10-06-2010, 05:37 PM
hmmmm...i'd be camped on their doorstep with my formal complaint in hand if that's what they require.
Mexico City
Six days after Mexican pirates on Falcon Lake allegedly shot an American tourist, Mexican officials said they expected Tiffany Hartley, the wife of the deceased, to formally file a complaint with Mexican authorities today.
But the prosecutor’s office in the border state of Tamaulipas said Wednesday morning that it was waiting to receive that complaint, which is needed before a formal investigation can begin into the alleged Sept. 30 killing of David Hartley.
“The official complaint is missing.... Everything was ‘they said this, they said that’ but there hasn’t been a formal claim,” says Ruben Dario, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office.
Mr. Dario said Wednesday morning that Mexican officials expected Ms. Hartley to visit the municipality of Miguel Aleman and lodge a complaint in person.
The prosecutor's office said that a search began Sept. 30 for Hartley's still-missing body when the state was first contacted by the sheriff’s office in Zapata, Texas.
It was unclear Wednesday why Hartley would wait nearly a week before filing a formal complaint into the alleged killing, and still has not, though it comes amid tit-for-tat accusations that Mexican authorities are not searching hard enough and that Hartley is withholding details about the incident.
Mexico City
Six days after Mexican pirates on Falcon Lake allegedly shot an American tourist, Mexican officials said they expected Tiffany Hartley, the wife of the deceased, to formally file a complaint with Mexican authorities today.
But the prosecutor’s office in the border state of Tamaulipas said Wednesday morning that it was waiting to receive that complaint, which is needed before a formal investigation can begin into the alleged Sept. 30 killing of David Hartley.
“The official complaint is missing.... Everything was ‘they said this, they said that’ but there hasn’t been a formal claim,” says Ruben Dario, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office.
Mr. Dario said Wednesday morning that Mexican officials expected Ms. Hartley to visit the municipality of Miguel Aleman and lodge a complaint in person.
The prosecutor's office said that a search began Sept. 30 for Hartley's still-missing body when the state was first contacted by the sheriff’s office in Zapata, Texas.
It was unclear Wednesday why Hartley would wait nearly a week before filing a formal complaint into the alleged killing, and still has not, though it comes amid tit-for-tat accusations that Mexican authorities are not searching hard enough and that Hartley is withholding details about the incident.