A resident of Bainbridge Island, Washington State, died Tuesday after being brutally beaten in the Gulf coast city of Tampico, Mexico.
Patrick Warga, a 46-year-old tugboat captain, was in
Tampico, Mexico, for his job as a captain with Foss
Maritime. After attending a Christmas Eve service at a church in port city
with a shipmate, the two decided to spend the night at a hotel fearing it would
be too dangerous to return to the shipyard after dark.
But Warga was robbed and attacked when he went out for a cup
of tea the next morning. He was then flown to a hospital in San Diego Monday.
A 20-year-old man was arrested Dec. 27 in connection with
the attack.
On the same Christmas morning that Warga was attacked, the Tamaulipas Attorney General's
Office made a gruesome discovery near Tampico, finding 13 bodies inside an
18-wheeler.
Soldiers with the Mexican army made the discovery while out
on patrol on the El
Moralillo-Tampico highway on Christmas morning. Officials said the truck
had Veracruz license plates prompting a multi-agency investigation.
No suspects have been publicly identified or arrested.
The discovery comes days after deadly
passenger bus attacks in Veracruz.
Twitter: @TimothyEWilson
Email: lapoliticaeslapolitica [at] gmail [dot] com
No comments:
Post a Comment