Tuesday, November 19

Mother of Hispanic soldier found dead in New Mexico's Rio Grande doubts she committed suicide

Madre de soldado hispano hallado muerto en Río Grande de Nuevo México duda que se haya suicidado

View of the Rio Grande through the city of Roma, in Texas.

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Juan Muñoz’s mother, National Guard soldier found dead in New Mexico more than two months after his disappearance, he doubts that his son committed suicide as the authorities allege.

The past 21 February, Muñoz, of 20 years, was reported to the New Mexico State Police as absent after he failed to show up for his training. Hours later, they found his vehicle and his belongings on a bridge in the Taos community.

“I found out about the disappearance the day 21, which was already the next day of what had happened. When the officers came, they came to tell me that he was not there. First they came at about 4 o’clock: 30 to look for him, because they had reported that he was not there, and after two hours they returned and they told me they had found the car because they tapped the phone, and they located it on the bridge “, Elizabeth Muñoz told EnNYConMas.

” That day, they They found the car and the belongings ”, clarified the woman.

The interviewee said that her son had not shown signs of suffering from depression or any emotional problem.

“They say that because of the depression he had had… and because of the way they found the car and his belongings, that all this teaches them to committed suicide, ”he indicated.