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MATAMOROS, Mexico (Reuters) – Suspected drug cartel operatives on Thursday handed over five purported gang members as a would-be apology for the abduction of four Americans in the border city of Matamoros, according to local media and a source familiar with the investigation. Two of the Americans and a Mexican woman died after gunmen opened fire on the U.S. citizens shortly after their arrival in Matamoros on Friday. The four Americans were found on Monday on the edge of the city, by which time two of them were dead. An internal government document seen by Reuters indicated that a faction of M…