Gabriel Trujillo’s research was tragically cut short last week in Mexico, where Trujillo’s father said he was shot seven times. Authorities discovered his body on June 22 in the state of Sono…
By STEFANIE DAZIO and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ | Associated Press
Cruz-de Hoyos became concerned when Trujillo didn’t respond to her phone calls and text messages — they normally talked several times a day — and his Airbnb hosts said his belongings were still there but he hadn’t returned. She bought a plane ticket the next day and flew down to Mexico to search. In a photo provided by Roxanne Cruz-de Hoyos, Gabriel Trujillo conducts field research for his doctorate in Arizona. His research across North America was tragically cut short last week in Mexico, where Trujillo’s father says he was shot seven times. Authorities discovered his body on June 22 in the state of Sonora, in northwest Mexico — days after his fiancée reported him missing.
His family begged him not to go to such a dangerous place: Sonora recorded 518 homicides through May, according to federal government data. But Trujillo believed the trip was crucial to his research. He spent years studying it and collecting specimens, often alongside Cruz-de Hoyos — a postdoctoral fellow researching widespread tree mortality — in a big red van they bought together.
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