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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1994
Page
1
LOS ANGELES AP O J Simpson was chased for 60 miles by police and captured in his Brentwood driveway after fleeing murder charges. A handwritten letter professed innocence as a five hour manhunt unfolded with over a dozen patrol cars pursuing a white Bronco.
The National Speleological Society convention gathers 1200 attendees starting Monday at 8 a.m. near the Empty Saddle statue. Fort Clark Springs founder June 20 1852, hosts a first caving event with cave exploration planned at 12 area caves and ongoing cave mapping requests via the Brackett News.
A 120 mile trail ride from San Antonio to Brackettville gathers 20 riders led by James Francis Jr to honor Black Seminole Indian freedom fighters. The event, titled Heritage Healing and Pride, targets yearly growth and ties Juneteenth festivities to local scouts and descendants. Demarco Dixon, 15, is the youngest rider.
U S District Judge Walter Smith sentenced five Branch Davidians to the maximum 40 years for deaths of four federal agents after a grisly trial. Three other Koresh followers received five to 20 year terms on weapons charges linked to the Waco siege. The judge noted gruesome evidence kept from the jury and recalled the 1993 fire that ended the 51 day standoff.
U S Customs officers seized one kilogram of cocaine with a street value of about 90000 dollars from Carlos Onofre Hernandez a 30 year old resident of San Carlos Coahuila Mexico. He faced smuggling and possession charges after agents found the drugs hidden in the drive shaft of his 1984 Chevy pickup. He appeared before U S Magistrate Judge Durwood Edwards in Del Rio and was ordered held without bond pending hearings.
After a long dispute the April 6 Amistad Area Narcotics Task Force meeting tape was deemed open records by the Texas Attorney General and delivered to the city. City assis t mgr Carlos Martinez and Task Force director Steve Woolen clashed over access while council debates whether Kinney or Val Verde counties head the grant. The release followed requests for firearm discharge data, auto accidents involving the task force, income sources, and fund origins, as tensions and accusations of mismanagement emerge.
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