http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/tw ... c_12630400Two Americans Shot Dead at Mexican Border CrossingUpdated: Tuesday, 05 Apr 2011, 9:13 AM MDT
Published : Tuesday, 05 Apr 2011, 6:44 AM MDT
(NewsCore) - Two Americans were shot to death Monday in their vehicle while waiting at a Tijuana-area border crossing to enter the United States.
A US state department official confirmed the border killings to FOX News Channel, saying "We can confirm two US citizens were shot to death at a Tijuana border crossing today [Monday].
"Consular officials are in contact with Mexican authorities. No further information is available at this time."
A statement from the Mexican state Attorney General's Office named the men as Sergio Salcido Luna, 25, and Kevin Joel Romero, 28.
KTLA-TV reported that Luna, known as Moon, was a mixed martial fighter.
Police attended at a scene at the San Ysidro border crossing in Tijuana about 2:40am Monday and found a white pickup truck with California plates in which the two men were found dead, Mexican authorities said.
Investigators said they found 9mm shell casings at the scene, ammunition used in weapons favored by drug cartel gunmen in Mexico.
Northern Mexico is the hardest hit region in the country's raging drug war which is blamed for most of the 34,600 killings that have been carried out since the federal government launched a massive national crackdown in late 2006, AFP reported.