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DENVER — A Colorado woman is demanding that the U.S. government do more to find the body of her husband, six months after he was presumably gunned down on a lake along Texas' border with Mexico.
Tiffany Hartley, who lives east of Greeley in Weld County, said nothing has been done since Mexican officials called off a search for David Hartley on Oct. 14. She held a rally with family and supporters at the Colorado Capitol on Wednesday asking state officials to pressure the Obama administration to do more to find her husband and to secure the border.
Tiffany Hartley told authorities she and her husband were using personal watercraft on Falcon Lake when they were approached Sept. 30 by Mexican pirates who shot and killed her husband. The couple were returning to Texas after photographing a historic church on the Mexican side of the lake, Hartley said.
"We don't want to leave him in the hands of the enemy," she told The Associated Press, referring to suspected pirates or drug smugglers known to roam the lake about 45 miles northwest of McAllen, Texas. "If we get his body back, we can at last honor him the way he would want to be honored, at least by his family."
No death certificate has been issued, and Mexican officials have told Hartley the case remains open.
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Go home and honor your husband by not making stupid statements and demands. That adventure did not turn out too good eh..... what were you thinking? And your demands ring hollow - your husband is never going to be found. Your struggle is foolish and useless - his body means nothing. He would be ashamed of what you are doing right now. You went there, you created the problem, you deal with it. Demanding a government clean up your mess is just ridiculous. Want more face time - me thinks so.