Cattle baron slain in Mexico
January 29th, 2011 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANSMonterrey (Mexico), Jan 29 (IANS/EFE) A Mexican cattle baron was found slain Friday a few hours after his abduction in suburban Monterrey, an official said.The body of the 74-year-old Arturo B. de la Garza was dumped near the town of China on the highway linking Monterrey, the state capital, with the border city of Reynosa, an official spokesperson told EFE.
He was kidnapped Thursday night outside the headquarters of the state ranchers union in Guadalupe.
A message was found alongside the cattle baron’s body, but authorities have not revealed its content.
De la Garza, a former federal congressman, president of the Nuevo Leon ranchers union and unsuccessful candidate for state governor, was once an important figure in the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which governed Mexico from 1929-2000.
–IANS/EFE
rd
- Kidnapped Mexican singer found dead - Feb 13, 2012
- 29 prison personnel held over Mexico massacre - Feb 24, 2012
- 5 mutilated bodies found on Mexican highway - Feb 08, 2011
- 10 die in attack on Mexican bar - Aug 15, 2012
- Former lawmaker's body found in Mexico - Sep 13, 2012
- 6 partially burned bodies found in Mexico - Feb 01, 2011
- Mexican army kills eight in shootout - Feb 19, 2011
- Nine killed in drug related attacks in Mexico - May 23, 2011
- 49 mutilated bodies found on Mexican highway (Lead) - May 14, 2012
- Journalist gunned down in Mexico - Jan 09, 2012
- 50 bodies recovered in 'narcograve' in Mexico - Jul 25, 2010
- 40 die in Mexican casino attack - Aug 26, 2011
- Two men gunned down while playing soccer in Mexico - Nov 11, 2010
- 6 policemen kidnapped in Mexican city - Mar 12, 2011
- Five shot dead at disco in Mexican city - Apr 16, 2012
Tags: abduction, authorities, border city, cattle, congressman, efe, institutional revolutionary party, jan 29, monterrey mexico, nuevo leon, ranchers, spokesperson, state governor, suburban, thursday night, town of china, unsuccessful candidate