2 sought for quizzing in Frias slaying

By Heidi Rowley
Tucson Citizen

Pascua Yaqui police are looking for two men who may have information about the shooting death of the tribal chairwoman's brother on New Year's Day.

Gabriel Frias, 32, died of gunshot wounds around 4 a.m. He had been found alive and conscious on the reservation near West Los Reales Road and South Camino de Oeste, but died shortly after medics arrived, said FBI spokeswoman Deborah McCarley.

Gabriel Frias is the brother of Chairwoman Herminia Frias.

The Police Department issued a bulletin Wednesday, asking for help in locating Lorenzo Salinas Jr. and Samuel Andres Baltazar, both 20. Neither man has been named as a suspect in the case.

Anyone with information is asked to call either 88-CRIME or the department's 24-hour tip line at 879-5686.

A rosary for Frias is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday with the funeral at 9 a.m. Monday. Both rosary and funeral will be at the Cristo Rey Church, on the reservation at 7500 S. Camino Benem, near Los Reales and Mark roads.