Journalist Strangled, Autopsy Shows

An American journalist whose body was discovered in a 330-foot ravine in western Mexico where he had been hiking was strangled with a neckerchief, a coroner said. President Ernesto Zedillo ordered federal and state authorities “to spare no efforts” in investigating the death of Philip True, a correspondent for the San Antonio Express-News. Dr. Mario Rivas Souza, the chief medical examiner for Jalisco state, said an autopsy showed that True, 50, was killed days before his body was retrieved by the Mexican army. Authorities said they have no suspects and no motive.