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Autopsies indicate pesticides cause
f five rail car deaths in Victoria
ifficials try to determine if men were locked in by smuggler
VICTORIA (AP) — Autopsies
{show four illegal aliens found in a
Itruck trailer aboard a rail car and a
Jfifth found along rail tracks 60 miles
laway were killed by pesticide inside
jthe trailer, officials said Wednesday.
The U.S. Border Patrol was trying
■to determine whether the men had
Ibeen locked in the trailer by smug
glers in Harlingen, where the train
(left Monday night for Houston.
“At this point, that appears to be
jthe case, although we’re not ready to
lissue a complete report on that,”
[Border Patrol Chief Silvestre Reyes
[of McAllen said.
“We do believe that there was as-
nuggler involved. We believe we
[have a lead on a smuggler,” he said.
The suspected smuggler may
[have made an arrangement with
Isomeone to open the doors once the
ain stopped in Victoria, where at
[least one of the men was destined,
[Reyes said.
Four victims were found in the
[truck trailer on a rail siding in Victo-
' i Tuesday morning.
The fifth was spotted later near
[Simon, a small town about 60 miles
away.
The train stopped in Sinton for
nearly two hours overnight.
Preliminary autopsy reports from
Travis County Medical Examiner
Robert Bayardo and Nueces County
Medical Examiner Joseph Rupp
showed all five died of asphyxiation
from hydrogen phosphate gas.
The gas was emitted from Phos-
toxin pesticide packets tossed into
the truck to kill boll weevils and
other vermin in the corn flour, or
masa, it was carrying.
“One of the guys had some coins
in his pocket and those coins were
black, indicating there was poison in
there,” Victoria Justice of the Peace
Sylvia White said of one autopsy re
port.
Complete toxicology reports
could be issued later in the week, she
said.
Authorities have identified only
one of the dead men: Carlos Lu-
gardo, 32, from the state of Guer
rero, Mexico.
Williams said Lugardo apparently
had planned to visit a cousin in Vic
toria, who identified the dead man.
One of the victims had documents
from Honduras, and a third had pa
pers that had been stamped in El
Salvador but indicated he was from
Venezuela, officials said.
Authorities have found no identi
fication for the other two victims.
Four other illegal aliens noticed
the five were sluggish during the
stop in Sinton, police said.
Victoria Police Lt. Jack Williams
said the other four, who traveled on
the same train, found one man off
the train at Sinton.
“But they thought he was intoxi
cated,” Williams said. “They tried to
wake him, but were unable to. So,
they moved him off the tracks. Then
they went back to the truck where
the man had been and found the
others passed out.”
“We don’t know if he got off by
himself or if he had help,” San Pat
ricio County Sheriffs investigator
Johnny Segovia said of the victim at
Sinton.
“I guess he got out and was over
come by the fumes and fell over,”
Segovia said.
One of the four surviving aliens
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On top of the world
A&M students pass by the fountain on Ross
Street as they head to and from class at noon
Photo by Frederick D.Joe
Wednesday. The photograph was taken from
the top of the Chemistry Building.
SHERMAN (AP) — An Okla
homa sheriff, in taped conversations
played in his federal trial here
Wednesday, discussed with police
the kidnapping and torturing of a
suspected drug dealer to aid in a
narcotics case.
“Sometimes you have to break the
law to help the law,” said Love
County Sheriff Moses Wesley Lidell
in the recording played for jurors
over headphones.
The evidence came in a trial
charging Liddell, 47, and his son-in-
law, Marietta, Okla., police Officer
Roger Ray Hilton, 27, of conspiracy
to kidnap and interstate travel to
commit violence. No kidnapping
took place.
Parts of the three-hour tape pre
sented by federal prosecutors were
unintelligible. But Assistant U.S. At
torney H.S. “Bert” Garcia and FBI
Agent Tom Knowles blamed the
courtroom’s acoustics for the prob
lems.
The accuracy of a nine-hour con
versation secretly recorded by a
Marietta police officer will be a key
issue during the trial, both sides said
Monday in opening arguments.
Garcia said Tuesday that the tapes
were made by Lt. Tom Hankins of
the Marietta Police Department.
The tapes reveal a plot by Lidell and
Hilton to kidnap and torture sus
pected drug dealer Pearl “Sonny”
Cornett, Garcia claimed.
Hankins said Lidell approached
him about the kidnapping plot and
the two men discussed it several
times.
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Thursday
AGGIELAND: Today and tomorrow are the last days for the Class of '92 to take
yearbook pictures. They may be taken from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Suite 120B
Texas Avenue.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: will hold a discussion on the politi
cal situation in Panama at 6 p.m. in 230 MSC. For more information, contact
Vikram S. Torpunuri at 845-5982.
DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES: Social Chair Carnival is 6 to 7 p.m. in
212 MSC. Open to all recognized student organizations. For more informa
tion call Jan Paterson at 845-1133.
CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL: will have a meeting and magazine collection at 7
p.m. in 228 MSC.
MSC POLITICAL FORUM: will have an international subcommittee meeting at 7
p.m. in 407 A&B Rudder. For more information call Rob Fowler at 847-3106.
DEPARTMENT OF MODERN AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGES: will show a film,
“La Nuit de Varennes,” with English subtitles at 7 p.m. in 302 Rudder.
AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION: Dr. Elvin E. Smith will speak
on exercise and longevity from noon until 12:50 p.m. in lecture hall 1 of the
Medical Sciences Building. For more information call Patricia Joyce at 845-
2887.
ST. MARY’S STUDENT ORGANIZATION: will visit Boy's Club at 7 p.m. For more
information call St. Mary’s Student Center at 846-5718.
FOURTH DAY: will have a discussion for everyone who has made an awakening at
6:15 p.m at St. Mary’s Student Center.
LATIN GROUP OF ST. MARY’S: will have a Bible study at 8 p.m. in St. Mary’s Stu
dent Center.
A&M HILLEL: will have succot decorating at 5 p.m. at Hillel Jewish Student Center.
PHI BETA LAMBDA: will have a social for actives and pledges at 5 p.m. at Sneak
er’s. For more information call Kip Helm at 847-1560.
STUDENTS AGAINST APARTHEID: will have a concert with reggae bands Wazo-
bia and Spy vs. Spy at 9 p.m. at The Parthenon. All proceeds go to the Africa
Fund to help abolish apartheid. For more information call lrwin Tang at 696-
3349.
TAMU HORTICULTURE SOCIETY: will have a work party at 5 p.m. at the Horticul
ture Farm. For more information call Charlie Moomaw at 845-9170.
AGGIES FOR LIFE: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder. Check the screens for room
number.
VENEZUELAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 6 p.m. at the Flying To
mato. For more information call Victor Pinto at 696-4356 or 845-9654.
PANAMANIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7:30 p.m. in 507 AScB Rud
der.
SN0WSKI CLUB: will meet from 5 until 7 p.m. at Mt. Aggie. For more information
call Laynee Jones at 696-8759.
TAMU CYCLING TEAM: will have morning yell hour from midnight until 1 a.m. at
the KTSR station. For more information call Chris Michaels at 846-0011.
FREE THOUGHT SOCIETY: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in the L.R.D.
ROSENBERG-RICHMOND HOMETOWN CLUB: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 225
MSC. For more information call Philip Anders at 693-7129.
RIO GRANDE VALLEY HOMETOWN A&M CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 225 MSC.
For more information call Eunice Escobar at 693-1094.
RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will have a captain’s meeting for co-rec 2-pitch softball
at6 p.m. in 167 Read.
ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS: will have a general discussion at 6 p.m. For
more information call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. For more in
formation call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280.
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at 8:30 p.m. For more
information call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280.
Friday
AGGIELAND: Today is the last day for the Class of ’92 to take yearbook pictures.
Pictures may be taken from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Suite 120 B Texas Avenue.
CLASS OF ’91 STUDENT COUNCIL: Today is the deadline for submitting entries
for the elephant walk T-shirt design contest. Entries should be turned in to
the class of ’91 cube in the Student Programs Office.
OFF CAMPUS AGGIES: will meet for yell practice at 11:30 p.m. at Mt. Aggie.
OFF CAMPUS AGGIES: will meet for dinner at 7 p.m. at Imperial Gardens. For
more information call Larry Lopez at 696-2586.
MSC JORDAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS: will have tours
of the Jordan Collection of International Artifacts from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. in
the MSC browsing library.
MSC OPAS: will have the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra at 8 p.m. in Rudder
Auditorium. For more information call the Rudder Ticket Office at 845-1234.
MANAGEMENT 481 DISTINGUISHED VISITING EXECUTIVE: will host Brandon
C. Coleman, President and CEO of Coleman & Coleman, at 10 a.m. in 114
Blocker.
DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: scholarship applications
are due at 5 p.m. in 401 Blocker.
COLLEGIATE F.F.A.: will have a plant sale all day at Rudder Fountain.
PHILLIPINE STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at 7 p.m. in 502 Rudder.
HELPING HANDS: will stuff envelopes for the fall mailout from 4 until 7 p.m. at St.
Mary’s Student Center.
INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will have Friday night fellowship with
faculty member Sue Cellar at 7 p.m. in 301 Rudder. For more information call
Jennifer Van Nice at 764-9035.
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: will have a Friday Might Alive meeting at 7
p.m. in 108 Harrington.
A&M HILLEL: will have a succot hot dog festival and services at 6 p.m. at Hillel
Jewish Student Center.
AGGIES WITH KIDS: will have a brown bag lunch and discussion on student
health insurance at noon in the Health Center conference room, second
floor. For more information call Nancy at 845-1741.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will have a general discussion at noon. For more in
formation call the C.D.P.E. at 845-0280.
Items for What's Up should be submined to The Battalion. 216 Reed McDonald,
no later than three business days before the desired run date. We only publish
the name and phone number of the contact if you ask us to do so. What's Up is
a Battalion service that lists non-profit events and activities. Submissions are run
on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no guarantee an entry will run. If you
have questions, call the newsroom at 645-3315.
THE ECUADORIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION
invites you to:
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ter complaining of nausea, diarrhea
and lightheadedness believed to be
related to inhaling the gas, police
said.
Phostoxin is one of three com
monly used fumigants for grain
products, Max Woodfin, agricultu
ral resources protection officer for
the Texas Department of Agricul
ture, said.
“You close it (the fumigant) in the
building or the structure, then you
release the chemical,” he said.
Taped talking
is played back
in sheriff’s trial
3-MEN VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
at: Sneaker's Sports Club
on: October 14th
** Grand Prize: $100. 00 **
inscriptions $8.°° per team
at: MSC (October 12th and 13th)
for more info, call 696-7864
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Make tracks to CarePlus Medical Center for all your minor emergencies. Our on-site
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pointment is necessary, so you can come in immediately after an accident. A&M stu
dents, faculty and staff even receive a 10% discount at CarePlus Medical Center. At
CarePlus, you get quality care plus value and convenience.
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