Thread: TX. Valley Man Stabbed to Death in Reynosa Mexico

Valley Man Stabbed to Death in Reynosa

Last Update: 11:09 am

REYNOSA, TAMUALIPAS - A Valley man has been killed across the border in Mexico.

The family of a 37-year-old Valley man tells us he went to Reynosa to go to the movies. A family members tell us the man was leaving the theater when he was attacked. They say he was stabbed to death. The only thing his attackers took was his cellphone. His passport and his truck were not stolen.

The family says his body is being brought back to the Valley today.

http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/Va ... 6iPUQ.cspx

Maybe Napolitano should tell us how safe the borders are again?

Originally Posted by bigtex

Maybe Napolitano should tell us how safe the borders are again?

I was thinking why would anyone cross INTO Messico to go to the movies?

. . . the man was leaving the theater when he was attacked. They say he was stabbed to death. The only thing his attackers took was his cellphone. . .

Maybe this guy was talking on his phone in the theater and someone didn't like it.

Family of Man Murdered in Reynosa Speaks

Reported by: Bill Barajas
Email: bill@krgv.com
Last Update: 11:13 pm

ALAMO-Sadness fills the home of the Valdez family. The loss of a loved one has them holding on to each other for strength in these trying times. Elizabeth Vega is the younger sister of Robert Valdez, a man murdered in cold blood south of the border. Vega tells us her family is in unimaginable pain. She said, "They are distraught they can't believe it. They are still in shock." Vega says her brother went to mexico to visit a girlfriend. He was found stabbed 10 times he was also run over by a car. Vega tells channel five news she tried to warn her brother not to travel to Mexico. "We told him numerous times don't go, please don't go. you see that every thing's happening over there all these vehicles being stolen but he wouldn't listen." Vega said. Vega was notified about her brother's death early saturday morning. She traveled to Reynosa to claim his body and have it transported back to the U.S. and now her family wants to know why this happened. "We just want closure, justice." Vega said. She tells CHANNEL 5 NEWS her brother was a good man; the type of person that would take the shirt off his back to help a stranger. She says she would never wish the pain and grief her family is feeling on anyone. She hopes her brother's story is a lesson to those who ignore the warnings. Vega said, "Just try to avoid going over there, there's no need to go over there. It's not worth losing your life." Vega tells channel five news she believes Mexico will only get worse. It breaks her heart but she sees no end to the evil just across the border.

http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/Fa ... ZaojQ.cspx

Alamo truck driver killed in Reynosa
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April 03, 2011 8:22 PM
Ildefonso Ortiz
The Monitor

Mexican authorities are investigating the circumstances behind the death of a Rio Grande Valley truck driver who was stabbed to death in Reynosa.

Roberto Valdez Vega, 32, from Alamo, was stabbed to death in the early hours of Saturday morning along Praxedis Balboa Avenue between Chihuahua and Heron streets.

Details of the slaying are still under investigation, but according to Ruben Arredondo, an agent with Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office in Reynosa, his office received notice of a possible murder about 12:30 a.m. Saturday, and a team of investigators was dispatched to the scene.

“Indeed there was a body belonging to a male with signs of a violent death,â€