Mexico: Oregon Tourist Killed in Police Custody; Drug Violence in Yucatan

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | September 3rd, 2008 | Trackback

Given the worst circumstances it could probably happen anywhere, but the fate of an Oregon crab fisherman who was beaten to death by Mexican police when detained in San Jose del Cabo should be a lesson to all not to tangle with police, especially in countries where you do not speak the local language. The fisherman, on vacation with his wife, resisted arrest even while handcuffed after an alleged altercation with a security guard. Six Mexican police officers have been placed under house arrest in the case on suspicion of murder. In other news, the Yucatan Peninsula was rocked by a gruesome discovery of 11 headless corpses in a suburb of Merida, victims of a spree of gang-related drug violence across the country. According to local media it was the first incident on such a scale ever in the Yucatan.

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