Staff Writer
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Authorities in Amsterdam are confirming wild rumors that former Tribune writer Ron Mexico was killed Sunday night by muggers as he cut a rug through the city's fabled Red Light District. Mexico had left the Rio Grande Valley of Texas in recent weeks after being fired by Tribune Editor Patrick Alcatraz for violating the company's No-Drinking-While-Covering-City-Hall-Meetings policy.
"We are in the process of piecing together the events of the murder," said Amsterdam Police Inspector Einar Gilkison in a trans-oceanic telephone interview with this reporter late this afternoon. "Apparently, he sustained both gunshot and knife wounds to the upper torso, neck, skull, lower back and both thighs. He was pronounced dead at the scene, yes."
Mexico, the official went on, had been partying fast & hard in the prostitution center of Amsterdam and had quickly garnered a reputation as an insatiable sex fiend. "He dressed funny, in bright colors, so he stood out, and, of course, he was an American," the inspector added. "He had been living in a cheap, second-floor flat not far from the Red Light District, and a woman who was staying with him said he was something of a blackout drinker when he was with her."
Ron Mexico was 48.
Archives at The Tribune show he arrived here earlier this year with his wife, the Panamanian acrobat Elaine Benitez. The two separated shortly after Mexico's stunning dismissal. Days after the firing, he told friends he was "sick and effin tired of the valley," and would be leaving the country. Ms. Benitez reportedly is with a travelling circus in Bolivia. Efforts to reach her for comment were not successful.
Ron's last story for The Tribune was about a Harlingen City Commission meeting he had covered while out of his gourd on whiskey. Shortly after that, a photograph of Ron in a short, pinkish, female-like body suit surfaced. He told The Tribune "some Gay guys" had stolen his clothing at a local health club. The photo, shown above, was of Ron Mexico walking to the main gate of the ballfield in Harlingen where the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings play their minor-league games.
"It, indeed, is sad news," said Tribune Editor Patrick Alcatraz in a press release given to a horde of story-hungry reporters gathered outside Las Tres Lichas Lounge in rural Cameron County. "Ron was a purist, the kind of guy the cops want to jail when they first see him. But he was a reporter's reporter, a unique individual, so different that, well, even the birds stopped flying when they'd see him walking down the sidewalks. Dogs would not bark at Ron. Black cats would fear Ron walking across their path. He'll be missed..."
According to family members in his hometown of Pahrump, Nevada, Ron will be buried at sea.
"Maybe the Black Sea," said an uncle...
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18 comments:
(he sustained both gunshot and knife wounds to the upper torso, neck, skull, lower back and both thighs)
God, I hope he wasn't wearing that same god awful outfit. Huh, Mary Lou? But, the truth is, I kind of had a feeling he was gonna go something in that same fashion. Hopefully, he never mentioned to anybody where he had just come from. Cause, Brownsville sure deserves better than that!
ralphy
(hometown of Pahrump, Nevada, Ron will be buried at sea.)
Bet Art Bell and old Ron knew each other. Probably neighbors. Hell, I'll bet they grew up together.
ralphy
RALPHY:...Ron Mexico loved Brownsville's quirkiness. In fact, he wore a Good Luck locket that contained the photo of a well-known Brownsville Herald reporter. He was aging fast, though. Hated like Hell to dye his hair, cause it splattered the goop on his toenails. In recent months, however, he dyed with his boots on... - Editor
I guess Ralphy, must be feeling real manly, wasn't he the one that pushed that this poor confused man be put out in the streets and his lively hood be taken away.
You sir, have no gumption, you are like a loose cannon, using this blog to harm people, with your insinuations and personal attacks. I hope you get 10 nightmares tonight for the next ten years.
Alcatraz, this guy has a screw missing, now he is making fun of a deseased man.
MARY LOU:...My feeling is that you can handle Ralphy a bit better than we ought to. To us, he's a reader, and, well, we do not normally abuse readers. But you can. Go for it... - Editor
(wasn't he the one that pushed that this poor confused man be put out in the streets and his lively hood be taken away.)
Weird, huh? But check it out Mary Lou. He went (died) exactly in the way I would have loved him to go. Now, tell me. How can I possibly have any nightmares after something like that? Huh? LOL!!! Gosh, I'll give old Ron this, a sweet shot of the Cuervo to old Ron. Ha,ha,ha,ha!
ralphy
(I hope you get 10 nightmares tonight for the next ten years.)
But you know, now thinking about it, I really don't want to have any nightmares, about Ron or anybody. So Mary Lou, my apologies to you, Madam, if I really upset you. Hell, I'll even move out of Browntown, if I must.
But I'll bet you would have looked much nicer in poor old Ron's pink outfit, I don't care how old you must be. So, friends Maria Luisa? Atta girl.
ralphy.
Right now, I am just too upset, this guy (ralph)compared me to one of your writers, excuse me, I am 28 years old, 5'8" and weigh 127lbs and don't wear an afro as he assumes I do. Than he suggest I am over 70 years old, makes fun of a dead man. uughghg. I hope I never see him at Medussa lounge, I might just forget, I am a lady.
(and don't wear an afro as he assumes I do)
But you wear a full wig, admit it. Oh, sorry. I forgot I apologized. Well, g-night Mary Lou. And, pleasant dreams.
little ralphy
THis Ron Mexico must be a joke, rigth / did he ever existed ? If He did, Was he the co - Owner of that clothing store by Boca Chica blvd. " AMERICAN TAGS " ? and his wife a nice Looking sexy - mucho bueno caliente Latina ... If all this is real, My Best regards to Him and his lovely wife!!!
More respect to CEPILLIN...
Dr. ATL:...Ron Mexico greets this day in a better place. If he didn't exist, as you believe, than perhaps he should've. Cynics soil Ron's beloved Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Pay your silent respects at noon, sir... - Editor
Ralphy, you have no morals, it was you who instigated the removal of Eliot, you and your sarcastic lies that pushed the editor to get rid of a good writer.
You remind me of an evil old man, who sits in a poorly lighted room, smoking cheap cigarretes, plotting lies about people, a calculating chump who enjoys hurting peoples reputations and to add to insult you chastise and laught at a dead man. I hope last night for you was miserable.
What kind of man are you?? No I would never wear that redicolous outfit Ron Mexico wore, Hello, And no I do not wear a wig, what a bum you have turned out to be.
(Mr. Editor, please convey my condelences to his widow)
( I hope last night for you was miserable.)
Why, thank you for feeling some concern over me, lovey. Now, why don't you go on down to the beauty parlor and have them prep your wig, so you won't look so horrendous. And remember, we are good friends.
ralphy
(Mr. Editor, please convey my condelences to his widow)
Gosh, Maria Luisa, just because you had sexual thoughts for R. Mexico doesn't mean some woman would be so psychotic to have actually married such a sorry excuse for a man. If you would have married him, try to keep it a secret because, believe me, nobody else would want to know, OK, baby?
ralphy
A special Poem for Little Ralphy;
Roses are red, violtes are blue.
People like Ralphy belong in the zoo.
Never in my mind did I have any thoughts of anything with Mr. Mexico.
Other than reading his articles, which I truly enjoy, just like Mr. Elcomedor, like Mr. Alcatraz, like Mr. Klements articles.
It is your filthy mind, your character assasinnation that freaks normal human beings like me.
That use blogs to tear down ordinary hard working people.
I will concide this point. I don't see why his wife was hanging around, when he was messing around with some of the crazy bloodhounds who call themselves ladies in Europe.
But thats her problem, and quit trying to insinuate anything.
You, on the contrary have a polluted, childish, dirty, filthy, gutter like mind. And I repeat, your social status is that of the 1-2-3 bar.
(social status is that of the 1-2-3 bar.)
You wanna meet there? We won't tell Alcatraz, Jones or anybody. But hey, how about we invite old man Stoney to come with his digital camera, huh? We'll all have a fine time. So, what time? Wear something sexy, alright?
ralphy
ugh, ugh, ugh,ugh, Mr. Editor, I give up, I give up, this man, is beyond rationality.
Ralphy ( Rafita ) ... The typical inmature and mama's cry Baby from the Tex - Mex Isolated and remote Ejido from any true Civilization. you need to get out of your
" LITTLE GOLDEN CAGE " and travel the world, open your Horizons to need Vanguard stuff.
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