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Pharr man found tortured, shot dead in Reynosa[South Texas/Mexico]
The Monitor ^ | June 29, 2008

Posted on 06/30/2008 6:57:10 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch

McALLEN - A local resident was found wrapped, tortured and shot execution-style in Reynosa on Friday, according to a Mexican news report released Sunday.

Ramiro Torres Hernández, 24, - a manager of a Burger King in McAllen - was found inside an abandoned vehicle's trunk in a rural field heading toward Rio Bravo in Ejido El Porvenir, El Universal wire service reported.

Tamaulipas state police identified Torres as a Pharr resident.

His visibly tortured body was wrapped in a blanket inside the trunk of a white 2000 Buick sporting Texas license plates, El Universal reported. He had been shot in the head.

Reynosa resident Javier Hernández García, 45, identified Torres as his nephew.

Hernández told authorities Torres arrived drunk in Reynosa on Wednesday at about 3 p.m. About an hour later, Torres went out to buy some more beer and never returned, El Universal reported the uncle as saying.

Mexican authorities were continuing their investigation late Sunday.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: corruption; mexico; reynosa
More beer?
1 posted on 06/30/2008 6:57:11 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
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To: CSM; RightSideNews; Grimmy; BradyLS; DeLaVerdad; YourAdHere; Be_Politically_Erect; Ultimatum; ...

¡El ping!

If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.


2 posted on 06/30/2008 7:00:42 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch (US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Yeah, something tells me this was not about beer.


3 posted on 06/30/2008 7:01:26 AM PDT by Tammy8 (Please Support and pray for our Troops, as they serve us every day.)
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To: SwinneySwitch

American citizens being kidnapped, tortured, and killed, then their bodies are being dumped in Mexico. How many times will this happen before we get a clue? There is a war going on in Mexico, and it is spilling over into the USA.


4 posted on 06/30/2008 7:02:23 AM PDT by whipitgood (Illegal immigration: Let's roll!)
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To: Tammy8

It’s always about the beer.


5 posted on 06/30/2008 7:03:54 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Et si omnes ego non)
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To: SwinneySwitch

How un-PC of you.

Mas cervesa.


6 posted on 06/30/2008 7:09:36 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

No Country for Old Men...I’m guessin’ that he managed more than burgers


7 posted on 06/30/2008 7:28:43 AM PDT by BubbaJunebug
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

How un-PC of you.

Mas cervesa, por favor.


8 posted on 06/30/2008 7:34:58 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch (US Constitution Article 4 Section 4..shall protect each of them against Invasion...domestic Violence)
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To: SwinneySwitch

More correctly, I was being rude not un-PC. I apologize for my churlishness.


9 posted on 06/30/2008 8:11:23 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: BubbaJunebug
I’m guessin’ that he managed more than burgers

And I thought it was the burger turf wars. Those McDonalds and Wendys gangs are a ruthless bunch that will stop at nothing to expand their empire.

10 posted on 06/30/2008 8:29:29 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (When hopelessness replaces hope, it opens the door to evil.)
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To: TexasRepublic

Probably money laundering and got caught skimming.


11 posted on 06/30/2008 3:09:04 PM PDT by tom paine 2
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To: SwinneySwitch

RIP.


12 posted on 06/30/2008 4:58:53 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: SwinneySwitch

I wonder if that’s the Burger King on 10th, across from La Quinta. If so, what’s interesting is that the BK is a half block down from the HEB where that drug kingpin/most wanted guy was arrested last year or so. Then again, it could just be coincidence. Whenever I drive down 10th I have to wonder just who is sitting next to me or behind me at the red light. How many people have they killed, does someone want to kill them and how much dope have they smuggled.


13 posted on 06/30/2008 6:15:47 PM PDT by DaGman
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