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Lockhart, Texas firefighter Cary Roccafort, and his son and Lockhart Fire Department mascot Cory, age 7, get a sky-high view of the Texas
A&M campus from a 100-foot ladder truck on display at TEEX’s 69th Annual Municipal Fire Training School at Reed Arena on Sunday. The
week-long fire school is expected to draw over 2,000 students from all of the nation’s states and several foreign countries to the A&M campus
to learn a variety of firefighting and rescue skills.
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One illegal immigrant makes treacherous journey despite knowledge of others’ deaths
FALFURRIAS (AP) — It took 15 days for
Juan Martinez, a father of four, to make it to
South Texas from his home in central Mexico.
Carrying only a 2-liter bottle of water that
he refilled from yard sprinklers, the illegal
immigrant plodded in scorching heat
through thorny brushland and rocks.
Finally his water ran out. Afraid he would
die in the desert, Martinez sought help at a
ranch, where security officers called the U.S.
Border Patrol and he was captured.
On Sunday, as Martinez awaited depor
tation at the Falfurrias Border Patrol check
point 80 miles north of the border, he vowed
to rest up for a few weeks at home and try
all over again — maybe with a bigger bottle
of water.
He was unfazed by the knowledge that 43
illegal immigrants have died on the same
journey from heat exhaustion, dehydration
and other heat-related causes. A 13-year-old
boy found dead Saturday was expected to
raise the toll.
“"Knowing that, I still risked it," Martinez,
who had hoped to find work fishing or work
ing on a ranch, said. "Tm scared, but 1 need
to risk my life."
The area around the Falfurrias border
checkpoint on state Highway 281 is a combi
nation of shaded pastures and wild country.
Part of the storied King Ranch is here, along
with other sprawling spreads.
In the wild brushland, bushes taller than
an average person provide plenty of cover
for immigrants who are dropped off by
smugglers in Brooks and Kenedy counties.
They then try to navigate the terrain to
make it to a rendezvous spot north of the
checkpoints.
There are some well-marked sand paths
used by immigrants, evidenced by footprints
in the soft soil, discarded water jugs and
shirts and sweaters left on nearby bushes.
But since those same paths are watched by
the Border Patrol, some immigrants head out
into the thick tangle of cactus and mesquite.
Some are guided by signs marking oil and
gas pipelines. At night, the twinkling lights
of distant microwave towers beckon. But
many get lost.
"They don’t know the terrain," Francisco
Z. Camacho, supervisor at the Falfurrias bor
der patrol station, said. "They get dropped
off at night. They walk all night. Suddenly
it's daylight, the sun comes up, they get de
hydrated and sick."
On Saturday, Camacho said, agents found
a 13-year-old boy who died as he and his old
er cousins tried to walk north. The two old
er men were deported to Mexico after they
were caught.
"It's just the same old need to get
through," Camacho said.
NEW BRAUNFELS (AP) For
mer Naval Academy midship
man Diane Zamora tried to
blame her ex-fiance, David Gra
ham, a former Air Force Acade
my cadet, for the murder of
Adrianne Jones.
That failed. Zamora, convict
ed of capital murder in Febru
ary, is now serving life in prison
for the shooting and bludgeon
ing death of Jones in the Dallas
suburb of Grand Prairie in De
cember 1995.
Now, he's pointing the finger
at her, accusing Zamora of being
intensely jealous of Jones as a ro
mantic rival for his affections.
After the first week of testi
mony, Graham attorney Dan
Cogdell and a court analyst said
Graham's case remains intact.
"Up to this point, there is no
concrete evidence that David
Graham was at the murder
scene," Cogdell said.
Bill Lane, a Fort Worth attor
ney who has provided com
mentary on both Graham's trial
and Miss Zamora's trial, agrees.
"I think it's a draw after
week one," Lane said. "And
that's not good for the state.
They were never behind in the
Zamora trial."
But Lane was quick to point
out that the state this week was
likely to introduce the confes
sions of both Graham and
Zamora to the killing of Jones.
The state also was likely to
introduce more forensic evi
dence that may link Graham to
the crime.
Cogdell has said he will
prove that Graham wasn't at
the murder scene and that
Zamora alone plotted and car
ried out the murder.
Prosecutors conti
Graham shot Jonesat
urging.
Cogdell has yet it
the whereabouts of^
the night of the murdei
he has yet to decideiij
Graham on the stand.
He said he planstol
jurors that Grahamca
to the crime because!^
shiped" Zamora andf
had agreed to help aw
crime if Zamora
caught.
But if Graham was
to cover up the murdi
n't he be just as will
for her?
"There's no questi
a double-edged swd
you are talking ahouti
deep, as to whetherls
kill for her or coverup
Cogdell said.
Cogdell said he has
sought a bench warn
the judge in the case
Zamora testify oncethi
begins presentingevid
"I will call hertoth
Cogdell said.
Lane said Grahanu
been hurt by testimon
lice found the allegei
weapon, a 9 millimetei
Graham's residence.
"This jury has see
graph after photogr
dead girl lying in <
Grand Prairie, Texas
murder weapon recov
his house," Lane said
"Dan Cogdell hasg
on an alibi witnesswl
David Graham was
near the scene when
Jones was murdera
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Bridge used for napalm tram
reopens after support replaced
CAMERON (AP) — A railroad detour along U.S. Highws
bridge was reopened Sunday after Milam County, also nair;
crews replaced a support that col- Highway 36 along the stre*
lapsed when a train derailed Friday
evening, officials said.
Officials began letting trains use
the bridge in Milam County shortly
after midnight, Burlington Northern
Santa Fe spokesperson Jim Sabourin
said Sunday.
The railroad bridge was the same
one used Thursday by a train carry
ing two cars of napalm to the Hous
ton suburb of Deer Park for recycling.
Motorists still face a roundabout
Bill Powers, spokesperson
Texas Department of Pub^
Powers said the highway 1 ''
bridge is blocked by fill®
porting the overhead tra®
railroad has had trouble cord
a detour that would have '
torists only 1 mile outoftn f '
Instead, motorists will Pi
a detour involving farnG
roads until at least lateafter r
day, Powers said Sunday.
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