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Gonzalez named new superintendent
Former employee files lawsuit
Claims age and sex Previously served as career and technical education discrimination director and assistant athletic director at RISD By Taryn T. Walters By Judith Rayo ZA PATA T I ME S
ZCISD trustees on Wednesday officially hired Carlos Gonzalez as the school district’s superintendent. Gonzalez was named the Zapata County Independent School District superintendent finalist in December. He previously served as a career and technical education director and assistant athletic director at Roma Independent School District. Gonzalez’s contract
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will end June 2020. His annual salary will
be $133,000. He is also eligible to receive a $1,000 monthly allowance for expenses. Gonzalez has 11 years of principal and assistant principal experience. In 1993, he served ZCISD as a science teacher and as head basketball coach. Gonzalez replaces Raul Nuques who resigned from the district in 2015. After his resignation, trustees appointed Robert Hein as acting superintendent. Trustees spent about one year searching for a
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superintendent. “The district is excited to have Mr. Gonzalez lead the district and serve the students, staff, parents and the entire community of ZCISD,” states a news release issued after trustees named Gonzalez the lone finalist. Gonzalez said in December that it had been his dream to become superintendent one day. “I’m honored and excited for this opportunity,” he said. “I expect many good things to happen.”
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Zapata County is facing a lawsuit from a former employee on allegations of unlawful age and sex discrimination, according to federal court records obtained by the Laredo Morning Times. Dalia Arreola, a former administrative assistant for the county, filed a lawsuit against Zapata County and the Commissioners Court of Zapata County, records state. She alleges both younger and male
employees with less experience were hired by the county to perform the same or similar duties to those she performed at a higher wage than hers. The county denies these allegations in its filed response to the lawsuit. U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Scott Hacker extended proposed deadlines for the lawsuit by three weeks during a telephonic conference held Wednesday. Records state court mediation in the case is County continues on A11
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LOOTING, PROTESTS OVER GAS PRICE HIKES TURN DEADLY Courtesy photo
Pictured is the crime scene in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico where a top state prosecutor and three other officials were killed.
State prosecutor assassinated 3 officials were also killed after meeting By César G. Rodriguez ZA PATA T I ME S
The top state prosecutor in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico was gunned down in the Sister City late Wednesday. Tamaulipas authorities said gunmen ambushed, shot and killed Ricardo Martinez Chavez and three other public servants after they left a workrelated meeting. Martinez headed the local office for the Tamaulipas state attorney general. A fifth public servant was wounded in the attack. She was taken to a hospital in Nuevo Laredo for further care, according to Tamaulipas authorities. They did not identify her or the three others who were killed.
Gunmen intercepted the group at the Martinez intersection of Avenida Eva Sámano and Blvd. Municipio Libre shortly after 10:30 p.m. Martinez and the public servants had just come out of workrelated meeting at the Attorney General’s Office, which is located nearby. Social media users quickly warned the community to avoid the area due to multiple shots fired. “The Attorney General's Office reiterates its commitment to investigate and enforce the law against anyone who objects to order, peace and the Mexico continues on A11
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Residents steal gasoline and diesel from a gas station following protests against an increase in fuel prices in Allende, southern Veracuz State, Mexico, late Tuesday. The gas station attendants who had turned off the power to inactivate the pumps were intimidated by demonstrators into turning them back on, and allowing the residents to take the fuel. Nationwide protests continued as small groups shut down or looted gas stations and blocked roads to protest a price deregulation that has sent the cost of fuel up by as much as 20 percent.
4 deaths reported and over 1,000 detained By Mark Stevenson ASSOCIATED PRE SS
MEXICO CITY — The death toll in protests and looting fueled by anger over gasoline price hikes in Mexico rose to six Friday when authorities confirmed that two men died in a confrontation between protesters and police in the central state of Hidalgo. There were four previous deaths in looting-related
incidents and over the course of the week, at least 300 stores were looted and more 1,000 people were detained, officials said. The protesters in Hidalgo were blocking a highway on Thursday and confronted police who were trying to keep order, when gunfire broke out. Two people also were found dead near looting in the eastern port city of Veracruz. Earlier, officials said a bystander was run over and killed by a
driver fleeing police in another part of Veracruz state, and a police officer was killed trying to stop robberies at a gas station in Mexico City. In the northern city of Monterrey, officials said a crowd of protesters had smashed some of the stained glass windows of the Nuevo Leon state capital building. Several reporters were hurt, and 182 people were detained. The country’s business
chambers said the combination of highway, port and terminal blockades and looting this week forced many stores and businesses to close and threatened supplies of basic goods and fuel. The scenes of mass lootings came as parents were trying to buy presents for the Jan. 6 Three Kings Day holiday. The looting and protests quieted somewhat Friday, but protesters continued to Protests continues on A11