Falcon Lake investigator's decapitated head turned over to Mexico Army

**lewisipso** · 10-14-10, 07:51 AM

The decapitated head of a Mexican investigator working on the Falcon Lake missing American case was turned over to the Mexican army said the sheriff of Zapata County, Texas.

County Sheriff of Zapata County Sigifredo Gonzalez says Commander Rolando Flores, head of state investigators Mexican city of Miguel Aleman, is reporting the investigator's head has been delivered but the body has not been recovered.

American Citizen David Hartley was attacked by Mexican drug cartel pirates on Falcon Lake.

David and Tiffany Hartley were riding jet skis in the lake on the Texas-Mexico border Thursday, September 30, 2010 about 2:45 p.m. when pirates on at least two boats advanced and started shooting guns at them.

Mrs. Hartley said her husband had been shot in the head and fell in the water indicated Sheriff Gonzalez.

According to Gonzalez the couple was returning from the Mexico side of the lake after sightseeing and taking photos of the well-known remains of Old Guerrero.

Tiffany Hartley at first turned around to help pull her husband out of the water, but the gunmen opened fire on her and she had to speed away.

This killing was the first among many known attacks from Mexico drug cartel gunmen on Falcon Lake this year.

The pirates aggressively chased Mrs. Hartley into the U.S. waters and continued shooting. Texas public safety officials said the cartel members are known to use AK-47s or AR-15s on their victims.

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