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Investigator in Tourist’s Mexico Death is Decapitated

Updated: Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010, 3:55 PM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010, 3:04 PM CDT

* DOUG DELONY

DOUG DELONY
Senior Web Producer

HOUSTON - A Mexican official involved in the investigation of an American tourist’s death has been found decapitated, the Brownsville Herald reports .

According to the paper, Texas State Rep. Aaron Pena says the investigator’s head was delivered to the Mexican army. The investigator was identified as Commander Rolando Flores.

The representative stated on Twitter that he confirmed the information with Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez. Zapata County is heading the U.S. investigation into the Sept. 30 disappearance of David Michael Hartley.

Hartley's wife says pirates on Falcon Lake opened fire on them while they were returning from Mexico to the United States. Her husband was shot in the head, and she managed to flee to the Texas side of the lake.

According to the Associated Press, a spokesman for the Tamaulipas state prosecutor's office says Flores' death was unrelated to the investigation, but U.S. authorities have said threats of violence from drug gangs who control much of the area has hampered the search for Hartley's body.

Originally published on MyFoxHouston.com | Investigator in Tourist’s Mexico Death Found Decapitated