Last night on the news you heard the officer commanding for Orange Walk say that 17-year-old San Felipe resident Dustin Cortez is believed to have drowned. That's what he says Mexican police told him. They're in charge of the case because his body was found on their side of the Rio Hondo.
But, the family insists the case is far from closed and tonight new information suggests that he may have been viciously stoned on the Mexican side and that led to his death.
They say, this information is coming from the Mexican police. They are preparing to transport the remains to the family in San Felipe. Still, there is little closure for the family tonight because there are still a lot of questions surrounding Dustin's death. This is what his mother told our colleagues at CTV3 news yesterday.
Olga Cortes - Mother
"He was drinking with a young man. After that he left for La Union with the young man and never came back home."
Reporter
"And what made you believe that body was your son?"
Olga Cortes - Mother
"Well because the police brought a picture. My children also saw the picture and so we were able to confirm that it is him."
"He didn't have a foot. The other leg only a white piece of bone. He didn't have his body complete."
Reporter
"Do you have any idea what could have happened to him?"
Olga Cortes- Mother
"Well up to now I don't have any idea what might have happened to him. What I think is strange is why did the young man not bring him back home? Why did he not even give any notice or report? That is what I find very strange. Why did he not make a report, and inform the family."
Now as we said, the latest information coming in from Mexico is that Cortez was brutally stoned on that side of the river. But just who did it and why are the questions that the family now fears will never be answered.
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