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iTIN — The grand jury in
to into the shooting of
dike Martin, R-Longview,
ing completion soon, offi-
and an indictment could
ded down against the fresh-
gislator.
horities were not consider-
irges against Charles Goff,
irtin’s cousin who has told
ities he and the freshman
tor staged the shooting,
[Lt. Pete Neal said Tuesday.
said he thought a felony
jjnent would be handed
te and keeled J by thc pan f' . and that
ber said,
the week
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to say
they (the coif
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d against anyone other than
in
[declined to say outright that
tin would be indicted for
perjury, but said he knew of
icr possible felony yhurges.
Assistant Travis County Dis
trict Attorney Allen Hill would not
confirm nor deny that Martin
would be indicted.
Hill said even if Martin res
igned his legislative seat, the in
vestigation would not be dropped,
and any indictments handed down
by the grand jury would be pur
sued.
He said the four witnesses
Tuesday — including Martin s
brother and secretary — corrobo
rated earlier testimony, but were
not involved in any crimes.
Hill also confirmed that no
charges would be filed against
Goff, and said any indictments
would be handed down today at
the earliest.
Goff, who said he fired the shot
gun that wounded Martin, has
told officials he was promised a
high paying state job by Martin for
staging the shooting.
Neal said any felony charges
would result from statements
given to investigators during the
course of the investigation.
Martin originally told police
that he did not see his assailant
and knew of no motive for the
attack. Later, he said a Satanic cult
that feared public exposure was
responsible. In his last account,
Martin blamed the shooting on
Gregg County politics.
Martin was slightly wounded in
the left elbow during the shooting,
but his late-model car was riddled
with GO buckshot, and Neal said
this contrast caused police to sus
pect his story from the start.
“That was one of the things that
did not make sense,” Neal said.
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Initcd Press International
EDO — Three N icaraguan
a remained stranded on
ixas-Mexico International
early Wednesday, anxious-
ng word on whether they
^granted political asylum in
Ifited States.
Mtr
|trio, two boys aged 15 and
their 12-year-old sister are
to be reunited with their
in the United States and
en awaiting a decision by
thorities since early Tues-
le Laredo News said in a
ilieatingthep stor y Polished
regulations f sday -
te pipelines b [ r m other , a school teacher
;as produced!: ! \ e t ws P a P er was forced
mtinental 4: , Nlc f a ^ a last a, ; uar >'
nt.tieshaveb: h , er f efused ^ teach Com -
stdoctrine in her classroom,
years. i?
let husband joined her later
rat advised Month, leaving the children
omission ^relatives until money could
no surplus oliised to bring them by bus
year and tlisl i Mexico and into the Un-
ould force sn fates, she said,
ents. lorities refused to release
. , . mes of the children or the
urged the Is s
elegation tol f
jities betweei: ^ children, with the assist-
istatepricinfi ^ representatives from the
ideration of ,tre f° r the Independence of
Band Lawyers of the United
line., a human rights organi-
came across the bridge ab-
!0 a.m. Tuesday and made
application for political asylum,
the newspaper reported.
“We didn’t expect for this to be
such a hassle, ” said Dr. William R.
Pabst, the organization’s execu
tive director.
“We were told to return to Mex
ico while the courts ruled on the
applications for asylum,” he said.
“The children could not return be
cause their visas have expired and
they would run the risk of deporta
tion to Nicaragua.”
He said a ruling was expected to
have been made by a federal court
in Houston Wednesday, “but if
not we re prepared to stay here
and live at the bridge until they’re
granted admittance to the United
States.”
Another official of the organiza
tion, Diane Simons, told the
newspaper assistance was being
sought from Sens. Lloyd Bentsen,
D-Texas, and Henry Childs, D-
Florida.
“I hope they’ll be able to pro
vide us with some of the clout
necessary to get through this, ” she
said.
A local restaurant operator, Re
nee Staley, brought food to the
children Tuesday and Father
Robert Bradley, pastor of Laredo’s
St. Peter’s Catholic Church,
brought bedding and clothing, the
newspaper said.
“I was forced to flee the Nazis
during World War II,” said
Staley, “and I know what it’s like
to be in a new country and without
friends. Those children will be fed
as long as I have anything to do
with it.”
The children spent the night in
a hallway in the INS offices at the
base of the international bridge,
an area described by one INS
officer as “a sterile zone — not
really Mexico and not really the
United States.”
Pabst said he was upset with
U.S. officials because “we wanted
to do this legally. This entire inci
dent falls smack dab on top of the
discretionary powers of the im
migration service.
“I even had one immigration
official sort of wink at me and tell
me there wouldn’t be too many
people around at midnight — as if
I wanted to sneak them in. If I
wanted to do that I certainly
wouldn’t have come across the
bridge. There are plenty of miles
of open river to cross. ”
Ernest M. Ekeroth, assistant
officer in charge of the Immigra
tion and Naturalization Service in
Laredo, said, “The children have
made their application for asylum,
but we cannot admit them until
their applications have been acted
upon. No one from Mexico is
going to come across and drag
them back, but they jtast can’t be
allowed into the states yet. ”
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