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December 6, 1982
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photo by Tony Boone
Matt Craig, a sophomore from Waco, sharpens up his
skills on Mt. Aggie. Ski students are probably dreaming
about Christmas break and fresh powder on the slopes
as they study for final exams.
United Press International
NEWARK, N.J. — Eleven
crewmen of a Colombian drug
ship have confessed their roles
in a $28 million smuggling plot
that resulted in the largest mari
juana seizure in state history.
The defendants pleaded
guilty Friday before U.S. District
Judge Harold Ackerman to a
charge of conspiracy to import
35 tons of Colombian marijuana
that was unloaded at a South
Amboy dock on July 17.
One defendant, Herman
Martinez, 45, with a record for a
similar offense, pleaded guilty
to two counts — conspiracy and
knowingly importing 70,000
pounds of the drug.
The Colombians admitted
their roles in the scheme under
plea-bargaining deals. They lis
tened to the proceedings on sets
of wireless headphones as a
court interpreter translated the
judge’s remarks into Spanish.
They were among 27 indi
viduals named in a four-count
indictment returned July 29.
Trial for most of the remaining
defendants was set to begin
Tuesday.
About 50,000 pounds of the
drug were transferred from a
110-foot freighter to a tractor-
trailer rig on a pier at the Mod
ern Transportation Waste Dis
posal Dock before dawn July 17,
authorities said.
The driver of the tractor, Pab
lo Leon, 28, of Miami, was stop
ped and arrested several hours
later at the foot of the George
Washington Bridge in Fort Lee.
As federal agents were arrest
ing Leon, the tug “Julian-A” be
gan towing the freighter into
Raritan Bay. At that point, nar
cotics agents moved in and
arrested six men on the dock
and confiscated 20,000 pounds
of marijuana.
Three officers set out after
the freighter in an 18-foot vessel
and eventually convinced it to
surrender after the tug made
several unsuccessful attempts to
ram the small craft against the
ship. The tug later was captured
by the Coast Guard.
Ackerman set sentencing for
Jan. 14. Martinez faces up to 10
years in prison while the others
face maximum 5-year terms.
J
ng laws.
Draft resister won’t register,
ites ‘butchery’ as reason
United Press International
_ jEjHST. LOUIS — The son of a
) Cl I t k ,rmer A‘ r foTe of fit er sa\ s he
^ ^''Bill go to jail rather than register
Mr the draft and become part of
douse. |e system of military
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to start pi
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utchery.
Sam Diener, 18, said his
ither disapproved of his public
fccision to disobey the draft re-
stration law. But the younger
liener said his conscience
i defenses i'' ,, uld not allow him to register,
epublican ■ “I am proclaiming the right
id Fridayi.'J^ symbolic speech bv refusing
’ that the 40 g‘ ve military my auto-
[X in theilt® a ph,” said Diener, a freshman
to theSewI Washington University. “By-
House cucifUmg my name on the' regis-
enate will F' ,l ' on f° rrn I would become
is said. # rt °f the system of butchery.”
edged, ho‘B
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Deiner said the government
vvas repressive by prosecuting
only those resisters who publicly
spoke out against registration.
“It was this governmental act
that finally motivated me to
proclaim my resistance public
ly,” he said.
He said the recent ruling in a
California court making it more
difficult for the government to
prosecute draft resisters who
publicly state their positions did
not influence his decision. Dien
er said his stand was first re
vealed Nov. 1 in a student pub
lication.
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