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On Tuesday evening, Blair’s family issued a statement complaining that Mexican authorities had not talked directly with them about his death, prompting complaints from Orange County Rep. Lou Correa.
Expressing “deep concerns” about Blair’s death, Correa, D-Santa Ana, sent a letter Wednesday morning to the Mexican ambassador to the United States, asking the Mexican Embassy “and all levels of the Mexican Government (federal, state, and local) to assist the Blair family and U.S. officials in the investigation of Elliot’s death.”
“Elliot was a very valuable member of our community. Consequently, his death and the circumstances surrounding it, are creating more questions than answers in Orange County, California,” Correa wrote Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma in Washington, D.C.
Correa noted that while Mexican authorities have said they are investigating Blair’s death and are in contact with the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI, the Blair family has not been directly contacted by the Mexican government. As of Wednesday, Blair’s family was filing the necessary paperwork to bring his remains back to California.
“As of this morning, it’s preliminary, the family was in the process of obtaining possession of the body for transport back to the U.S.,” Correa said in an interview.
Calling Blair’s death “a very odd situation,” Correa said it’s important to find out what happened “and bring closure to the family.”
“We need to make sure we get to the bottom of this,” he said, not only for the family but for other American tourists who frequent the resort.
“This is a popular place for American tourists,” Correa said. “We want to make sure we know what happened.”
By:
ROXANA KOPETMAN and TONY SAAVEDRA
Source:
The Orange County Register
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