Posted on 01/03/2011 2:57:03 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
The family of a Pharr man is in mourning after their loved one was killed south of the border in Reynosa.
The El Universal newspaper is reporting that 35-year-old Ricardo Hugarin Garcia was killed over the weekend.
El Universal reported that Garcia went missing on Thursday, December 30th.
The newspaper reported that Garcia's body was found in Reynosa's Colonia Francisco Villa on Sunday.
El Universal reported that Garcia's body was found in a bag. He had been strangled with a chord that was still tied around his neck.
The Tamaulipas Attorney General's Office (PGJE) told El Universal that Garcia lived in Pharr and worked as a manager at the Black & Decker maquiladora in Reynosa.
Family members told investigators that Garcia did not have any vices or enemies and had not been threatened.
Garcia's murder was reported as the first homicide of the year in Reynosa.
Click here to read the full story from El Universal
Was he a guitar player?
Jack
I told him “one day Garcia...you are going to go too pharr and get killed” said Pancho his drinking buddy.
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