Posted on 09/23/2010 2:52:53 PM PDT by TaraP
A top Nicaraguan diplomat was found murdered in his Bronx apartment Thursday morning when his driver came to take him to the United Nations General Assembly, police sources said.
Consul César Antonio Mercado Pavón, 34, was found with his throat slashed around 10:30 a.m. in his apartment at 2070 Grand Concourse near E. 180th St.
A neighbor reported hearing loud noises in the sixth floor apartment overnight.
Mercado had been the Nicaraguan consul for eight years.
Mercado's driver told police he waited for the diplomat to come downstairs. Then he went up and discovered the body, fully clothed and covered with blood, just inside the apartment doorway.
He told detectives he opened the unlocked door, saw the body, closed the door and called 911.
"The knife was found on the floor next to him," said Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne.
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I would like to see the scene and the body, but homo’s often kill in a rage, drugs or not... it’s personal and usually overkill.
It sounds like one of those Craigslist homo killers did it.
You mean it could be a “make him squeal like a piggy” case?
Wow, that’s a crappy neighborhood. I used to live two blocks away.
“Most likely killed by a prostitute, a prostitutes pimp or boyfriend, or a drug dealer.”
Not GWB?? Verrrrrrry interrresssting.
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