Videos taken from inside the car when the group began their road trip to Mexico show them singing happily and enjoying their time together.
Latavia McGee, Eric Williams, Zindell Brown, and Shaeed Woodard were joined by a fifth friend of theirs, identified as Cheryl Orange, who had to separate from the group at the border as she hadn't brought identification with her, and was refused entry to Mexico.
Ms Orange reportedly contacted police when her friends did not return to the US side as expected, prompting the frantic search for the kidnapping victims to be rescued.
