Well to do wine merchant, hotelier and realtor Craig Harrison has been murdered in Mexico. The 65-year-old Canadian who originated from South Africa and later settled in Vancouver was found lifeless on the sandy beaches in Cabo Pulmo National Park recently.
Mexican media reports have it that Harrison disappeared on August 29 but police said was stabbed in the chest before he was pushed into the Gulf of California. His killer(s) tied a backpack full of rocks around him to prevent any chance of survival.
As things stand, police have not provided any motive as far as his slaying is concerned and his car is also missing.
Before he moved with his wife, Lori, to chic Cabo San Lucas in 1997, Harrison successfully ran a wine importation business in Vancouver.
He relocated to Canada in his 20s and made his fortune when he won the right to import and distribute Corona beer in western Canada.
He later started investment in Los Cabos vacation properties. After relocating to Baja California Sur, Harrison and his wife worked in real estate sector and operated a vacation rental business.
On the web page of his real estate, Harrison wrote: “My extensive experience in the wine industry told me that the old adage Lifes too short to drink cheap wine holds true in vacationing as well.
“Like a fine vintage claret, our Bed & Breakfast offers something unique for the discerning traveler, looking for quiet, relaxed luxury far enough from the madding crowd, but sufficiently close to drop in and partake when the desire is there.
“In my travels throughout the world, I have at times been fortunate enough to encounter a rare magical oasis. Since coming to live in Cabo San Lucas, this most beautiful and unique desert-ocean environ, my desire has been to recreate this type of experience for our guests.
May his soul rest in peace.
