Posted on 05/17/2007 8:56:42 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
NUEVO LAREDO — A city tourist guide who was shot Monday afternoon just one block from International Bridge I has died from his injuries.Martín Filiberto Silva Cardoza, known as “El Negro” was shot six times with a 9-mm weapon at 5:45 p.m. Monday as he was walking along Avenida Guerrero. He was taken to Hospital General de Zona “Solidaridad,” where he died Tuesday night.
Police officials said witnesses reported seeing a young man come out of a dark-colored truck and open fire at Silva Cardoza, 42. The man then jumped back into the vehicle and fled.
An autopsy showed Silva Cardoza was shot in the forehead, shoulder, cheek, right armpit and each hand. The head wound was the fatal one, officials said.
Also injured in the attack was Pedro Valencia Herrera, 25, a cookie company deliveryman who was wheeling his wares across the street at the intersection of Guerrero and Bravo when he was hit once in the leg. Officials said it was not a life-threatening injury.
State Police Commander José Wenceslao Gasnarez González is heading the investigation into the deadly assault, but no details have been released.
The city’s uniformed tourist guides are trained in city history and geography and walk throughout the historic area, answering questions and pointing out landmarks to visitors.
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>and each hand<
?? Have the Mexicans come up with a new way of punishing theives?
President Calderon needs to do something about these war-zone border cities. May the victim rest in peace.
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