Wednesday, October 13, 2010

A Mexican police chief investigating the disappearance of an American on a lake bordering Mexico has been found dead

Commander Rolando Flores was working on the case of tourist David Hartley, whose wife reported that he had been shot by pirates on Falcon Lake. Texas Governor Rick Perry said Flores' death was a message from a gang to stay out of their territory. Perry said that he thought the killing was an attempt to intimidate law enforcement. According to Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez, the head of the decapitated police commander was found in a suitcase outside a Mexican army base. Hartley's wife, Tiffany, said she and her husband were crossing the lake on jet skis when they were attacked and shot at by pirates from a speedboat. Her husband was shot and fell into the water and she was forced to flee as the men continued to fire, she added.

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