Authorities in northern
Mexico said Tuesday the murder of the director of the Miss World Mexico beauty
pageant was a targeted killing.
A Sinaloa state official who was not authorized to
be quoted by name said that armed men stopped Hugo Castellanos in a vehicle he
was travelling in and kidnapped him. They apparently let his companions go and
then killed him.
Castellanos' body was found Sunday in a stolen
vehicle, along with cash and documents, in the Sinaloa state capital of
Culiacan.
The area is known for its drug trade and drug capos
have been known to bribe or pressure pageants to award titles to their
girlfriends. Prosecutors are investigating possible motives, and the official
said they have not ruled out the idea of a link between the killing and the
pageant business.
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