U.S. Marine shot, killed while visiting Mexican border city

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A U.S. Marine who had served two tours in Iraq was shot and killed Monday in this border city after an altercation with a motorist, authorities said.

Relatives identified the Marine as Sgt. Heber Villagran, of El Paso. He was a recruiter in El Paso who had joined the Marines after graduating from high school, said his brother-in-law, Gilbert Gay.

The 23-year-old got into a heated argument with the driver of a white sport utility vehicle who pulled out a gun and shot him, said Claudia Banuelos, a spokeswoman for state investigators in Chihuahua state, which includes Juarez.

A spokeswoman with the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas, confirmed a U.S. Marine had been killed Monday.

http://www.myplainview.com/APTexas/parsed/stories/D8C9Q3680.shtml

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. RIP and having delth with US Service members south of

the border I wonder waht the full story is

[Straight Shooter]

2. Heated argument, eh?

Survive two tours in Iraq and get killed over road rage. Sad.

[phillysuse]

3. PTSD

I'd bet it was PTSD.

Sad story. We will see a lot more of this.

And I'm sure he wasn't getting help from the VA

[Tyranny_R_US]

4. Actually he was the one killed but...