May 6 election filings span city and Brackettville races
Voters in Del Rio area races see eight candidates file for mayor and council posts on May 6. Incumbent Roberto Chavira faces Dora Alcala. District III to elect Efrain Valdez. At Large Place A challengers Rudy Chapa Eduardo Arreola Edgar Thomas. At Large Place B challenger Robert Wade faces Garza. Brackettville mayoral and council races include incumbent Carmen Berlanga with challengers Floress Garcia and Ward. council Place 2 Tencha Pena and Canty. Place 4 Ralph Gonzalez and Wes Robinson. Place 5 John Samaniego. Also Brackettville and Del Rio school boards set May 6 with early voting April 19–28. Ballot order drawing Friday at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. respectively.
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Roberto Chavira
Chavira
Dora Alcala
Efrain Valdez
Valdez
Gloria Paredes
Rudy Chapa
Eduardo Arreola
Edgar Thomas
Paredes
Chapa
The
Utilities Commission
Arreola
Thomas
Laughlin Air Force Base
Robert Garza Garza
Challenging Garza
Robert Wade
Acevedo
Lupe DeHoyos
Jesse Fernandez
Pat Dugan
San Felipe del Rio
Carmen M. Berlanga
Mary V. Floress
Jesus “Jesse” Garcia
Diane Koch
Tencha Pena
Lee James Canty
Ralph Gonzalez
Wes Robinson
John Samaniego
Albert
Abbie) Garcia
Tim Ward
Rosemary Slubar
Leonel G. Juarez
Brackettville
Brackett Independent School District Board of Trustees
Sells admits to two Arkansas killings
Texas inmate Tommy Lynn Sells, jailed in Del Rio, Texas, led Pulaski County officers to sites in Arkansas he says he killed at during the early 1980s. He confessed to a home burglary shooting and a drive through kidnapping rape murder, but at one scene neighbors dispute his account.
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Little Rock
Ark
Texas
Pulaski County
Arkansas
Tommy Lynn Sells
Sells
Ward
Saline County
W. H. Akins
Darren Wilkerson
Hal Akins
Ground breaks on Runway 13 31 at Del Rio airport event
A small crowd braved wind as Del Rio International Airport broke ground for Runway 13/31. Airport Manager Jack Richardson and City Mayor Roberto Chavira spoke of the project’s importance for airline service. city filed litigation over tree clearing at Westlawn Cemetery with Italian Cypress trees still standing.
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del Rio International
Michaelanna Hunter
Airport Commission
City of del
del Rio
INS criticized for release of criminal aliens who go on to commit new crimes
Washington AP A key House lawmaker charges the Immigration and Naturalization Service released 35 318 criminals with records into U S communities over five years and 11 605 of them committed new crimes including 98 homicides 142 sexual assaults 347 robberies and 1 214 assaults Rogers chairman of the appropriations panel questions INS Meissner defends agency noting many releases were court ordered or judged not flight risks or threats to the public and cites stateless cases See INS P 3A.
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INS
Washington
House
Immigration Service
U.S
Harold Rogers
R-ey
Rogers
House Appropriations
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Doris Meissner
Justice Department
Meissner
Cuba
Vietnam
Laos
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