MEXICAN DRUG OFFICIALS FOUND DEAD

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 9 (UPI) - Autopsies are planned on the bodies of
two abducted Mexican anti-drug officials found on the banks of Rio Grande
at Brownsville.

Cameron County Sheriff's Maj. Gus Reyna said U.S. Border Patrol agents
found the corpses of Jose Aleazar Hernandez, former director of Mexico's
National Institute to Combat Drugs, and his nephew, Joel Raul Rodriguez,
Friday just outside Brownsville city limits.

Both men's legs were broken and they had been shot in the back of the head
after they were abducted in Matamoros with their van, across the U. S.
border from Brownsville, on Dec. 27.

Reyna said no motive in the slayings was readily apparent.

The 44-year-old Hernandez and his 27-year-old nephew were both members of
the Federal Judicial Police.

Their van was found abandoned in Brownsville on New Year's Day, but the
discovery was not reported immediately.

An infant belonging to Rodriguez who was also abducted was returned the
same day unharmed but reports conflict on how the 1-year-old boy was
returned to his family.

FBI agent Brenda Burton said FBI agents were helping examine the van for
evidence, and they offered other assistance to the Cameron County Sheriff's
office.

Reyna said Mexican officials, the FBI and U.S. Border Patrol are
participating in the investigation.