U.S. Missionary Killed in Mexico

PHARR, Texas (AP) _ A woman described by police as a U.S. missionary died at a South Texas hospital after she was brought mortally wounded over a Rio Grande bridge from Mexico.

A police statement says a pickup truck driven by her husband against traffic on the Pharr International Bridge brought a bleeding 59-year-old Nancy Davis across the river around midday Wednesday An ambulance took her to a hospital in McAllen, where she died about 90 minutes later. U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Felix Garza identified the husband as Sam Davis.

Pharr police say the couple was traveling about 70 miles south of the Mexican border city of Reynosa when gunmen in a pickup truck tried to stop them. When the Davises sped up, the gunmen fired, wounding Nancy Davis in the head.

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