What it is is a 2002 case of a Mexican Mafia that was murdered and they got word that they might be buried in that specific location.
Multiple law enforcement agencies are at an attorney’s McAllen home investigating a decades-old homicide, according to the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office.
Attorney Al Alvarez, who purchased the property in 2012, confirmed the State Fire Marshal is at his residence investigating an arson.
“They called me a few weeks ago. Could they come on the property? I had said yes, but they were supposed to give me notice that they were coming. Well, they gave me notice at 8 that they were going to be there in 10 minutes,” Alvarez said.
He said he opened the gate for them and let them in at 8:30 a.m.
Brooks County Sheriff Benny Martinez said authorities are investigating a 2002 homicide.
“What it is is a 2002 case of a Mexican Mafia that was murdered and they got word that they might be buried in that specific location,” Martinez said.
The person who responded on behalf of the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office is an individual that agency uses because of his expertise in finding missing migrants who have died in the brush.
Apparently, there is digging happening on the property.
Alvarez said he wasn’t told they would be digging but using detectors over the ground.
He saw a game warden there in a trailer with some deputies.
“It has nothing to do with me,” Alvarez said.
No other information was immediately available.
The state fire marshal’s office, Starr County Sheriff’s Office and the Rio Grande City Police Department are conducting the investigation, according to RGC police Chief Noe Castillo.
Editor’s note: This story was updated to clarify identifiable information about the 2002 cold case homicide, and to include new information about the investigating agencies.
