Basketball Teacher Wanted To Steal From Mexican Drug Dealers And Brutally Gunned Down | the Chronicle

Barney dale harris, a high school teacher in North Carolina, United States, dead in shooting at the hands of a Mexican drug cartel as he tried to steal goods and money, according to informed the local police in a statement.

On April 8, the 40-year-old basketball teacher, with his brother-in-law Steven alexander stewart, 32 years old, They entered a mobile home in the town of Green Level with the intention of robbing members of the Sinaloa cartel.

The shooting came after the two faced each other drug dealer identified as Alonso Beltran Lara, 18 years old. Due to the shootings, other members of the gang were alerted and a shooting ensued.

The Alamance County Police found Harris’ lifeless body at the scene. The teacher was wearing a bulletproof vest and had attack equipment.

On the other hand, they found Lara, the alleged drug dealer, tied up and gagged with two gunshot wounds to the back of the neck, who was transferred to a hospital where he later died.

Officers they seized 1.2 kilograms of cocaine, five firearms and approximately $ 7,000 in cash. Harris’s brother-in-law was arrested and charged with armed robbery and first degree murder.

As reported by local media, it is believed that Harris and his brother-in-law, they tracked cartel members with electronic devices.

In this context, in which Harris passed away, considered a respectable local teacher, shocked the community and the school where, in addition to teaching basketball, he also taught Spanish.

At the moment, the police fear why the teacher’s family who could face reprisals after the confrontation with the drug cartel.