NM man set on fire after losing drinking bet with friends released from burn center

By AP
Friday, July 16, 2010

NM man burned by buddies released from hospital

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A 47-year-old New Mexico man whose pants and prosthetic leg were set on fire by his friends after he lost a drinking bet has been released from a Texas burn center.

Sheriff’s investigators say they opened a criminal case on Thursday to determine if the friends should be charged even though the man agreed to be lit on fire. Sheriff’s investigator Bo Nevarez says a person can’t consent to an aggravated battery.

The men may have been drinking to celebrate the victim’s release from probation for a 2007 drunken driving, burglary and auto theft conviction.

Sheriff’s deputies found the man naked beside U.S. Route 70 with his prosthetic leg in flames on July 5.

Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News, www.lcsun-news.com

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