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Show Nephew of Cedar City j Man Killed ' In Mexico Shooting j Loren A. Whetten of Cedar City I received word this week of the death of his nephew and the ser- lously wounding of his brother and another nephew In a land dispute at Colonia Juarez, Mexico. Mex-ico. Killed in the shooting incident was 22 year old Albert Whetten. Wounded were Glen Whetten, 63, brother of Loren Whetten, and another son, John Whetten, 29. The wounded father and son were flown to El Paso, Texas, where they were reported in fair condition after treatment. Mexico police said the shooting apparently was the result of a dispute over land awarded by the courts to the Whetten family. Authorities said the Whettens had been working the land for many years under an agreement with the Mexican Government, and had never encountered any trouble in the past Albert Whetten, victim of the shooting had attended Brigham Young University and filled a mission for the LDS Church In the West Mexican Mission. Mexican authorities said Gil-berto Gil-berto Saenz was being sought in I connection with the incident. |