Thread: TX: McAllen man charged with contract killing

McAllen man charged with contract killing
Jeremy Roebuck
November 13, 2007 - 7:34PM
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Authorities urge anyone with information on the whereabouts of suspect Esteban Martinez to contact the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office at (956) 668-8477.


EDINBURG — Jorge Luis Gonzalez Ramirez and Eduardo Talavera Jimenez thought they could escape powerful enemies in Mexico by fleeing to Houston.

Instead, they ended up shot and left for dead.

On Tuesday, authorities charged Jose Luis Benavidez Lopez, 35, of McAllen, with accepting money to kill the Mexican nationals.

But it remains a mystery who exactly ordered the hit and what prompted the Nov. 1 attack that killed Ramirez and critically injured Jimenez, said Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño.

“Our victims apparently did something to somebody in Mexico,â€

Mexico is Exporting Terror to the US while Bush Imports it without impunity.

Bush's and Chertoff's next touch is to do it by undercutting the Mexicans and outsourcing to the Middle East, Pakistan and China