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ZAPATA COUNTY
VOLPES RANCH
Sudden flood
Agents charge three men
Women, kids rescued from home By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ THE ZAPATA TIMES
Authorities rescued a family Thursday from their flooded home in the Medina Addition, according to the Zapata County Sheriff ’s Office. The incident happened in the 800 block of Villa Street. Sheriff ’s Office
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Chief Raymundo del Bosque said the family — two women and two children, aged 3 and 1 — had to be carried out from a window. Deputies did not want to open the doors to the home so as not to let more water from going inside, del Bosque said. Officials said the family remained at the Sheriff ’s Office until a rela-
tive went to pick them up. Deputies and investigators had to be activated to patrol around creeks and other flood areas to prevent the community from going through those hazardous zones, del Bosque said. Zapata recorded 3½
Courtesy photo | Zapata Sheriff’s Office
Zapata recorded 3½ inches of water in an hour and 60 mph winds Thursday, according to officials.
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Men transported 10 immigrants By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ THE ZAPATA TIMES
MEMORIAL DAY
ESCAMILLA PRE-OWNED CENTER ZAPATA
GRAND OPENING CUELLAR
6 men to be honored THE ZAPATA TIMES
U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, D-Zapata, will be in town for Memorial Day to honor the families of six locals. The event will celebrate the families of the late Treviño brothers: Teodoro, Antonio, Anselmo, Filiberto Jr., Leopoldo and Jose Manuel, who served in the United States Armed Forces in World
Photo by Cuate Santos | The Zapata Times
Juan and Andrea Escamilla, center, are surrounded by Zapata County officials, friends and family as they cut the ribbon for the Escamilla Pre-Owned Center in Zapata, on Friday.
Three men have been arrested for allegedly transporting immigrants who had crossed the border illegally, according to court documents obtained Friday. A criminal complaint filed May 18 identified the suspects as Jose Alejandro Garcia, Anthony Rene Perez and Daniel Eduardo Salinas. They were all charged with conspiracy to transport and transport illegal immigrants. Records show the trio remained in federal detention. Garcia and Salinas had a $75,000 bond while Perez did not have bond. On May 13, U.S. Border Patrol agents in Zapata were conducting surveillance in the Volpes Ranch area, when they observed a group of people in the brush walking toward a suspected stash house, states the complaint. Court records state the group left in a Ford Mustang and a GMC pickup hauling a horse trailer. Agents said they noticed both vehicles being driven recklessly. Agents said they eventually pulled over both vehicles for an immigration inspection. Suddenly, five people from the GMC ran toward the brush area but were captured soon after. Agents said a search of the horse trailer yielded
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MEXICO
About 40 dead in shootout in cartel area By MARK STEVENSON ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEXICO CITY — About 40 people were killed Friday in what authorities described as a large-scale shootout between law enforcement and criminal suspects in western Mexico. Almost all the dead were suspected criminals, said a
Federal Police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk with journalists. There were few details of the reported gunbattle, but video obtained by The Associated Press showed federal police coming under fire and bodies strewn throughout a ranch. A local police official in the neigh-
boring town Puerto de Vargas said the location is called Rancho del Sol. The official wouldn’t give his full name to the AP but said his department received a report of the confrontation from fellow police in the neighboring town Ecuandureo and was told to keep everyone calm. With dozens dead, it was the most violent confronta-
tion between authorities and alleged drug traffickers in recent memory. The confrontation started when federal police officers tried to pull over truck on the highway near the ranch, and as they got close people inside the truck opened fire, Michoacan Gov. Salvador Jara told Radio Formula. According to an account
of events circulated among federal police units, the first report of the confrontation came in at about 8 a.m. Friday. The government dispatched special forces and a Black Hawk helicopter as reinforcements. The confrontation occurred near the border of Michoacan and Jalisco states, an area known as
being dominated by the Jalisco New Generation cartel, which has mounted several large-scale attacks on federal and state forces in recent weeks. While there was no immediate confirmation on the identity of the suspects, Jara told Milenio television that “it was most likely”
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