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BAYTOWN, Texas — The remains of three illegal immigrants were found Tuesday in a railroad car after officials were alerted that two of their com panions escaped the train. “The information that (the survivors) relayed to the authorities is the other people that were inside the hopper were incapacitated or were too weak to get out,” Harris County Sheriffs Department spokesman Capt. Robert Van Pelt said after the bodies of three men, believed to be Hispanic, were removed from the railcar. “Due to the state of the decomposition, I am unable to tell the race.” The two who managed to flee the Union Pacific train in La Coste, near San Antonio, contacted a priest in Austin who informed the Mexican consulate about the three immigrants left behind. “They were able to breathe while the train was moving but after some hours, the train stopped and the ventilation stopped also,” said Angeles Gomez, spokeswoman for the Mexican consulate in Austin. “When the train stopped, ... they were trying to open the ceiling and then they made a rope from clothing at some point.” It is a tragedy, but it is also a very ugly reminder of what can happen and how things can go wrong when you attempt to come into the country illegally. Enforcement spokeswoman Luisa Aquino said iIk immigration service was working with the Mexican consulate to arrange interviews with the survivors, It is a tragedy, but it is also a very ugly reminderof what can happen and how things can go wroiij when you attempt to come into the country illegal), Aquino said. Tuesday’s discovery just east of Houstoncarar three weeks after a stifling truck trailer more than 70 undocumented immigrants was covered abandoned in Victoria, Texas. Seventeen were dead at the scene and two more died later. Seven people have been arrested in that smug gling operation. Authorities said they didn’t believe the latest victims had been assisted by smugglers. “This re-emphasizes die nature of what can happen if you trespass and get into a railcar, especially during these times when temperatures are getting hotter,” he said. Union Pacific learned on Monday that there might be dead immigrants in a railcar, Davissaid. They found the railcar contain ing the bodies Tuesday morning at the Union Pacific Coady Rail Yard in Baytown, more than 24(1 miles east of La Coste, and noti fied Harris County authorities. "Put it this way: Whenyotiart in an enclosed container with over 1 (X) degrees heat outside, which is magnified inside a steel container, ... it’s pretty gruesome what tie Mei — Luisa Aquino Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman FOR RENT Lifesaving Prices -10 location -up to $300 in gift certificates -1-4 Bdrms -Apartments, Townhomes, Duplexes- 693-8850. PETS ‘Leasing for August, 4bdrm houses, 2bdrm duplexes, 2bdrm 4-plexes, new 3bdrm/3bth duplexes. Great locations, close campus, nice properties, fenced yard, w/d connections, 776-6079, www.aggielandleasing.com Low, Low, rents. Starving grads and budg et minded students, $325/mo. 1bdrm/1ba, 5-units available now through August. 308-310 Ehlinger Dr. Save $$$. 777-3371. Adopt Pets: Dogs, Cats, Puppies, Kit tens, Many purebreds. 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Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said the immigrants jumped into the hopper car that nor mally carries plastic pellets or grain Friday near the border-area town of Spofford, Texas, 106 miles west of La Coste. With temperatures outside in recent days around 100 degrees, the two survivors escaped some time Sunday through the manhole- size opening on the top of the car, he said. Van Pelt said there may have been seven peo ple aboard the train but authorities immediately were uncertain because they had not spoken with the two known survivors. Bureau of Immigration and Customs outcome is,” Van Pelt said. “In a case like this, the facts certainly speak for themselves. “You’ve got the heat beating down on tbai railcar, which radiates the heat and intensifiestbe heat inside. It is extremely dangerous and cer tainly, it could kill you.” The recent series of deaths may curb illegal immigration but only briefly, said Nelson Reyes, executive director of the Central American Refugee Center in Houston. “I know that this is not the last time we are going to hear about this,” he said. Associated Press writer Natalie Gott in A contributed to this report. ROOMMATES 3&4 Bdrms starting @ $969 -up to $300 in gift certificates -Free cable -Free ethernet -Intrusion alarms -Fitness facility -Don’t delay, call today -No HUD- 693-8850 or 693-4242. Now leasing 2bdrm/11.5bth and 1bdrm/1bth 4-plexes, close to campus, great location, nice floor plans, shuttle bus, 776-6079, www.aggielandleasing.com Female, summer only, private bath, $200/mo., June- August. (832)457-1892. GREAT APT DEAL!!!! Our Good Fortune is Your Good Fortune! 3/2 duplex, w/d, ethernet, SWPKWY. Au gust $960, June ???. 690-9466. 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Earn $6.00/hr PLUS Bonuses! (No shifts Fri. & Sat.) Work flexible hours while developing communication & negotiation skills. Stop by the Clayton Williams, Jr. Alumni Center for an application, call 845-0425, or check out our website: www.AggieNetwork.com for more information. We eeieJlte Aggie NetuJo^kJ STUDIES IN PROGRESS DO YOU HAVE SUN SPOT FUNGUS? ATHLETE S FOOT STUDY You may be eligible to participate In a Clinical | Research Study if you: ■ Are over the age of 18 1 Have white spots on your body that do not tan • Can visit our office 3 times in about 5 weeks I Participants will receive: • Free skin exams ■ Up to $75 for participation Call for more information or to enroll. Volunteers, age 17 and older, with athlete's foot needed to participate in a research study with an investigational topical med ication. Study related office visits, testing and study medication are provided at no cost and eligible volunteers will receive financial compensation for participation. Call for more information. LANCASTER, Texas — Two daycare workers were charged Tuesday with injury to a child after the death of a 2-year-old left unattended inside a sun-baked van for more than two hours out side the suburban Dallas daycare, Lancaster police said. Jimmie Smith, 47, and Onetha Conners, 42, both of Lancaster, face the second- degree felony charges. “We believe things were not done that should have been done to provide for the safety of the children,” Sgt. Joe Hall said at a news conference Tuesday in Lancaster. “We don’t have any reason to believe anyone intentionally left the boy in the van,” he said. Workers at the Little Dudes and Daisies Daycare and Learning Center in Lancaster said that Alan Brown Jr. was inadvertently left in the van Friday afternoon after he and 11 other children returned from an outing to a pizza restaurant. The workers realized Alan was missing about two hours later, after the other children napped, authorities said. Daycare workers found the boy unconscious in the van and emergency help was called. He had been hospitalized in critical condition at Children’s Center in Dallas and diedjusi after midnight Tuesday. Hall said Smith and Conneis are the two daycare workers who went on the trip to the restauraol with the children. “They returned from a trip and one of the children spent two hours in a locked van,” Hall said. “There’s some culpability there.” “The temperature was over 100 degrees Friday and he was suffering from heat-related injuries,” Hall said. Meanwhile, mourners Tuesday left teddy bears and flowers outside the daycare cen ter, located in a small strip shop ping center along with an auto repair shop and a church. A hand written note saying “We’re Closed” was taped to the door of the daycare center. Injury to a child is punishable by two years to 20 years in prison and a fine. “We’re just hopeful that everyone will take notice with small children or people with disabilities and not leave them in the car,” Hall said. When asked what he thought it was like for the boy to be locked in the hot van. Hall was quiet for a moment, then said in a choked voice: “I don’t like to think about that. It’s tough to have to think about a baby going through something like that.” The role informs, er readers, its business, a Texas A&f able and e country. Th ulty, staff Battalion tc Serving A one that is works each accurate m readers, am in touch wi us. Recent and The Ba dents who munity the) Simply pc Forsyth Gall from 1-3 p. meet as m possible. Sr and stop by TH Editor in Cl Managing Ed Opinion Ed\ The Battaiior Iks and include reserves the right led in person at mailed to: 014 Ri 77843-1 111. Fax: Ira Fi or the p the prin probien States has be< Iran. 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I If you are interested and would like more Infer-1 mation, please call. Officials investigate fatal ranch shooting FACIAL ACNE STUDY Volunteers, ages 12 and older, needed to partici pate in a 12-week research study with an Investiga tional topical medication for the treatment of facial acne. Eligible volunteers will receive at no cost: • Study related medical exams • Study related dermatological exams • Study medication Volunteers will receive reimbursement for time and travel. If you are interested and would like more information, please call. DIAPER RASH STUDY Infants and children up to four years of I age who wear store bought diapers day f and night are needed to participate in a clinical research trial for diaper rash. Five office visits are required. Eligible volun- | teers will be compensated up to $125. Call for more information. r 56 57 J&S Studies, Inc. The Physician Centre • 979-774-5933 3201 University Dr. E., Suite 475 Bryan, Texas 77802 CREATORS SYNDICATE C 2003 STANLEY NEWMAN STANXWORDSOAOL.COM 6/4/03 LAREDO, Texas (AP) - Both U.S. and Mexican officials said they were investigating the fatal shooting of an illegal immigrant at the ranch of former diplomat John Hurd. Juan Garza Mendoza, who said he accidently shot the 40-year-old migrant Sunday night while hunt ing, was released from Webb County Jail Tuesday on $150,000 bond. He had been charged with manslaughter on Monday. Jesus Barrera Vasquez, of Guanajuato, Mexico, died at the scene from a single rifle shot to the torso. Mendoza, 34, told police Vasquez was apparently crouching in low brush and that he Vasquez for a wild hog. Sheriff Juan Garza said inteiviews with other hunters and with the vic tim’s companions led him to rule out anything but an accidental “But then again, Texas law says that when you reckless!) discharge a firearm and it kills another person it’s a manslaughtei charge,” Garza said. He said the investigation was ongoing pending results of an auto[> sy to be conducted in San Antonio. “The migrants said it was per fectly light, and that they believe the shooter must have been able to see them because they weren't that far away,” he said. "A Mexican national has died of a gunshot wound, and someone is responsible.” Ho I f imitation i: flattery, ther mer lineup i mirrors. Lookir released in sum a dozen are ada prequels of pas every genre. He viable fan base a previously sui mer lineup is ir entertainment ii mainstays into i tywith balloon tacks, Hollywc ous hits. 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