Mexican investigators look back to Canada for Ianiero killers
Mexican authorities believe that a Canadian killed Ontario couple Nancy and Dominic Ianiero in their Cancun-area hotel and blamed Canadian authorities for the slow pace of their investigation.
"Someone from Canada or some people from Canada committed this crime," Mexican Attorney General Bello Melchor Rodriguez told CBC in an interview from Mexico on Monday.
Theattorney generalof the state of Quintana Roo admitted he has no precise proof, but said that's where his investigation is pointing.
The Woodbridge, Ont., couple were found with their throats slashed on Feb. 20 at a five-star beach resort near Cancun, where they were staying while attending their daughter's wedding.
Duringthe past few months, Mexican police and the Ianiero family's lawyer have maintained that a security guard at the resort, who disappeared after the killings, was the main suspect.
But Rodriguez saida DNA test hasruled out 36-year-old Blas Delgado Fajardoas the killer, although he mayhave been involved in the murder plot.
The testshowed a hair strand found in Nancy Ianiero's hand did not match hair samples taken from the guard's mother, Rodriguez said.
The manis believed to have fled to the United States, where he is staying illegally. Rodriguez said he will be difficult to find.
The Mexican attorney general laid blame on Canadian authorities for the length of the investigation, stating that he has not been sent information as promised.
He said when he visited Toronto in May, he asked officials for various types of information.
"As of today, they've sent me nothing," Rodriguezsaid.
The RCMP and police in Ontario have maintained that it's aMexican investigation.
The RCMP-Interpol office in Ottawa saidMonday that itisoffering any assistance requested by the Mexican authorities.
Mexican authorities have been criticized for their handling of the case and initially implicated two female tourists from Thunder Bay, Ont., as suspects in the killings.
The Ianiero children's lawyer, Edward Greenspan, has scheduled a news conference Tuesday afternoon to speak about the latest development.
Greenspan has blasted the Mexican attorney general in the past for his investigation of the slaying, accusing him of arrogance and rudeness.