FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 22, 2008

Drug Link Investigated in Four Baja Killings

ROSARITO BEACH ---

A possible drug link is being investigated in the killings of four people whose bodies were found Sunday on the outskirts of Rosarito Beach , a Baja state official said Monday.

The dead included three Mexican nationals and a 28-year-old La Mesa, California woman, said Baja assistant state attorney Rafael Gonzalez. Two of the bodies were found in the back of a car with California license plates, and two others were found on the ground near the vehicle, Gonzalez said.

The four-door, 1999, dark-green Cadillac STS had been reported stolen in the U.S. in February, Gonzalez said. All four people had apparently been dead for several days when their bodies were found in a remote part of the village of Primo Tapia .

Earlier media reports incorrectly stated that all four, all of whom had been shot in the head, were American citizens.

Gonzalez said that evidence found at the scene, including a hypodermic needle, the method of killing, and the criminal records of at least two of the deceased indicated a possible drug link in the execution-style murders.

State police agents were in the process of developing additional information in the investigation, Gonzalez said. Additional information is available from Rafael Gonzalez at 01152-661-613-1898.

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