Mayor announces death before body is found

Nov 3rd, 2009 - Washington Post

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Mayor announces death before body is found

MEXICO CITY -- Mauricio Fernandez couldn't have been happier.

Here he was, being sworn in again as mayor of one of Mexico's most exclusive communities, and he had wonderful news to share: "Black Saldana, who apparently is the one who was asking for my head, was found dead today in Mexico City," he told his cheering supporters.

The problem was that the barefoot, blindfolded corpse of "Black Saldana" - whose real first name is Hector - wasn't found for another three and a half hours, according to Mexico City prosecutors. And he wouldn't be identified for two days.

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