Fugitive priest jumps to his death
Mazatlan, Mexico -
An international search for a fugitive former priest from the United States neared an end as authorities surrounded a beachfront hotel. But Siegfried F. Widera, who fled to Mexico to avoid 42 counts of child molestation in Wisconsin and California, did not surrender.
The 62-year-old died Sunday after jumping from a balcony next to his third-floor room at the Vista Dorada Hotel, near one of Mazatlan's most popular beaches.
It was unknown whether Widera intended to kill himself or to escape, said Marta Gutierrez, an official with the state attorney general's office in Sinaloa, the state that includes Mazatlan.
As federal and state agents surrounded the hotel, Widera was seen running to his balcony, Gutierrez said. He died as an ambulance rushed him to a hospital.
Read the article at CNEWS World dated May 27, 2003
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An international search for a fugitive former priest from the United States neared an end as authorities surrounded a beachfront hotel. But Siegfried F. Widera, who fled to Mexico to avoid 42 counts of child molestation in Wisconsin and California, did not surrender.
The 62-year-old died Sunday after jumping from a balcony next to his third-floor room at the Vista Dorada Hotel, near one of Mazatlan's most popular beaches.
It was unknown whether Widera intended to kill himself or to escape, said Marta Gutierrez, an official with the state attorney general's office in Sinaloa, the state that includes Mazatlan.
As federal and state agents surrounded the hotel, Widera was seen running to his balcony, Gutierrez said. He died as an ambulance rushed him to a hospital.
Read the article at CNEWS World dated May 27, 2003
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