What To Make Of These So-Called ‘Lake Pirates’?

The phrase “lake pirates” was entirely new to me before that incident last week on Falcon Lake, which straddles the Texas-Mexico border. “Lake pirates” are who the local sheriff blames for allegedly chasing and shooting at a married couple on jet skis on the Mexican side of the lake. The husband was reported by his wife, who escaped, to have have been shot in the head. The husband and his jet ski have not been found. Mexican authorities, perhaps for their own reasons, are raising questions about the alleged incident. Today, the wife and her husband’s family made the rounds on the TV news shows. Eric Lach takes a closer look at the case.