Riot Closes Guadalajara Prison After 16-Hour Uprising
Inmates at the Social Readaptation Center in Guadalajara rioted over food and living conditions. Police stormed the overcrowded facility, killing four inmates and injuring seven inmates and three officers. Authorities cited guard shortages and inadequate basic services as causes and noted the 2,400-inmate jail houses far more than its design capacity.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Jalisco
Raul Octavio Espinoza
Social Readaptation
Mexico City
Peacekeepers jailed for killing in Sarajevo
Two French U.N. peacekeepers were jailed for killing Bosnian soldier Nermin Durmic by drunken grenade attack at the Marshal Tito barracks in Sarajevo. UN officials and Gen. Herve Gobilliard apologized as Bosnian soldiers mined the entrance in protest.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
France
United Nations
Nermin Durmic
Marshal Tito
Herve Gobilliard
Exile Craxi aide arrested in Mexico City
Mauricio Baggio, an aide to former Italian premier Bettino Craxi, was arrested in Mexico City on charges of money laundering. He allegedly deposited more than 10 million dollars in Swiss banks as kickbacks funneled through the Italian Socialist Party. Craxi remains in Tunisia awaiting sentencing.
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Mexico City
Bettino Craxi
Italy
Maurizio Baggio
Craxi
Italian Socialist Party
Tunisia
Federal
Raggio
Zona Rosa
Morelos
Means fired during Take Our Daughters to Work Day incident
Milford Ohio story notes Bill Means, a Structural Dynamics Research Corp. manager, was fired during a Take Our Daughters to Work Day visit with daughter Marisa eight. A company spokesman called timing regrettable as the firm undergoes layoffs and restructuring.
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Milford
Ohio
Marisa Means
Bill Means
Structural Dynamics Research Corp
Daileen Means
Marisa
Carleen Means
West Chester
Donald Newman
Means
Madonna Sells Classic Mercedes to Aid Art Exhibit
Madonna will auction a 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280SE at Sotheby's in New York on June 10 to benefit the Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibit of Tina Modotti's photographs running Sept 16 to Nov 26. Proceeds fund the show, while the piece is valued at 40 000 to 60 000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Madonna
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sotheby's
New York
Hollywood
Tina Modotti
Manhunt and federal warrant target Chadwick in West Odessa
Deputies searched pastures in West Odessa through late Wednesday recovering a 12 gauge shotgun and a bicycle. Chadwick, linked to Sovereign Citizens, faces a federal felony firearm charge after a warrant issued by ATF in Lubbock. He has prior felonies in Coke and Tom Green counties and multiple outstanding warrants including assaulting a police officer. Deputies pursue tips from the public as agencies in surrounding towns and New Mexico cooperate in the probe. Chadwick is described as white, 5'11", 180 pounds, wearing camouflage with a 30-30 rifle.
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West Odessa
Chadwick
Sovereign Citizens
Eldon Blount
Ector County
Blount
San Angelo
New Mexico
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Lubbock
Midland
Texas Department of Public Safety
ATF
Felix Garcia
Lubbock Atf
Coke County
Tom Green
Cinco de Mayo events in Midland and Odessa area
The Odessa College Counseling Center hosts ticket sales for a Cinco de Mayo festival with $12 gate price. A parade runs from South Grant Avenue to Lions Club Park, followed by Barrio and Basin Lions Club activities. Tejano legend Sunny Ozuna performs at 8 p.m. Gates open at Fiesta Park at 4 p.m. Tickets sold at several local spots and at the gate. An international Mexico versus United States exhibition soccer game is at Midland Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m. on Saturday. call 682-2960 for info.
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Sunny Ozuna
The
Sunliners
Basin Lions Club Park
Los Tejanos
Potencia
la Bistancia
Mariachi Estrella
la Primera
Cruz Carrasco
Maziso
Fiesta Park
la Bodega
N. FM
Lechuga’s Video
S. Grant Ave
la Topicana
Midland
Primavera
Fito Olivares
Terricolas
Dragon
Midland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Midland Soccer Association
Mexico
United States
Midland Memorial Stadium
Cinco de Mayo Activities and Events in Odessa Area
Community Cinco de Mayo events listed with times and venues including M.A.N.O. showcase El Sabor Mexicano at Ector County Coliseum Barn A with $10 tickets, basin Lions Club Park ribbon cuttings, a May 10 parade ending at the Lions Club Park, and Fiesta Park gates open with bands Primavera Fito Olivares Terricolas and Ozuna Sunliners performing. Tickets at the gate range from $3 to $12.
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A.N.O
Ectorah Coliseum
Odessa Basin Lions Club Park
W. Monahans St
Park
Whitney Lane
West County End
Grant Avenue
Murphy Street
Basin Lions Club Park
Lions Club Park
Fiesta Park
Primavera
Fito Olivares
Terricolas
Oan
Ye Ozuna
The
Sunliners
Florida-187 pushes four amendments on 1996 ballot
A Florida group, Florida-187, seeks to bar illegals from social services except medical emergencies and require English for government conduct. Proposals would bar illegal immigrant children from public schools and mandate residency checks for new students, with authorities to cooperate with federal immigration.
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Rob Ross
United States
Two Lotto Tickets Hit Texas Jackpot
A Denton and a San Antonio ticket each matched all six Lotto Texas numbers drawn Wednesday night, winning an estimated $40 million jackpot. The draw yielded 4 12 14 21 49 50. Second prizes paid $1,462 to 357 five of six winners, $111 to 16,937 four of six winners, and $3 to 336,542 three of six winners. Saturday’s estimated jackpot is $4 million.
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Bill Salter
Sanno Reneee Neenneee
Crees Amenene
Rete Seritte
Ken Brodnax
Laura Ludeweil
Dennis
Mead
Margarita Sames to mix giant Cinco de Mayo margarita
Margarita Sames, 83, who supposedly created the drink in Mexico, helped pour the first bottle of Cointreau into a tanker truck on the San Antonio River Walk. Hundreds of bottles will be mixed with tequila and lime juice to yield a 3,500 gallon margarita for Friday’s celebration. She recalled mixing a batch for a Christmas pool party in Acapulco in 1948.
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San Antonio
Mexico
San Antonio River Walk
James
Acapulco
Public support for anti terrorism powers faces civil liberty caution
A 1009 American poll by ICR Survey Research Group finds broad backing for expanded anti terrorism powers while many fear rights infringements. Majorities support searching and seizing weapons from suspected groups and FBI undercover infiltration even without crime evidence.
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Oklahoma City
ICR
Media
AUS Consultants
FBI
Clinton
Congress
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Odessa American
E. 4Th Street
Odessa
P.O
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