Mexican police arrest fugitive FALN bomb maker after shootout
Mexican authorities captured William Morales, a fugitive tied to the Puerto Rican FALN, after a Puebla raid and fatal gunfight. Reports conflict on fatalities amid a broader search for accomplices. FBI and Mexican officials described evolving details and possible extradition. Morales, badly injured in a 1978 explosion, faced state and federal weapons charges and years in prison.
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Puebla
Mexico
William Morales
FALN
New York
FBI
Mexico City
Excelsior
Roberto Rodriguez
Abelardo Guillen
Morales
Queens
N.Y
Attorney General’s Office
Ministry of the Interior
Adelaide Villafranco Contreras
Ignacio Flores
Cholula
Patricia Judith Vidrio Anguiano
Laster
Robert McGuire
Washington
Justice Department
U.S
Fuerzas
Armadas de Liberacion Nacional
Armed Forces of National Liberation
Puerto Rico
Commonwealth
Fraunces
Wall Street
New York City
Two policemen receive life terms for killing during motel brawl
In Cambridge, Massachusetts, officers John McLeod and Richard Aiello of Everett Police were sentenced to life after being convicted of second degree murder for the July 23 altercation at King Arthur's Motel. A third officer, John Macanda, got 6 to 10 years for manslaughter.
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Cambridge
Mass
Walpole State
Middlesex County Superior Court
Robert Barton
John McLeod
Richard Aiello
Everett
King Arthur’s
Everett-Chelsea
John Macanda
Chelsea
McLeod
Aiello
Macanda
Rose Bordonaro
Vincent
Massachusetts
Grand jury indicts Lavelle for contempt of Congress
A federal grand jury indicted former EPA official Rita M. Lavelle on a single count of contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about possible wrongdoing at the agency. The indictment followed a House vote citing Lavelle for contempt and the looming March 21 subpoena she did not honor.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Rita M. Lavelle
EPA
Lavelle
Anne M. Burford
House
U.S. Attorney's Office
Burford
Grand Jury
Reagan
Energy and Commerce Panel
Subcommittee
Bob Whittaker
R-Kan
Viet hero appeals benefits cut
Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient Roy P. Benavidez appeals a Social Security disability decision claiming he is fit to work despite battlefield injuries. Benavidez, 47, rescued eight Green Berets in 1968, was honored by Reagan in 1981, and now seeks relief after being removed from the disability list.
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EL Campo
Texas
Reagan
Roy P. Benavidez
Benavidez
Paul B. Simmons
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