Mexico opens probe into reported death of McAllen resident
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October 08, 2010 11:45 AM
The Associated Press

ZAPATA — The Mexican government tells The Associated Press that it has opened a federal investigation into the reported shooting of an American tourist on a U.S.-Mexico border lake.

A statement from Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided to the AP also "categorically rejects claims to the effect that Mexican authorities are not doing enough to find" Dennis Hartley. Hartley's wife, Tiffany, says her husband was shot and killed by Mexican pirates on Falcon Lake on Sept. 30 as they were returning on Jet Skis from a sightseeing trip into Mexico. The couple resided in McAllen.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the Hartley family have said this week that Mexico was dragging its feet in investigating Hartley's disappearance and looking for his body.

Ruben Rios, a spokesman for the Tamaulipas, Mexico, state prosecutor's office, says the search of Falcon Lake resumed early Friday. He says the search is called off at night because of weather and waves, but U.S. officials have also said threats from drug gangs have hampered the effort.

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