Jeff Dunsavage's Blog Posts Tagged 'Texas' (17)

A Brownsville, TX family is offering up to $10,000 for information that helps them find their son, who has been missing since the beginning of March. Family members said Chris Garcia was last seen crossing into Mexico on March 7. Watch the report.

According to this article, Noel was on his way to Mexico to have some expensive dental work done. It seems a lot of people need to go south of the border for services they can't afford in the U.S. Perhaps the most significant piece of information from the article is:

"Brownsville police detective David Martinez...said there are no cooperative agreements between agencies on both sides of the…

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Mariana Corrigan, a Mexican citizen married to an American citizen living in Mission, Tex., has disappeared on Highway 2 between Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa. The family has only had one phone call since she went missing in May 4, demanding the ownership papers on the Tahoe that she was driving. Story says FBI can't get involved because she is Mexican citizen, even though her husband and four children are all U.S. citizens. What's their explanation, then, for not getting involved in any…

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While Arabs are ousting dictators, it's tyranny as usual in Cuba, where U.S. government contractor Alan Gross went on trial last week for espionage. Or at least that's what the Castro regime said took place. The civilized world doesn't know because the two-day proceeding was held behind closed doors. The regime simply announced that a verdict would soon be delivered, which could condemn the 61-year-old to 20 years in prison. Mr. Gross stands accused of bringing computer equipment to…

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KRGV in Weslaco, Texas, continued its reporting on the plight of families who lose loved ones in Mexico last night devoted a segment to the work of The Missing Americans Project. Read story, watch the video.

It's been almost four months since David Hartley was murdered while jet skiing with his wife, Tiffany, on a lake that straddles the Texas/Mexico border. Today, with no body and few answers, Tiffany Hartley continues her search, but has yet to learn what really happened. Tiffany was recently interviewed on the CBS "Early Show". You can read about it and watch the interview here.

According to this story on KRGV in Texas, a fisherman was hit by a stray bullet on the same lake where David Hartley of Colorado was murdered while jet skiing with his wife Tiffany. David's body and the jet ski were never found, and the investigation into his murder… Continue

A lack of tourists from across the border prompted McAllen, Tex., officials at the McAllen-Miller International Airport and GID Express to offer round trip flights to Mexico, according to this story from KRGV.

When police in Texas stopped a truck, the two Mexican men inside appeared nervous. The police also suspected the gas tank had been tampered-with. They removed one of two tanks and found 15 AK-47s crammed inside. Several other rifles had been taken apart and stuffed in the false tank. … Continue

KRGV TV in Texas, which yesterday highlighted the plight of John Parks and his family, today raised the profile of the disappearance of Arturo Aviles. KRGV reporter …

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More than 100 people (most of them new visitors and most from Texas) visited the Missing Americans Project community after KRGV TV in Texas ran this story about John Parks' disappearance in Matamoros, Mexico.

It's not the biggest one-day spike we've had (over 500 people from all over…

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The Missing Americans Project is featured prominently in this spot about John Parks' disappearance on KRG TV in Texas. Thanks, Deb and Renee for the plug -- I just heard from someone else missing a person from Texas in Mexico, likely as a result of this media attention (will say more when I know more). Please keep spreading the… Continue

His murder (I guess now they're accepting that it was a murder) is believed to be a case of mistaken identity. Read full article.

A Mexican police commander investigating the disappearance of an American tourist on a border lake plagued by pirates was killed, U.S. and Mexican officials said Tuesday.The severed head of Commander Rolando Flores was delivered to authorities in Mexico on Tuesday. Read full article

Mexico police are searching for two suspects in the case of a U.S. citizen who disappeared during a sightseeing trip on the U.S.-Mexican border in South Texas, authorities said Monday. The suspects are two brothers who are "well known to this area," according Luis Homero Uvalle, a spokesman for the state attorney general. He identifed the suspects only as "El 27" and "El 31." David Michael Hartley went missing September 30. His wife, Tiffany, told authorities her husband was shot and killed… Continue

A lake straddling the Texas/Mexico border has become a focus of violence committed by Mexican "pirates". Colorado resident David Hartley was brutally murdered and his wife shot at while jet skiing on Falcon Lake. Read full article. Texas law enforcement agencies are telling boaters on Falcon Lake to make sure they stay on the U.S. side and avoid…

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