Posted on 10/24/2006 1:52:55 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
McALLEN, Texas- Authorities pulled five bodies from the Rio Grande River in an area known as a crossing place for illegal immigrants.
Starr County Sheriff Reymundo Guerra said Mexican authorities notified Starr County deputies that the bodies were floating in the river near the U.S. side. The bodies were found Monday evening just below Falcon Dam.
The cause of death for the five people was unknown. An autopsy was planned. Authorities said a search for more bodies would continue overnight.
An official with the Salineno Volunteer Fire Department said the dead included four men and one woman, all dressed in civilian clothes.
The bodies were found near the rural town of Chapeno.
Carlos Delgado, an investigator for the Starr County district attorney's office, said the bodies were decomposed and could have been dead for a week.
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Information from: San Antonio Express-News, http://www.mysanantonio.com
Chapeno Ping!
Drug executions?
Probably drownings.
all dressed in civilian clothes.
Wonder why they included that piece of info?
If there weren't so many people hiring illegals, giving them social services, abetting their presence and advocating for granting them amnesty, there would not be as many desperate people literally dying to get across the border.
Kennedy & McCain killed these pobrecitos.
ping
WTH is that supposed to mean? As opposed to wearing USAF flight suits?
Compressed cocaine doesn't float?
How soon will the Starr County deputies be charged with distrubing the bodies and smuggling them into the US?
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