The Day After!

We were still shaken over the murder incident last night and again this morning.   Last night went out to a meal in Tela and talked to our Italian friend who owns a pizza restaurant.   She said the police had talked to her and the killer was not a danger to the community.   It was an incident between 2 people, probably following a dispute or a drug incident.

The thing that shook Glenn up the most was that he was there within 1 or 2 minutes after the murder.   He rode his bike from the service station to the scene, not knowing that anything was amiss.   The only vehicle he saw in that time was a man dressed as a policeman riding a police bike.   When he arrived at the scene there was no policeman directing traffic or covering the body.  The police arrived nearly an hour later.    From those facts we can only make our own deductions.  

There are constant reports in the Prensa our nearest newspaper about murders with 3 or 4 graphic photos of the blood and gore of the murders.   This murder didn't even warrant a report.   It wasn't newsworthy!

We went on a shopping trip to El Progreso a 2 hour bus ride from Tela today to clear our mind and watched the childrens' movie, 'Alice in Wonderland.'   It was a wonderful release from the churned up feelings we'd had.

Please go back to the posting I did in Teaching in Tela.   There's a video of my students working and you can see why we love being here.