan moves along a rundown section of Matamoros, according to a livestream video taken by one of the minivan's occupants that was obtained and analyzed by CNN. "Y'all ain't never been to Mexico," said one of the men inside the van. "Y'all don't know what it's like in Mexi." Moments later, the man said, "Hola," and there was laughter during a road trip that would soon take a deadly turn in the lawless border town. In broad daylight, at 11:45 a.m., the van was intercepted and fired upon. All occupants were shot except for Washington McGee. A Mexican woman was killed by a stray bullet about a block and a half away.

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The trip was Washington McGee's second to Mexico for a medical procedure, according to her mother. She had surgery across the border two or three years ago, Barbara Burgess said.

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After the frantic rescue, Orange said hearing Washington MaGee's voice on the phone was "music to my ears." "This lady was facing death damn near and she said, 'I was worried about you,'" Orange recalled. The bodies of Woodard and Brown were turned over to US authorities on Thursday. Washington McGee told CNN Saturday she is grateful to be back home with her family in South Carolina.

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