The couple had been high school sweethearts and were married for eight years
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317197/Tiffany-Hartleys-choice-Husband-wife-shot-Mexican-pirates-Falcon-Lake.html
The article is from the “Monitor” of McAllen, Texas - not the Christian Science Monitor. Sorry, my bad.
I have a hard time thinking the Mexican authorities will make much of an effort when to do so might invite trouble with drug lords or other gangs, and they know the US government doesn’t care, since the dead person is a white male. This is the era of Eric Holder, for whom white people have no rights which the government has an interest in enforcing.
I heard that a Texas DPS trooper stopped the Hartleys, towing their jet skies, for a traffic infraction the day of David’s disappearance, but let them off with a warning when a truck “full of marijuana” (according to the radio report I heard) went by and the DPS trooper went after that.
The context of the report was that it supports Mrs. Hartley’s claim of what the couple were doing that day. It also documents the last time the couple were known to be together.
But now I’m interested in the truck. Does anyone know what happened to it?
Unfortunetly, one was murdered. But they went into danger on their own. No one pushed them into it.
Stupid is what stupid does.
P.S.
I still want to know if he was carrying life insurance; and if so, how much. He may still be very much alive in hiding as his wife collects.
Six killed in gun battle in area being searched for David Hartley’s body
by Sergio Chapa
Posted: 10.08.2010
[snip]While three congressmen held a Thursday afternoon press conference about border security, Mexican soldiers were engaged in a gun battle that left six people dead on the other side of the Rio Grande.
Mexico’s Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA) is reporting that the gun battle in the same area being searched for the body of missing American David Hartley.
The SEDENA reported that the battle took place near the rural town of Barriales around 3 p.m. Thursday.
Army officials said that a military aircraft was performing aerial reconnaissance work in the area when pilots spotted a suspicious truck hiding in the brush.
The military aircraft went down for a closer look but came under fire.
The SEDENA reported that Mexican soldiers returned fire and killed six men who were protecting some kind of clandestine construction project.
Authorities also reported that a Mexican soldier was also wounded in the battle.
Mexican soldiers reporting seizing ammunition and the following other items:
- 7 Assault Rifles
- 38 clips
- 1 Rocket Launcher
- 1 Dodge Ram Truck
Barriales is located near the ruins of Guerrero Viejo, a Spanish colonial town that is seasonally flooded by waters from Falcon Lake.
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=523516
The couple had been high school sweethearts and were married for eight years
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317197/Tiffany-Hartleys-choice-Husband-wife-shot-Mexican-pirates-Falcon-Lake.html
Police: Video Supports Lake Pirate Story
Texas Police: Officer’s Dash Camera Caught Hartley’s Car Going to Falcon Lake, Supports Tiffany’s Timeline, Story of Shooting
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/09/earlyshow/saturday/main6942375.shtml