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September 30, 2010 Casualties: 1 injured American on Jet Ski Shot in Mexican Border Falcon Lake David and Tiffany Hartley, 29 were attacked on Falcon Lake, near the southern tip of Texas by 3 boats that opened fire with guns. David Hartley fell off his watercraft after he was shot, but his body was not found. Another person described seeing a woman on a watercraft being chased by men in a boat. The area was known for Mexican pirates who prey on boaters.
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Wikipedia: Piracy on Falcon Lake refers to an increase in crime at the border between the United States andMexico on Falcon Lake. The lake is a 60-mile (97 km) long reservoir constructed in 1954 and is a known drug smuggling route.[1] A turf war between rival drug cartels for control of the lake began in March 2010 and has led to a series of armed robberies and shooting incidents. All of the attacks were credited to the Los Zetascartel and occurred primarily on the Mexican side of the reservoir but within sight of the Texas coast. The so-called pirates operate "fleets" of small boats designed to seize fisherman and smuggle drugs.[2][3]
On September 30, 2010, the most serious incident involving the pirates thus far occurred when McAllen, Texas resident and Colorado native David Hartley went missing while riding through the Mexican side of the lake on a jet ski with his wife Tiffany Hartley.[1][4][5] According to Tiffany's report to the Texas police, men in two small boats approached and fired on her and her husband with automatic weapons in an attempt to steal their jet skis. They then chased her back to the American side of the lake. Hartley also said that her husband was shot in the head and the pirates retrieved his body and the jet ski. Mr. Hartley's body remains missing. Both the Mexican and the United States governments launched an investigation in early October. Search and rescue teams searched the lake but no evidence was found.[1]
During the investigation, Mexican homicide detective Rolando Armando Flores Villegas of Tamaulipas, was reportedly killed and his head delivered in a suitcase to the Mexican Army. The detective was one of many officers assigned to investigating the Hartley incident and he was allegedly killed only days after delivering a document to a local television station which named two of the suspected pirates. Gary Freeman, a political scientist at the University of Texasstated that "the beheading has such strong resonance with Islamic fundamentalism that it raises the specter of groups in Mexico being as fanatical and as bloodthirsty as Osama bin Laden and his gang. They seem to be copying some of their techniques, and that might be deliberate."[1][5] However, Mexican police stated they do not believe the killing to have any relation to the Hartley case.[6]
Mexican Pirates Shot Tourist in Head - ABC News
Oct 2, 2010 - Search resumes for US man shot in Mexican waters ... Hartley, 29, were attacked on Falcon Lake, near the southern tip of Texas, police said. ... Hartley fell off his watercraft after he was shot, according to his wife, who told ... of a man who was allegedly shot and killed by Mexican pirates when he and his wife were ambushed after crossing into Mexican waters on their personal watercraft.
David Michael Hartley, 30, and his wife Tiffany Hartley, 29, were attacked on Falcon Lake, near the southern tip of Texas, police said.
Tiffany Hartley told police her husband was shot in the back of the head as the couple fled to U.S. waters.
The gunmen are suspected to be Mexican pirates who have been marauding on the lake, law enforcement officials said.
Hartley fell off his watercraft after he was shot, according to his wife, who told rescuers and police she attempted to circle back to save him, but the gunmen were still firing shots so she had to abandon the rescue attempt.
Texas Department of Public Safety officials said Friday they believed that David Hartley was dead, but his body has yet to be found.
Conspiracy theories linger in Falcon Lake Mexican 'pirates ...
www.csmonitor.com/.../Conspirac...Oct 7, 2010 - Hartley's wife, Tiffany, says he was shot and killed by Mexicanpirates as ... near where she says her husband, David, was shot by Mexicanpirates, ... and they carried off the watercraft and Mr. Hartley's body after theshooting.
The Christian Science Monitor
Suspect arrested in case of American killed on border lake ...
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Fox News Channel
Sheriff: American on Jet Ski Shot in Mexican Waters | Fox ...
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Fox News Channel
Mexico makes arrest in killing of U.S. tourist on Falcon Lake ...
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San Antonio Express‑News
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