US Man, 79, Beaten To Death In Mexico While Delivering Donations To The Poor

[Judi Lynn]

By Sol Prendido 5/03/2023 04:42:00 AM 26 comments
"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

Rudy Lazo, who immigrated to the US from El Salvador in the 1980s, would regularly deliver clothes, food and toys to Tijuana

A 79-year-old American man who transported clothes, food and toys into Mexico to donate to the poor was beaten to death during a delivery trip in Tijuana, family members and authorities said.

Rudy Lazo’s killing during an apparent robbery in mid-April happened a couple of months after the US state department warned Americans to avoid Mexico, citing elevated kidnapping and homicide risks in areas including Baja California, the state Tijuana is in.

As his family said on NBC Los Angeles and Telemundo, Lazo moved to the US from El Salvador in the 1980s. He started a family, worked as a truck driver and settled in San Bernardino, California, but never forgot the financial struggles faced by people in other parts of the world.

Lazo frequently drove trucks packed with clothes, food, toys and other basic donations to Tijuana, about 125 miles (200km) from San Bernardino, then gave them to families in need.

More:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2023/05/us-man-79-beaten-to-death-in-mexico.html

[GreenWave]

1. As a former ex-patriot this is what catches the news.

There are over 2,000,000 perhaps 3,000,000 ex-patriots of the United States living in various parts of the world. But if a newsworthy story breaks loose it invariably focuses on the unfortunate few who suffer some horrible fates.

In this story the ex-patriot from El Salvador lived in the United States and sought to do good unto others who are suffering. He got the headline US Man, so his assimilation into the USA was complete. However our world lost a beautiful soul.