The body of a United States citizen has not been recovered after he was attacked by Mexican drug cartel pirates on Falcon Lake.
David and Tiffany Hartley were riding jet skis in the lake on the Texas-Mexico border Thursday, September 30, 2010 about 2:45 p.m. when pirates on at least two boats advanced and started shooting guns at them.
Mrs. Hartley said her husband had been shot in the head and fell in the water indicated Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez.
According to Gonzalez the couple was returning from the Mexico side of the lake after sightseeing and taking photos of the well-known remains of Old Guerrero.
Tiffany Hartley at first turned around to help pull her husband out of the water, but the gunmen opened fire on her and she had to speed away.
This killing was the first among many known attacks from Mexico drug cartel gunmen on Falcon Lake this year.
The pirates aggressively chased Mrs. Hartley into the U.S. waters and continued shooting. Texas public safety officials said the cartel members are known to use AK-47s or AR-15s on their victims.
Last month they used a local fisherman's boat to tape the misspelled term word "Game Wardin" on the side to get closer to potential victims.
The couple, from McAllen, Texas, was planning to move back to their home state of Colorado later this month, according to the sheriff.
“Obama doesn’t think we need much help on the Texas border, but he will send the military into Somali to deal with pirates,” said Eddie Ortiz, of Rio Grande City. “Hell, this in our country with our own citizens—wake up America!”
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Obama will not do any on the border, until they hit his family in the White House.
This couple should have been more carefully.God rest Mr. Hartley's soul.
How many people have to be murdered before something is done? One is one too many Obama!!!
We need someone to do something we can't even enjoy to go fish with the family near the mexican side. I think it is time for Obama to help us out.
"Allegedly kill", pls! Apart from the testimony of the alleged widow, there's no evidence at all that David Hartley was killed - no corpse, no other sightings of the mysterious "gunmen", not even reports about gunshots. This may even turn out to be an attempt at defrauding the life insurance! Wouldn't be the first time. So, more caution in reporting, pls.
Typical. Right-wingers using this as opportunity to
bash obama. You right-wingers are scum
I find it funny how people are always using people of color to point a finger at when in the end it comes out that it was not the case. The whole story sounds a little fishy and maybe the truth will come out. I am sure that pirates have been operating in that area for years and this is the first death, things to make you go HHMMMM!
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