Cuban expilot rescues family from Cuba in daring flight
Exiled Cuban pilot Orestes Lorenzo Perez 36 returns with his wife Vicky and two sons after a secret rescue mission from Cuba. He bought a $30,000 Cessna and coordinated with a trusted circle while keeping the plan from the U.S. and Cuban authorities to avoid provocation. The operation culminated east of Havana with a late Friday call signaling the rescue.
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Washington
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Orestes Lorenzo Perez
Vicky
United States
Lorenzo
Havana
Santa Claus
U.S
Cuba
Matanzas
Alejandro Lorenzo
Orestes
Reyniel
Rostenkowski probe urged by Common Cause
Common Cause asks House Ethics Committee to investigate Dan Rostenkowski over possible conversion of campaign funds to personal use and to hire outside counsel. The move accompanies calls for independent probes into similar ethics concerns affecting senators and other representatives.
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Washington Post
Washington
Common Cause
House Ethics Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Ill
Fred Wertheimer
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Wertheimer
Senate Ethics Committee
Bob Packwood
R-Ore
Rostenkowski
Joe Kolter
Austin Murphy
D-Pa
House
House Post Office
City considers interim Animal Control head as Anthony faces criticism
Critics led by Pat Mally of Concerned Citizens for Change press for suspension amid charges of mismanagement and trips at taxpayer expense. Officials plan a statewide search for a new Animal Control Director with Kaye Chadima as interim candidate. Serbousek backs the plan if Anthony steps down.
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Mass
Pat Mally
Citizens For Change
Anthony
Mally
Animal Control Department
Kaye Chadima
Serbousek
Brother-in-law of ex president convicted in drug agent case
Ruben Zuno Arce, 64, the brother-in-law of former Mexican President Luis Echeverria, was found guilty of conspiring in the kidnapping and killing of a U S drug agent. He faces life in prison with sentencing set for February 8.
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Los Angeles
Luis Echeverria
U.S
Ruben Zuno Arce
Zuno
Jury convicts Zuno in Camarena killing. Alvarez Machain case halted
Zuno and Alvarez Machain faced trial for the 1985 kidnapping and slaying of DEA agent Enrique Camarena. Zuno was found guilty while Alvarez Machain’s case ended before verdict due to evidentiary issues. U.S. and Mexican officials reacted to the verdict and non verdict, with protests noted from Mexico. The victims were buried after the 1985 discovery in Michoacan.
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Alvarez
Guadalajara
U.S
Zuno
Drug Enforcement Administration
Enrique Camarena
Foreign Affairs Ministry
Washington
DEA
Robert Bonner
Camarena
Alfredo Zavala Avelar
Michoacan
Mexico
New York mob boss convicted in racketeering case
Victor "Little Vic" Orena, acting Colombo family boss, was found guilty on nine federal racketeering counts including murder and conspiracies. The 58 year old showed no emotion as jurors, deliberating three days after a monthlong trial, returned the verdict. He faces life in prison at sentencing March 15 before Judge Jack Weinstein.
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New York
John Gotti
Victor “Little Vic” Orena
Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner reported dead in Syria
Paris based newsletter cites diplomats claiming Alois Brunner died in Syria over the summer at age 79 or 80. Brunner, tied to Drancy transit camp and deportation of 120,000 Jews, was tried in absentia in France in 1954. He was sought by six countries and Israel.
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Georg Fischer
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