LAKE CITY, S.C.—Americans who officials said got caught in a deadly drug cartel shootout in Mexico last week all had ties to a small town in South Carolina, where leaders have called for community support of the families and two captives returned to U.S. soil Tuesday.
Elected officials and religious figures rallied the community in Lake City, a town of less than 6,000 residents in South Carolina’s Pee Dee region, where relatives say the incredibly close group of four grew up. Mayor Yamekia Robinson sent her “deepest sympathy” to each family.
“We ask each of you, your friends, your family, your churches, and your communities across the nation to keep us all lifted in your thoughts & prayers as we the City of Lake City and the families grieve the loss and get through this tragic incident together,” Robinson said Wednesday in a statement to the town….