A man was arrested on a charge of manslaughter after he and a second suspect allegedly assaulted a man with a wooden board, according to a news release from the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office.

The news release said deputies responded to an assault, later reclassified to manslaughter, on Minnesota Road, south of Mile 5 Road in Mission on Sunday at around 8:52 p.m.

Upon arrival, deputies found 31-year-old Christian Castillo, from Mission, lying on the roadway dead, according to the news release.

According to the news release, witnesses said Castillo was being followed by a Chevrolet HHR occupied by at least two men, later identified as 35-year-old Juan Miguel Ibarra Armenta and 32-year-old Jose Maximiliano Flores.

Witnesses said Armenta and Flores exited the vehicle and one of them stru

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