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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 2013
Page
1
Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and longtime anti apartheid leader, dies at 95 after a life marked by forgiveness and reconciliation. President Jacob Zuma announced Mandela’s death on television saying the nation has lost its greatest son and a father.
A 31 year old Del Rio man, Roque Martinez Jr., was arrested after federal agents and Val Verde County deputies raided his apartment and seized a .50 caliber rifle, three shotguns, black powder rifles, a muzzle loading pistol and a .22 revolver along with 1618 rounds of ammunition. Martinez faces federal charges for unlawfully receiving and possessing firearms and ammunition transported in interstate commerce and had prior felony convictions. He admitted holding the weapons for members of a Mexican drug trafficking organization.
Val Verde County Child Welfare Board asks community to donate toys for less fortunate children. The nonprofit serves over 300 kids fostered by relatives, filling needs like rent utilities and transportation since state aid does not cover kin foster parents. Marianne Hendrix says the program keeps children smiling and even lets them meet Santa for the first time. See BOXES, Page 12A.
Local businesses and Del Rio High School join to raise funds for the Field of Dreams sports complex materials. Texas Community Bank will raffle eight playhouses at 8 p.m. December 22 at Santa's Court Plaza Del Sol Mall. Tickets are $10 at participating banks and the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce.
Del Rio police say two south side robberies on November 29 and 30 remain under active investigation. At Ferre tsoff’s Cruise In Beverage Barn a man and a woman robbed the register of about $500 after a chokehold threat. a male employee was struck as he intervened. At Peter Rabbit convenience store an armed panic led to about $150 taken from the register before the suspect fled.
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