By Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat
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| A "Surfers surfer" |
An American shot to death on Thursday while on vacation in the Mexican city of Zihuatanejo, in the Pacific, was identified as an official in a southern California city.
Imperial Beach City Hall said in a statement, that the victim was Doug Bradley, its director of administrative services.
Bradley grew up in Surf City USA, Huntington Beach California, where his love of surfing was cultivated. For him the love of surfing never dissipated which led to his choosing Zihuatanejo. Guerrero to surf and celebrate his 50thbirthday. His birthday was to be the day following his murder. His dead body was not discovered for hours. His body was discovered at 8 am.
He was staying in Zihuatanejo but was in the adjacent town of Ixtapa, when he was shot and killed during a robbery.
More photos of Doug Bradley of the @CityofIB - a surfer’s surfer! pic.twitter.com/SbxofshiHh— Serge Dedina (@Serge4IBMayor) December 30, 2017
Bradley was a resident of Tijuana and crossed the border and made the 30 min drive each work day to his job in Imperial Beach, California.
He was often at one of the Mexican coastal surfing spots in his free time.
Security officials in the state of Guerrero, had reported Bradley's death on Friday, but without identifying him.
Zihuatanejo was the destination of Harry Devert when he was abducted and killed.
Guerrero is the most dangerous state in Mexico.
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