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Belizean Man Shot In Chetumal Says He Was Selling Auto Parts
posted (October 9, 2013)
Mexican newspapers have posted the photograph of the man they say shot Belizean Delmar Guerra from San Joaquin. 29-year-old taxi driver Jorge Alfredo Azueta Andrade was detained by police near the scene.

He is held for attempted murder of mechanic 41-year-old Guerra. Newspaper reports say Andrade first told police he did not know Delmar and that he had simply provided taxi service and transported him from the parking lot of a superstore to Calderitas. Later, he said he had provided taxi service for Delmar before.

For his part, Delmar told the police that on Friday he had received a call from a man who wanted to buy auto-parts. They agreed to meet at the place where he ended up being shot.

On the day of the incident, he called Andrade to drop him off. he says he knows him for two years and that is the reason he left his vehicle parked at the superstore.

Delmar was injured to the mouth. The bullet exited through the left side of his neck. He lost four teeth as a result and his tongue was injured and his left jawbone fractured.

One 9mm shell was retrieved from scene.

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