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Nicaraguan diplomat found dead in his Bronx apartment throat slashed, police say.
NY Daily ^ | Sept 23rd, 2010

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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1 posted on 09/23/2010 2:52:58 PM PDT by TaraP
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Sounds like one for the Major Case squad.


2 posted on 09/23/2010 2:55:09 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a fierce critic of the United States and a defender of North Korea and Iran, was expected to speak during the confab.

The Permanent Mission of Nicaragua was expected to make a statement later Thursday.

Maria Reyes, 40, a Nicaraguan who lives in New York, came to the consulate to pay respects.

“This is just terrible. I feel horrible,” she said. “He was a wonderful person.”

She said Mercado always threw a party at the consulate on Dec. 7 for the Day of Virgin Maria, and was a great host.

“He was a beautiful person,” said Reyes’ husband Freddy Vallejo.


3 posted on 09/23/2010 2:55:35 PM PDT by TaraP (An APPEASER is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last)
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"Knee-Carrrrrrrr-Ah-Gwah"

4 posted on 09/23/2010 2:59:45 PM PDT by Oratam
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To: TaraP

Sounds like Mercado might have been taken out by a hooker - he perhaps refused to pay?


5 posted on 09/23/2010 3:01:04 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!)
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To: TaraP

Most likely killed by a prostitute, a prostitute’s pimp or boyfriend, or a drug dealer.


6 posted on 09/23/2010 3:07:42 PM PDT by jimbo123
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He was pretty young and they say he had been o the counsel for eight years?


7 posted on 09/23/2010 3:08:45 PM PDT by funfan
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I wonder what the real story is. Drugs? Espionage? Assassination? Many foreign diplomats are likely intelligence agents. Throat-slashing is a pretty surgical way to hit someone ... that doesn’t necessarily mean it was a pro, but it probably increases the odds.

Interesting. There’s likely more to this ... we’ll likely never know.

SnakeDoc


8 posted on 09/23/2010 3:15:59 PM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much." -- John Wayne)
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To: funfan

Might be a homo thing.


9 posted on 09/23/2010 3:16:03 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: TaraP

Commie Nica’s got rid of a problem under the protection of immunity.


10 posted on 09/23/2010 3:17:22 PM PDT by NotSoModerate
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To: TaraP

Off hand I would guess homo-cide.


11 posted on 09/23/2010 3:22:26 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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“Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a fierce critic of the United States and a defender of North Korea and Iran, was expected to speak during the confab.”

Didn’t know that - amazing to think that anyone would really support N. Korea and Iran.


12 posted on 09/23/2010 3:26:48 PM PDT by HollyB
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Shaving?


13 posted on 09/23/2010 3:53:21 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: jimbo123

You got it, detective Jimbo.

Also, a homosexual partner should also be on you list.


14 posted on 09/23/2010 4:01:49 PM PDT by Gator113 (Beauty will devour the Beast in 2012. Kill "Obamamosque"@ Ground Zero)
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OH Sh*t!!
You mean that wasn't where Ahmadinejad was staying??
15 posted on 09/23/2010 4:04:49 PM PDT by skully (There are Americans, and then there are Liberals.)
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A DIPLOMAT in a BRONX apartment? Very strange. Methinks the diplomat was up to no good? Si?


16 posted on 09/23/2010 4:06:41 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ( VIVA la SB 1070!)
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To: jimbo123

Though the Bronx has come back to some extent..that’s still a pretty tough neighborhood..and a curious residence for a counsul....don’t embassies provide housing for their top staffers..?


17 posted on 09/23/2010 4:07:08 PM PDT by ken5050 (The meek shall inherit the earth, but no way Kendrick Meek beats Marco Rubio)
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To: Gator113

No mention of a wife in the article. Probably a homo drug thing. Homo boyfriend killed him for drug money and/or in a drug rage.


18 posted on 09/23/2010 4:08:20 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: TaraP

Another theory..he had DPL paltes, probably racked up thousands in unpaid tickets, and was killed for his parking space..this will be on Law & Order in a few months..


19 posted on 09/23/2010 4:08:20 PM PDT by ken5050 (The meek shall inherit the earth, but no way Kendrick Meek beats Marco Rubio)
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Nicaraguan Diplomat Found Dead, Nearly Decapitated Inside Bronx Building

http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-diplomat-found-dead-in-bx,0,1091309.story


20 posted on 09/23/2010 4:12:57 PM PDT by jimbo123
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