Murdered El Diario intern may not have been intended target
JUÁREZ - The El Diario photography intern shot and killed Thursday may not have been the intended target of the attack, the Chihuahua human-rights investigator said Friday.
Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson who lives in El Paso and works in Juárez said the vehicle the victim, Luis Carlos Santiago, was driving belongs to his son, Alejo de la Rosa, who is Santiago’s best friend.
Santiago, 21, was killed by gunmen Thursday afternoon outside a busy mall in north Juárez. He was a photography intern at El Diario about to become a staff member Monday. Another intern, Carlos Manuel Sánchez, was wounded in the attack and survived.
De la Rosa Hickerson said his son gave Santiago the keys to his car so they could go eat after a workshop at the newspaper’s offices. They ate at Santiago’s home with his common-law wife and it is unknown what they were doing at the Río Grande Mall.
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“Many people think that Luis Carlos (Santiago) was my son,” de la Rosa Hickerson said. “It is a likely theory that my son was targeted. I wish it were not true, but I hope police investigate in depth.”
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