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was damaged in the rofe
was worth more than $2,1
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under active investigation
said.
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a truck parked against a
and to tear a wall down;sii|
bizarre robberies,” he said.
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robbery she has become n
vigilant.
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“I feel very violated.”
Vaughn said the nextimj]
event they will cover will ka
August commencement atTe;
A&M, and that KAMN
make a quick turnaround andls
there, even if it is with raid
equipment.
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years to build and asseul
components to that truck," t
said. “You just can’t plug ini
camera anywhere,” she said.
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being taken out of the truck,
apparently wounded.
Later, Taha said, two Iraqis
arrived on a motorbike and set
the truck ablaze.
The U.S. Central Command
blamed the ambushes on hard
core loyalists of the ousted
regime who “continue to put
innocent civilians at risk.”
Last week, the military
launched its biggest combat
operation since the war, sending
thousands of troops through
central Iraqi towns. On Sunday,
after banning Iraqis from having
any weapons heavier than an
assault rifle, the military began
its latest sweep — Operation
Desert Scorpion — to root out
arms and militants.
The operation spread to
Baghdad on Monday: Troops
from the Army’s 1st Armored
Division arrested 44 people,
including three suspects in a
June 1 grenade attack on U.S.
soldiers guarding the Abu
Hanifa mosque in Baghdad’s
Azamiyah neighborhood,
where support for Saddam
remains high.
That attack injured two U.S.
soldiers and sparked a firefight
that killed two Iraqis.
Monday morning, an inform
ant rode with the raiders point
ing out houses to the troops,
who also used surveillance pho
tos taken by special forces to
pinpoint targets.
Officers said they found anti-
American documents in the
homes and seized $14,000 in
both Iraqi and U.S. currency, in
addition to an AK-47 assault
rifle and 9mm pistol.
Thirteen men detained during
the day were taken to a palace
north of Baghdad that once
belonged to Saddam’s son Odai.
The prisoners knelt or sat on
concrete blocks surrounded by
concertina wire. All wore white
blindfolds and some had duct
tape over their mouths.
Corps
Smugglers
Continued from page 1
A group of more than 70 immigrants from
Mexico, Central American and the Dominican
Republic were being transported in a tractor-trail
er from South Texas to Houston when they began
succumbing to the stifling heat inside on May 13.
The driver of the truck, Tyrone Williams, left the
trailer early the next morning.
The victims died from dehydration, hyperther
mia and suffocation. Among the victims was a 5-
year-old boy from Mexico.
Federal prosecutors said Monday that Chavez,
who is a legal resident of the United States, was
arrested Friday trying to enter Guatemala from her
native Honduras. Authorities in Guatemala deport
ed her to the United States on Saturday, and U.S.
immigration agents arrested her at Houston’s Bush
Intercontinental Airport hours later.
Chavez, who is accused of leading a smuggling
cell that was in charge of coordinating the activi
ties of three other rings involved in the operation,
appeared Monday afternoon before U.S.
Magistrate Calvin Botley, who scheduled a bond
hearing for the petite woman with shoulder-length
hair for Thursday.
As the top figure, prosecutors say Chavez set
the price per immigrant ranging from $1,500 to
$1,900, organized their trafficking through Mexico
and into the United States, arranged safe houses in
Texas and hired transportation inland.
“This is a smuggling conspiracy that is struc
tured along the classic organized crime enter
prise,” Shelby said. “It was international in scope,
operating in six different nations south of the
United States.”
Also arrested Friday was Claudia Carrizales de
Villa, 34, a Mexican citizen who lives in
Harlingen. She was brought to a Brownsville fed
eral courtroom Monday afternoon where she cried
while awaiting her initial appearance before a
magistrate judge.
The indictment charges 14 suspected members
of the rings believed to be involved in what
became the nation’s deadliest smuggling opera
tion. They are charged with various counts of con
spiracy to conceal or transport immigrants.
Nine of the indicted suspects are in federal cus
tody. Three newly charged ring members —
Alfredo Garcia, 23, a Guatemalan citizen who
lives in Harlingen; Octavio Torres Ortega, 37, of
Mexico, the alleged leader of one of the subordi
nate smuggling rings; and Rosa Sarrata Gonzalez,
48, of San Benito, Texas — are fugitives.
Two other defendants who are also fugitives
already had been named: Victor Sanchez
Rodriguez, 55, the alleged leader of one ring, and
his wife Emma Rodriguez, 57, of Brownsville.
They are accused of allowing some immigrants to
sleep at their Rio Grande Valley home the night
before the truck trip.
Already in custody are Williams, 32, from
Schenectady, N.Y. by way of Jamaica; Norma
Gonzalez Sanchez, 42, of Houston, who allegedly
ran another ring; Juan Carlos Don Juan, 22, and
girlfriend Erica Cardenas, 23, who were arrested
in McAllen; Abelardo Flores, 31, and Victor Jesus
Rodriguez, 37, son of the wanted couple.
Continued from pagel
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to the temporary agreemeni
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dents have had campus heans
or received University sanctie
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squad last year on suspicion«
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reached for comment Monday,
Justin Woods, the Corpsput
lie information officer,
is nothing the Corps can do
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hands,” he said.
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Crime
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Monday should be considetti
good news, said James Alan F01
a professor of criminal justice I
Northeastern University.
With financially plaguedciiis
laying off police officers aid
switching others to homeland
security, with people losing theit
jobs because of ongoing econom
ic problems, and with increases
in gang activity, overall crime
could easily be going up ratte
than down, Fox said.
“The fact that it isn’t is
cess,” he said. “We’re h
our own despite difficult times
that we’re in.”
The biggest decline in
crime — 3.3 percent -
reported in the Northeast, Be
West was the only region
report an increase — 2.9 percent
Experts said Los Angeles
accounted for much of Ike
increase.
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