Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke about the “lake pirates” shooting in an interview aired on Good Morning America this morning. The family of David Hartley, the man reportedly shot while jet skiing on the Mexican side of a border-straddling lake, has publicly called for more federal involvement in the search and investigation. In media appearances, Hartley’s mother has appealed to Clinton directly. Clinton said the State Department is helping, and that the U.S. government “is supporting local law enforcement, supporting the authorities on the border. Doing everything that we know to do to try to assist in helping to find the body and helping to find the perpetrators.”“This is a terrible tragedy,” Clinton said. “And obviously we are sickened by it, as we are with the spike in violence that has gone on in Mexico, directed primarily against innocent Mexicans as well as the inter-tribal warfare, if you will, among the drug clans and crime organizations.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=119837