American college students on spring break trip confronted with 'rifles in their faces,' given three options
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Three college students from Florida State University were robbed at gunpoint at their Cancún, Mexico resort during their spring break, their family said.
They were scared. They had rifles in their faces. "They saw American kids checking in, and they know they have money." Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
"I researched it before they went there," he said. "It was a safe place to go. They didn't go into the inner city." She is a native of Massachusetts and is based in Orlando, Florida.
But on the very first day of their trip, his daughter and her two friends were confronted at the beach by four individuals armed with rifles. Story tips and ideas can be sent to sarah.rumpf@fox.com and on X: @s_rumpfwhitten.