Convicted actor testifies on Chagra drug case ringleader claim
In Austin federal court, Joe Renteria testified he was convicted as ringleader of a marijuana and cocaine smuggling plot allegedly directed by Jimmy Chagra. Renteria, once of El Paso now at Englewood Penitentiary, said Chagra’s brother Lee was a close associate and that Lee was killed in a December office shooting. The defense questioned the ringleader label while prosecutors seek to portray Chagra as organizer of the Colombian drug network.
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Austin, Texas
Mod
Baretta
Jimmy Chagra
Joe Renteria
el Paso
Englewood Federal Penitentiary
Colorado
Chagra
Las Vegas
Renteria
Lee
Lee Chagra
Rentaria
Ardmore
Oklo
Wood
San Antonio
Ronald Guyer
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Ardmore Venture
Jack Stricklin
Jim Walker
FBI
Brooklyn
N.Y
Chagras
Ronald Collier
Josephine Chagra
Patricia de la Torre
U.S
William Sessions
Sessions
Colombia
United States
Oscar Goodman
Nev
Henry Wallace
Albuquerque
Judge delays closing of Lake Amistad recreation area
The Diablo East Amistad area near Del Rio remains open at least until Sept 22 after Judge D W Suttle granted a temporary restraining order. Marine Recreation of Del Rio sued the National Park Service to keep the facility open and to seek damages. The park had planned boat removals and closure actions due to safety deficiencies and failed bids, with potential buyers indicated.
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Joe D. Gibbons
Midland
Diablo East
Amistad Recreation Area
del Rio
San Antonio
National Park Service
D.W. Suttle
Marine Recreation Co
Harold D. Putman Sr
Putman and Putman
Putman
Marine Recreation
Texas
Mexico
Park Service
Marine
Hearing Set Tuesday In Ector County Illegal Aliens Suit
A federal hearing in Midland before Judge D W Suttle on a suit challenging Ector County ISD policies denying free education to children of illegal aliens has been moved from Monday to Tuesday at 10 30 a m The suit by Odessa area parents represented by Warren Burnett argues the district illegally charges tuition for children unable to prove citizenship or legal status The hearing may address admission of such children pending future trial and could impact related cases in Texas courts
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Ector County
Midland
US District Court
D.W. Suttle
San Antonio
U.S
Odessa
Warren Burnett
Burnett
Jack Tidwell
Tidwell
Suttle
Tyler
Houston
Oil spill near Corpus leads to nets at Laguna Madre
A spread of tar balls washes ashore on Texas beaches while clean up focuses on Laguna Madre. PEMEX may open a Brownsville office to handle cleanup. divers report tiny tar balls in Mansfield Cut and nets erected at Bragas Santiago Pass as task force guards the sensitive gulf coast.
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Texas
South Padre Island
Port Isabel
Yucatan Peninsula
Washington
State Department
Mexico
Petroleos Mexicanos
Brownsville
U.S
Mexico City
Task Force
Laguna Madre
Padre Island
Carl Posey
Mansfield Cut
Posey
Laguna
Bragas Santiago Pass
Rankin voters to decide maintenance tax for underground water
Upton County residents in Rankin and McCamey will vote today on a maintenance tax for the Upton County Water District to develop an underground water source. The judge notes dwindling water supplies and costs hindered previously. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Rankin
Upton County
Upton County Water District
Rankin and McCamey
Sam Holmes
Rankin and
McCamey
Water Board
Rankin Independent School District
McCamey Independent School District
McCamey Park
Breakup Ends in Fatal Shooting at Drake Residence
Terri Drake's breakup with Jerry Glen Dillard led to a deadly confrontation at the Drake family home. Preston Drake was shot while Terri and Rebecca Drake escaped as police described a sequence ending with Dillard's death and Terri's father gravely wounded. Police noted a .357 pistol used and autopsy pending.
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Joe D. Gibbons
Jerry Glen Dillard
Terri Drake
Drake
Springdale
Justice of the Peace
Virgil Lumpee
Lumpee
Preston Drake
Terri
Medical Center Hospital
Dillard
Houston
Miss Drake
Rebecca
Mary
Brad Neighbors
Pete Frankson
Easterling- Wilson Funeral Home
Cool front brings scattered storms to Basin region
A cool north front moved through the Odessa Midland area Friday evening with scattered thunderstorms mainly north of the cities. Measured rain reports included light showers in Odessa and Sandhill State Park, while Alpine logged 56 inches earlier. Officials forecast a 50 percent rain chance today dropping to 20 percent tonight with highs in the 80s and an overnight near 60. Friday topped at 95, nine shy of the 1946 Aug. 10 record. The basin weather pattern may persist through Wednesday.
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Odessa-Midland
Delbert Harvick
Andrews
Midland Regional
Goldsmith
Lamesa
Odessa
Odessa American
Sandhill State Park
Monahans
Alpine
Basin
Weather forecast from Midland Regional Airport
National Weather Service forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Sunday with a chance of thunderstorms. Highs near 82 today, 85 tomorrow, overnight lows around 62 to 66, and northeasterly winds 10 to 15 mph. Rain chances 50 percent today and 20 percent tonight. Daylight times: sunset 6:37 p.m. and sunrise 7:01 a.m. Year to date precipitation 10.13 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Deaths in Odessa Midland and surrounding areas
Obituaries note the deaths of Jerry H. Webb 73 retired manager of the Ector County Coliseum in Odessa after a long illness with services pending. Others include Walter E. Patterson in Midland and L. E. Johnson in Midland with funeral plans, plus Ruby Sneed in Midland with a 4 p.m. service.
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Jerry H. Webb
Jerry Herman Webb
Ector County
West 40Th
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Tennessee
Webb
Odessa
Oklahoma
Billye Scivally
Sand Hills
Permian Basin
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Perce
Mrs
Goodman
Pierce
Lake
Amistad
Clements Says
Upton
David Cole Chandler
915 West 24Th
Broncho Chevrolet
500 West Second
Manuel Mireles
Harvey Derrick
North Tom Green
Berch Wilson
Dakota
Andrews Highway
Diversified Warehousing, Inc
South Industrial
Skip Sruill
Oakwood No
Allan House
East 37Th
YMCA
University
Dawn
Evelynn Evans
Falcon
Jerry Webb
Walter E. Patterson
North Fort Worth
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Patterson
William Joseph Conger
Mary Frances
Joe Connally
Cou Get
Sam Johnson
L. E
Sam) Johnson
Ellis Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Johnson
Midland Memorial Hospital
L. C. Alcorn
North
Lincoln
Electra
Pampa
Harbison-Fischer
American Petroleum Institute
Dallas Scottish Rite
Suez Shrine Temple
Order of the Eagle
York Rite
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Maurine
Jo A8ma
Petty
Linda Perdue
Bill Sperry
Linda Opitz
Duncanville
Myrtle Towery
Ruby Carrie Sneed
Newnie W. Ellis
Fairview
Sneed
Wilson County
Cecil Sneed
Rosebud
The
Golden Agers
American Association of Retired Persons
Order of the Eastern Star
Asbury United Methodist Church
James E. Rice
Crane
Mary Lou Wallace
Dorothy Cone
Floyd Caple
Farmington
N.M
Ada Belle Solso
Fallbrook
Calif
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