Thread: Mutilated body found hanging from Tijuana bridge

Mutilated body found hanging from Tijuana bridge

The Associated Press
12:11 p.m. October 9, 2009

TIJUANA, Mexico — The mutilated body of a man has been found hanging from a bridge in the Mexican border city of Tijuana.

Prosecutors' spokeswoman Prisma Perez says authorities have not identified the man, but believe he is Rogelio Sanchez, a Baja California state government official in charge of driver's licenses who went missing Tuesday.

Perez says investigators suspect the homicide was related to Sanchez's work but she would not give further details. She says Sanchez had not been under investigation for any crime.

She named no suspects. However, the homicide was characteristic of
Mexico's brutal drug gangs, which often dump mutilated victims in public places.

The body was found at 5:30 a.m. Friday in an industrial zone of Tijuana.

(This version CORRECTS first name of spokeswoman to Prisma, sted Prima)

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Official's body found hanging from bridge

Man suspected of giving fake licenses to gangs

By Omar Millán González and The Associated Press
2:00 a.m. October 10, 2009

TIJUANA — The mutilated body of a state official who authorities said was suspected of giving fake driver's licenses to drug-gang members was found hanging from a bridge in Tijuana yesterday.

Relatives identified the man as Rogelio Sanchez, a Baja California state official in charge of driver's licenses, said Prisma Perez, a spokeswoman for the state Attorney General's Office. Sanchez, 44, was kidnapped Wednesday as he left his home in Tijuana.

“The investigation indicates he had been giving licenses to organized crime,â€

Lovely, all this going on less than an hour away from my house.