Mexico: 2 bodies likely massacre investigators

[mike r]

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/09/08/2451615/mexico-2-bodies-likely-massacre.html

Mexico: 2 bodies likely massacre investigators
By MARK STEVENSON

MEXICO CITY — Two dead bodies found in the northern state of Tamaulipas appear to be those of a state detective and local police chief who investigated the massacre of 72 migrants in August, prosecutors said.

If confirmed, the killings would be one of the most brazen signs of defiance yet by the drug cartels: not only are the gangs willing to commit wholesale massacres, they are apparently unafraid to kill officials who try to investigate such crimes.

The Tamaulipas state Attorney General's office said Tuesday that identification documents found on the bodies matched those of the missing officials, state detective Roberto Suarez Vazquez and Juan Carlos Suarez Sanchez, who was head of the Public Safety department of the town of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, where the massacre occurred.

The bodies were found in a field about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of San Fernando. The officials have been missing since Aug. 24, when they participated in the initial investigations into the massacre, which was apparently committed the previous day at a ranch outside San Fernando...

[dkf]

1. Thanks for posting.

Damn these officials are brave. I grieve for their families and cry for what they suffered.