10-08-2010, 04:32 PM
A crowd of 110 people are gathered in front of the Mexican Consulate in Denver to ask that nation's government to work harder to find missing Coloradan David Hartley.
The crowd, many wearing red t-shirts marked "Bring David Home" gathered at Four Mile Park, then walked to the consulate carrying signs bearing slogans like "Justice for David."
BROWNSVILLE — The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations said Mexico had opened a federal investigation and bolstered its search to find missing U.S. citizen David Michael Hartley and “categorically rejects claims to the effect that Mexican authorities are not doing enough.”
Friday's statement, from the Mexican embassy in Washington, D.C., came eight days after Hartley, 30, was reportedly ambushed during a trip on personal watercraft to photograph Mexican ruins visible from the surface of the binational Falcon Lake.
“The search and rescue for Mr. Hartley started the day of the incident, and intensified this week with additional officers from the Army, the Federal Police, and from state and municipal forces, which cover the area where the incident took place,” the statement read. “The operation includes the thorough inspection of the region by air, land, as well as the banks of the Rio Grande.
The crowd, many wearing red t-shirts marked "Bring David Home" gathered at Four Mile Park, then walked to the consulate carrying signs bearing slogans like "Justice for David."
BROWNSVILLE — The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations said Mexico had opened a federal investigation and bolstered its search to find missing U.S. citizen David Michael Hartley and “categorically rejects claims to the effect that Mexican authorities are not doing enough.”
Friday's statement, from the Mexican embassy in Washington, D.C., came eight days after Hartley, 30, was reportedly ambushed during a trip on personal watercraft to photograph Mexican ruins visible from the surface of the binational Falcon Lake.
“The search and rescue for Mr. Hartley started the day of the incident, and intensified this week with additional officers from the Army, the Federal Police, and from state and municipal forces, which cover the area where the incident took place,” the statement read. “The operation includes the thorough inspection of the region by air, land, as well as the banks of the Rio Grande.