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ACAPULCO, Mexico — Rafael Nadal surged past top seed and defending champion David Ferrer 6-0, 6-2 in Saturday’s final of the Mexican Open.
Nadal’s win was in a powerful performance that showed he has quickly returned to near his best after a knee injury.
By Associated Press Rafael Nadal blasted past top seed and defending champion David Ferrer 6-0, 6-2 in Saturday’s final of the Mexican Open in a powerful performance that indicated he has quickly returned to near his best after a long-term knee injury. …read more
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What had seemed to be another attack on a tourist in Acapulco appeared to turn into something a bit more involved but equally sinister on Monday, when the company of a Belgian businessman shot to death in the Pacific resort over the weekend said he had received death threats following a legal dispute with a former business associate.
The killing of Belgian Jan Sarens outside a shopping center on Saturday cast a pall over this once-glittering but now violence-plagued resort, which is preparing to host the Mexican Open tennis tournament this week. It was the second violent attack involving foreigners in Acapulco in less than three weeks. On Feb. 4, a band of masked gunmen invaded a beachfront home and raped six visiting Spanish women.
Sarens’ company, the Belgium-based Sarens Group, said in a statement Monday that he had received death threats, after he filed a lawsuit against a former Mexican associate, Gruas Industriales Ojeda.
Both companies are involved in the industrial crane business, and the dispute apparently involved the ownership of cranes.
“A short while after the start of the activities in Mexico the Sarens Group became the victim of scams by their then partner, the Mexican enterprise Gruas Ojeda. This conflict led to a long judicial struggle, which was finally arbitrated in favor of Sarens, but the agreement has still not been executed,” the Sarens Group said in a statement.
“After the Sarens Group had been able to recover a part of their material … however this success was overshadowed by the fact that the ex-associate didn’t keep to his refund obligations and the Sarens Group was forced once again to call in the help of the Mexican court. Within this situation death threats have been made against Mr. Sarens and the director of the Mexican group association,” the company said.
Gruas Ojeda did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the case. Local media reported on a $9.8 million judgment against Gruas Ojeda in the case in 2011, but the Mexico City judiciary council was not immediately available to confirm the ruling.
Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero, where Acapulco is located, said Sunday they were looking into robbery or “personal revenge” as motives in the killing.
Sarens, 59, a longtime resident of Mexico City who was visiting Acapulco on the weekend, was found dead near his Mercedes-Benz convertible; the car …read more
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Authorities in Mexico say a Belgian man has been found shot to death in the Pacific resort of Acapulco, near the site of the Mexican Open tennis tournament.
Saturday’s killing was the second attack involving foreigners in Acapulco in less than three weeks. On Feb. 4, a band of masked gunmen invaded a beachfront home and raped six visiting Spanish women.
Police say the body of the Belgian was found at a supermarket parking lot in a Mercedes-Benz car with Mexico City license plates. Officials haven’t released the victim’s name but say he was 64.
The killing happened not far from the Princess Hotel, where federal police are guarding the tennis tournament.
Violence and crime have worsened in Acapulco in recent years, with drug gangs getting most of the blame.