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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 2000

Page

4

Colombian attorney Tafur faces extradition on drug charges

Victor Manuel Tafur Dominguez, a 36 year old Colombian lawyer, awaits extradition hearing in Philadelphia for alleged role in shipping nearly seven tons of cocaine to Spain via Jamaica and Cuba. His case, tied to a 1979 extradition treaty partly authored by his father, follows a delayed hearing as prosecutors submit more evidence.

Philadelphia Victor Manuel Tafur Dominguez Tafur U.S Charles B. Smith Smith Spain Jamaica Cuba Cartagena Colombia United States Donald Rodrigo Tafur

Mack Trucks Ordered to Pay 50 Million in Fire Survival Case

National roundup reports Mack Trucks to pay 50 million to Mary Witherspoon after her son Tonnie Witherspoon, 33, died when a log truck jackknifed in 1995 and caught fire. Lawyers say an inexpensive electrical cutoff could have prevented arcing and the blaze. A 1975 safety proposal failed.

Robert T. Cunningham Jr National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Mack

Seven charged with murder in fatal Lima fire

Seven people were arrested and charged with murder in the deaths of five people in a Lima Ohio house fire. Investigators said the March 29 blaze in a first floor living room was set with gasoline. A woman, her two teenage children, and her fiance's two teenage children died. The fiancé leaped from an upstairs window.

Lima Ohio Michael Keith

Teenager charged with murder in Daytona hotel slaying

Mathew R. Beecher, 16, is charged with murder after beating Steven West, 45, a banquet manager at the Adam's Mark hotel in Daytona Beach, when West refused Beecher's request to light a cigarette. West sustained fatal blunt-force injuries after being punched and kicked as he lay on the ground. Witnesses say West did not resist.

Daytona Beach Fla Mathew R. Beecher Steven West Beecher West

Suspect in shootings ruled competent to stand trial

Ronald Taylor aged 39 was ruled mentally competent to stand trial in a case where he is charged with killing three people and wounding two others in a spree. prosecutors say the suspect fatally shot a maintenance man at his Wilkinsburg apartment on March 1, then set the apartment on fire and shot four more at fast food eateries.

Pittsburgh Ronald Taylor Wilkinsburg

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