Thread: Mexican Professor Ambushed on Way to McAllen TX.

Mexican Professor Ambushed on Way to McAllen

Reported by: Erica Proffer
Last Update: 8:33 pm
CHANNEL 5 NEWS (KRGV, 2010)

MCALLEN - A professor from Monterrey on his way to McAllen on Thursday morning is sitting in a police station somewhere in between the two cities. He was ambushed, possibly by drug cartels.

The professor was coming to McAllen to speak at the sex trafficking conference at South Texas College. Here is the email he sent organizers Thursday, "I have very sad news. We were totally robbed and looted everything, including our car. The good thing is that we are safe and alive. I am nervous and do not know how to react, maybe later I will write you in detail.â€

STC speaker's colleague claims attack in Mexico never happened
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April 08, 2011 9:21 AM
Naxiely Lopez
The Monitor

McALLEN — A Mexican professor who was scheduled to be a keynote speaker at a human trafficking conference hosted by South Texas College, was ambushed, along with two students, on a Mexican highway Wednesday, according to an event organizer.

Arun Kumar Acharya, professor and investigator at the Institute of Social Investigations for the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey — better known for its Spanish acronym, UNAM — was supposed to give a lecture at STC on Thursday about sex trafficking in Mexico, but he never arrived, said Chair and Conference Organizer Jenny Bryson Clark.

Acharya and two other students were stopped along the road while traveling from Monterrey to McAllen on Wednesday, but it is unclear by whom, Clark said.

The assailants made off with Acharya’s vehicle, laptop and other belongings, but no one was hurt, she said. All three of them are home now, Clark added.

However, a man who identified himself as a colleague of Acharya but would not disclose his identity said the trip was never made.

“It’s false,â€