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It can happen anytime to anyone. Safety issues in Mexico reached the border between Tijuana and San Ysidro, Calif., as MMA fighter Sergio Salcido Luna and another man were gunned down in their car while waiting in line to cross into the U.S. early Monday morning.
Salcido, 25, and Kevin Joel Romero, 28, were American citizens who worked at West Coast Beverage Maintenance, a San Diego-based company that services draft beer equipment. They were shot dead in a company truck at 2:40 a.m. PT by an assailant using a 9 MM weapon. The men, both U.S. citizens who lived in Playas de Tijuana, were shot in the head, chest and arms.
Salcido was an MMA welterweight who was 4-5 in his young career. His recent losses included former "The Ultimate Fighter 12" contestant Sako Chivitchian.
The San Diego Union-Tribune called the border shooting "rare."
Shootings in the border crossing lanes are extremely rare. In January 2002, a Mexican soldier sprayed bullets into cars waiting in line on the Mexican side of the Otay Mesa border crossing, wounding three people. In April 1995, a stray bullet from a police shootout hit an innocent Mexican motorist in the head as he was waiting in line to cross into the United States, killing him instantly.
Initial reports said the murders may have been drug related. Attorney General Rommel Moreno Manjarrez told reporters one of the victims had a "small packet of drugs among his belongings."
"They were good guys," [Matt] Pelot [the victims' employer] said. "I don't think they were dealing drugs, selling drugs or anything to do with drugs. They were both very hardworking individuals. They had a zest for life."
After testing the substance in the bag and saying it was not marijuana, the authorities have since ruled out that murder was a result of drug-related violence.
"There is another line of investigation that is very strong," said Jorge Alberto Aguirre Carbajal, coordinator for the homicide unit of the Baja California Attorney General's Office in Tijuana.
Aguirre said that he could not discuss specifics because of the ongoing investigation. He also said authorities have been interviewing family members and friends of the two victims.
The timing of this tragedy is also significant with an MMA event, Strikeforce, in nearby San Diego on Saturday. Any fans from out of town who were thinking of a quick trip to Tijuana may be dissuaded.
Eddie Alvarez is one of the last men standing. With Zuffa purchasing Strikeforce, the UFC has scooped most of the elite fighters in the world. The promotion has 110 of 125 ranked fighters in the USA Today/Bloody Elbow rankings under contract. One of those guys, and probably the best not working for the UFC is Eddie Alvarez.
The 27-year-old lightweight out of Philadelphia fights Pat Curran this weekend at Bellator 39 on MTV2 (9 p.m. ET/PT).
Alvarez (21-2) is standing up for those guys outside the UFC, saying the fighters listed as the elite at 155 pounds are just names with huge promotional power behind them.
"...They're only important names why? Because they fight for the UFC. Or else they'd be nobodies. The UFC does a great job of pushing them, and they're popular. It doesn't mean they're talented. It just means they're known," Alvarez told SI.com. "I guarantee that if you put them in a tournament structure like Bellator, they're not going to win it every time. Gray Maynard? Kenny Florian? All these guys, they're UFC fighters, that's all. They're pushed by the UFC, but when they leave the UFC, they're forgotten."
Alvarez fought two former UFC 155ers in 2010 and destroyed them.
"When's the last time you heard Josh Neer's name? You haven't. When's the last time you heard about Roger Huerta? You haven't. They're no ones anymore. What were they two years ago? They were superstars."
For anyone who doubted Alvarez's skills, the Huerta win was an eye opener. Alvarez known as a good wrestler with heavy hands used his legs to mentally and physically breakdown Huerta in two rounds. Huerta lost just two times in the UFC, to Florian and Maynard. Neither one of those guys, ranked No. 7 and No. 2 respectively at lightweight, put a beating on Huerta like Alvarez did.
Curran (12-3) is dangerous. He's on a nice run of four straight wins, including Toby Imada and Huerta. Alvarez-Curran headlines an excellent card that includes welterweights Lyman Good, Rick Hawn and Ben Saunders along elite lightweights Patricky Freire and Imada.
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