Posted on 05/14/2018 10:54:25 AM PDT by BBell
Two European cyclists found dead in a Mexican ravine may have been murdered, investigators say, discarding their earlier claims the men had fallen while riding.
The pair – Holger Hagenbusch of Germany and Krzysztof Chmielewski from Poland – had been travelling around the world on their bikes.
They were found dead at the foot of a rock face in the southern state of Chiapas.
Investigators initially said the pair appeared to have lost control on a winding mountain road. But after it emerged that Chmielewski had suffered a gunshot wound and appeared to have had a foot chopped off, a special prosecutor was appointed to take over the case.
Luis Alberto Sanchez said: “It may have been an assault, because our investigations up to now indicate this was an intentional homicide.”
The motive appears to have been robbery, he is quoted by Agence France-Presse as saying. Belongings of both men were missing.
Mr Chmielewski’s body was found on 26 April, and Mr Hagenbusch’s further down the ravine on 4 May.
The Pole’s body was found next to the German’s bike, which initially aroused suspicion it was not an accident, the BBC reports.
Mr Sánchez said: "Those that did this wanted to make it appear like an accident, so they put the bike there, but they made a mistake and used the German's bike.”
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It appears the suspicion is confirmed.
I'm sure there is a perfectly reasonable alternative explanation as to why he had a gunshot and how his foot was chopped off.
Murder suicide.
But wait! Aren’t all Mexicans just hard working people trying to make a better life for their families? I just can’t believe this is true because the liberals tell me what wonderful people live in Mexico and how we should all welcome them with open arms!
They tried to planter the evidence but, probably got heeled up and had to hoof it out of there so as not to be discovered?
gunshot wound? How can this be? I thought Mexico had strict gun control laws.
A German and a Pole murdered by Mexicans, kinda sums up how the 21st century is developing differently and yet eerily the same as the 20th.
It does.........for those who obey the laws................
....... yet eerily the same as the 19th............................
What a shocker!
Twenty or Thirty or perhaps even 40 years ago traveling around the world on the bicycle must have been relatively safe. Those days are gone. I spent a bit of time in Mexico working and doing Port calls with some of the work that I was involved in, and to be quite frank, I wouldn’t go to Mexico on a dare these days.
History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme.
Third world countries are not places you want to go wandering around without an armed guard.
They were Europeans, like sheep to the slaughter..................
I know a couple that visited mexico almost had their 6 year old son kidnapped by mexicans
The Pole’s body was found next to the German’s bike, which initially aroused suspicion it was not an accident, the BBC reports.
That the spirit of the French Revolution, and not of the American, has dominated modern world affairs is truly one of the great tragedies.
Oh my goodness. Mexicans are so full of "family values". Why Jorge Bush and ¡Jeb! told me so. Ignore those reports of sexual initiation of young girls by their uncles or fathers. Ignore those mass killings and decapitations, mere propaganda by the gringo media!
I remember when being a vagabond and going to various places around the world was in vogue. It has not been a few decades though. People did disappear back then but it did not get as much attention as it does now.
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Indeed it does. The country has only one legal gunshop. You can go to prison for possessing a single bullet. As a consequence violent crime doesn't take place in Mexico...
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