Special to El Rrun-Rrun
Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio says that a lack of cooperation by Tamaulipas, Mexico law-enforcement officials are stymieing the investigation into the shooting death of Miguel Angel Valdez Hernandez, 57, whose body was discovered Tuesday afternoon on the levee south of Riverside Road.
The sheriff has scheduled a press conference for 10 a.m. Tuesday to update the public on the status of the investigation.
His brother, Alejandro Valdez Hernandez, has posted a social media video that has gone viral, has vowed to press the investigation and find the culprits. He said the family was first told he had suffered a heart attack until the autopsy revealed a bullet wound around his brothers' waist.
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The sheriff said the body of the jogger was found shortly after 4 p.m. by a farm worker driving a tractor.
Sheriff's investigators say they obtained film from the U.S. Border patrol of a white extended truck and that the bullet that killed the man may have come from Mexico.
However, said they have no suspects in the shooting and have not said how the BP was able to obtain the surveillance video that coincided to the time that the man was shot. Investigators have not discounted that the bullet may have originated on either side of the river.
Authorities believe Hernandez died sometime after 3 p.m. and was found about an hour later. Brownsville EMS responded to the scene.
Chief Deputy Gus Reyna said several people were seen in the bed of the white truck.
“A this time we are currently looking at all possibilities, including that the shot that killed our victim may have come from Mexico," Reyna told news media at a previous press conference. "We have contacted Mexican authorities to assist us in this investigation."
Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio says that a lack of cooperation by Tamaulipas, Mexico law-enforcement officials are stymieing the investigation into the shooting death of Miguel Angel Valdez Hernandez, 57, whose body was discovered Tuesday afternoon on the levee south of Riverside Road.
The sheriff has scheduled a press conference for 10 a.m. Tuesday to update the public on the status of the investigation.
His brother, Alejandro Valdez Hernandez, has posted a social media video that has gone viral, has vowed to press the investigation and find the culprits. He said the family was first told he had suffered a heart attack until the autopsy revealed a bullet wound around his brothers' waist.
The sheriff said the body of the jogger was found shortly after 4 p.m. by a farm worker driving a tractor.Sheriff's investigators say they obtained film from the U.S. Border patrol of a white extended truck and that the bullet that killed the man may have come from Mexico.
However, said they have no suspects in the shooting and have not said how the BP was able to obtain the surveillance video that coincided to the time that the man was shot. Investigators have not discounted that the bullet may have originated on either side of the river.
Authorities believe Hernandez died sometime after 3 p.m. and was found about an hour later. Brownsville EMS responded to the scene.
Chief Deputy Gus Reyna said several people were seen in the bed of the white truck.
“A this time we are currently looking at all possibilities, including that the shot that killed our victim may have come from Mexico," Reyna told news media at a previous press conference. "We have contacted Mexican authorities to assist us in this investigation."
Hernandez, who jogged on the levee sometimes twice a day, was wearing audio phones when he was found.