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2024-12-15 Caribbean-Latin America

American couple killed in Mexico, found shot in pickup truck: officials

Bet they didn't change the plates on their rental.
[FoxNews] Two Americans from California are dead after being found shot in a pickup truck in Mexico, officials said.

Authorities located Gloria Ambriz, 50, and Rafael Cardona, 53, while responding to a report of a shooting in Angamacutiro in the western state of Michoacán on Wednesday night, according to Fox News affiliate, KTTV, citing the state attorney general's office.

The couple, who were on vacation visiting family, was traveling in a black 2016 Ford Platinum pickup truck when gunmen opened fire near an intersection.

Ambriz was pronounced dead on the scene, while Cardona succumbed to his injuries shortly after being transported to a hospital in Puruándiro, officials said.

Michoacán is listed as a "do not travel" spot in Mexico, according to the U.S. State Department.

Investigators have recovered ballistic evidence from the scene, which is being analyzed as part of the ongoing investigation.

The attorney general's office has assembled a team of prosecutors, police, and forensic experts to determine the motive and identify those responsible for the killings.

The unexpected deaths of the two Californian visitors add to safety concerns in Mexico.

Michoacán is listed as a "do not travel" spot in Mexico, according to the U.S. State Department.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-12-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top
File under: Narcos

#1 Of course, we don't know what they were up to in this "do not travel" area.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-12-15 00:15|| 2024-12-15 00:15|| Front Page Top

Michoacán is listed as a "do not travel" spot in Mexico, according to the U.S. State Department.

This should have been the 2nd paragraph in the source article. It's kind of an important part of this tragic story.

Posted by Elmaper+McGurque1612 2024-12-15 02:20|| 2024-12-15 02:20|| Front Page Top

#3 ...Yeeeeeah, the Cartels don't just whack people for sh!ts and giggles.

Or as Dad used to say, "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes."

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-12-15 06:58|| 2024-12-15 06:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Or American citizens of Mexican descent who went back to visit family around the holidays and were in the wrong place at the wrong time/mistaken for someone else.

Posted by Remoteman 2024-12-15 12:32|| 2024-12-15 12:32|| Front Page Top

#5 "...black 2016 Ford Platinum pickup truck ..."

Or just in a vehicle that says we have money in a place where life is cheap and violence is endemic.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-12-15 13:27|| 2024-12-15 13:27|| Front Page Top