One of the four Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico last week was traveling for medical tourism, a friend said. A growing number of US residents are traveling internationally to seek more affordable medical care, more timely care or access to certain treatments or procedures that are unapproved or unavailable in the United States. ...

Four Americans were traveling to Mexico for a medical procedure when their van was ambushed by suspected members of a Mexican cartel, with the Americans being kidnapped. ...