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BORDER WATER DISPUTE

GRAND JURY

Mexico ends Rio Grande shortfall

Smugglers indicted 3 charged for conspiracy to transport immigrants

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ THE ZAPATA TIMES

The country’s water debt had been covered as of Jan. 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Mexico has delivered enough water to the Rio Grande to eliminate a long-standing shortfall in its share of the water supplied to the Rio Grande under a 1944 U.S.-Mexico water treaty.

In a statement issued Wednesday, The U.S. Sec-

tion of the International Boundary and Water commission revealed that Mexico’s Rio Grande water debt had been covered as of Jan. 25.

For five years, persistent drought had kept South Texas farmers and community leaders in an

See WATER PAGE 7A

Three men arrested in January for transporting illegal immigrants from Zapata County to Laredo were recently indicted in federal court, states an affidavit.

On Feb. 17, a grand jury charged Jose Alfonso Orozco, Oliver Salazar and Francisco Alberto Cansino with conspiracy to transport undocumented immigrants within the United States and attempt to transport illegal immigrants for money.

U.S. Border Patrol detained the men Jan. 20.

That evening, agents in an unmarked unit said they observed a Nissan Titan make an unsafe Uturn north of San Ygnacio. Then, the Nissan arrived at Pepe’s Gas Station in San Ygnacio.

Later, a gold Chevrolet 1500 arrived and parked behind the Titan. The drivers exited their vehicles and had a conversation before traveling north on U.S. 83, court documents state.

Records alleged the driver of the Chevrolet

parked at the San Ygnacio rest area and turned off the lights. The vehicle drove off minutes later.

That’s when agents alleged they saw silhouettes inside the Chevrolet.

When agents pulled it over, they discovered six illegal immigrants on top of each other, according to court documents. Border Patrol identified two occupants – Salazar and Cansino – as the suspects.

Other agents assisting in the case pulled over the Titan driven by Orozco.

He allegedly admitted to being “the scout and or-

ganizer” of the human smuggling attempt. Orozco further stated that a friend in Laredo offered him quick money for scouting for a human smuggling attempt in San Ygnacio.

Orozco was tasked with finding a driver, who was later determined to be Salazar. Salazar said Orozco offered him to be the driver for $100 per immigrant.

Orozco would split the money with Salazar, records state. Salazar and Cansino picked up the im-

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VICE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY

CAMPAIGN RHETORIC ON MEXICO Biden says attitudes have been ‘dangerous’

By PETER ORSI AND CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photo by Rebecca Blackwell | AP

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a joint message to the press with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, in Mexico City, Thursday. Biden led a high-level U.S. delegation for annual talks on boosting economic and commercial ties with Mexico, one of the United States’ top trading partners.

MEXICO CITY — Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that some U.S. campaign rhetoric about Mexico and immigrants has been “dangerous, damaging and incredibly illadvised” and is out of step with most Americans’ attitudes.

Speaking in Mexico City at Cabinet-level talks on boosting economic and commercial ties with one of the United States’ top trading partners, Biden reassured Mexican officials that such talk does not reflect the countries’ bilateral relations.

“The main message I wanted to say to you is that I understand that you can’t poison the well and at the same time work out a real estate agreement to buy the well,” he said.

Without naming names Biden was generally critical of Republican candidates, several of whom have proposed measures from walling the entire U.S.-Mexico border to deporting all 11 million people estimated to be living in the United States illegally. GOP front-runner Donald Trump said last year that Mexico was sending crime, drugs and “rapists” north of the border.

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MEXICO

Fox’s vulgar spat with Trump

By PETER ORSI ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEXICO CITY — Mexicans backed former President Vicente Fox in his verbal spat with Donald Trump on Friday, after Fox called the Republican front-runner “crazy” and a “false prophet” and Trump replied that he ought to be “ashamed of himself ” for using a profanity.

In the streets of the capital, newspapers and social media, locals sided with the usually unpopular exleader over Trump, who is probably viewed even more negatively by Mexicans for campaign rhetoric denigrating immigrants as “rap-

ists” who bring crime and drugs to the United States.

Folks also largely shrugged off Fox’s use of an F-bomb in an interview with Univision’s Jorge Ramos to emphasize that he has no intention of paying for Trump’s border-wall plans.

“The vulgarity came from Vicente Fox’s soul.

Never better said. Never better targeted,” columnist Francisco Garfias wrote for Excelsior.

“The sad thing, paraphrasing the late Umberto Eco, is that there are ‘legions of idiots’ who believe” Trump’s assertions that he can force Mexico to pay for the wall, Garfias

continued. “I’m not exaggerating when I say Trump is an embarrassment to his country.”

Mexican media treated U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s apologies for inflammatory presidential campaign rhetoric about Mexico during a visit to the country as the day’s biggest story, but the TrumpFox spat got second billing.

One cartoon in La Jornada showed a grotesquefaced Trump waving a newspaper with Fox’s comments and saying, “I demand respect ... Only I can use bad manners and bad words!”

Fox, a conservative cowboy type with warm ties to

President George W. Bush, ended seven decades of uninterrupted rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party with his 2000 election as president. But Fox never regained the popularity with which he began his term, partly because he failed to conquer corruption and violence and was prone to verbal gaffes and family controversies.

Like Trump, Fox is famous for his outsider image, brash style and inyour-face language. He’s also no stranger to high-profile spats. Once, after leaving office, Fox called

See VICENTE PAGE 7A

Photo by Pablo Martinez-Monsivais | AP file

In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo, former President of Mexico Vicente Fox walks on stage to speak at the CATO Institute.

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Zin brief CALENDAR

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2016

AROUND THE NATION

TODAY IN HISTORY

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27

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The sounds of Broadway giants Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein III take center stage at LCC as the college’s Opera Workshop proudly presents “A Grand Night for Singing” at 7:30 p.m. at the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Fine Arts Center theater.

The musical revue will feature a medley of classic songs from beloved productions such as “Cinderella,” “The King and I,” “South Pacific,” “The Sound of Music,” and other cherished musicals. Tickets are $10 and benefit student scholarships.

Today is Saturday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2016. There are 308 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 27, 1991, Operation Desert Storm came to a conclusion as President George H.W. Bush declared that “Kuwait is liberated, Iraq’s army is defeated,” and announced that the allies would suspend combat operations at midnight, Eastern time.

On this date: In 1922, the Supreme Court, in Leser v. Garnett, unanimously upheld the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed the right of women to vote.

In 1933, Germany’s parliament building, the Reichstag (RYKS’-tahg), was gutted by fire; Chancellor Adolf Hitler, blaming the Communists, used the fire to justify suspending civil liberties.

In 1939, the Supreme Court, in National Labor Relations Board v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp., effectively outlawed sit-down strikes. Britain and France recognized the regime of Francisco Franco of Spain.

In 1943, during World War II, Norwegian commandos launched a raid to sabotage a German-operated heavy water plant in Norway. The U.S. government began circulating one-cent coins made of steel plated with zinc (the steel pennies proved unpopular, since they were easily mistaken for dimes).

In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to two terms of office, was ratified.

In 1986, the U.S. Senate approved telecasts of its debates on a trial basis.

In 1997, divorce became legal in Ireland.

Ten years ago: “The Da Vinci Code” author Dan Brown was accused in Britain’s High Court of taking material for his blockbuster conspiracy thriller from a 1982 book about the Holy Grail.

(The court ruled in favor of Brown’s publisher, Random House, the actual target of the breach-of-copyright lawsuit.)

Five years ago: “The King’s Speech” won four Academy Awards, including best picture; Colin Firth won best actor for his portrayal of Britain’s King George VI. One year ago: Actor Leonard Nimoy, 83, world famous to “Star Trek” fans as the pointy-eared, purely logical science officer Mr. Spock, died in Los Angeles.

Today’s Birthdays: Rock musician Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) is 59. Actor Timothy Spall is 59. Rock musician Paul Humphreys (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) is 56.

Country singer Johnny Van Zant (Van Zant) is 56. Rock musician Mike Cross (Sponge) is 51. Actor Noah Emmerich is 51. Actor Donal Logue is 50.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Chilli (TLC) is 45. Rock musician Jeremy Dean (Nine Days) is 44. Country-rock musician Shonna Tucker (Drive-By Truckers) is 38. Chelsea Clinton is 36. Actor Brandon Beemer is 36. Rock musician Cyrus Bolooki (New Found Glory) is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Bobby Valentino is 36.

Rock musician Jared Champion (Cage the Elephant) is 33.

Actress Kate Mara is 33.

Thought for Today: “I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.” — Edward Gibbon, English historian (1737-1794).

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28 The sounds of Broadway giants Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein III take center stage at LCC as the college’s Opera Workshop proudly presents “A Grand Night for Singing” at 3 p.m. at the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Fine Arts Center theater. The musical revue will feature a medley of classic songs from beloved productions such as “Cinderella,” “The King and I,” “South Pacific,” “The Sound of Music,” and other cherished musicals. Tickets are $10 and benefit student scholarships.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29 Chess Club at the LBV – Inner City Branch Library. Free for all ages and skill levels. Basic instruction is offered. Every Monday from 4-6 p.m. For more information call John at 956-7952400 x2520.

TUESDAY, MARCH 1 Join the MOS Library Knitting Circle at McKendrick Ochoa Salinas Branch Library, 1920 Palo Blanco St., from 1-3 p.m. Please bring yarn and knitting needles. For more information, contact Analiza Perez-Gomez at analiza@laredolibrary.org or 795-2400 x2403.

Crochet for Kids at McKendrick Ochoa Salinas Branch Library, 1920 Palo Blanco St., from 4-5 p.m. Please bring yarn and a crochet needle. For more information, contact Analiza Perez-Gomez at analiza@laredolibrary.org or 795-2400 x2403.

Alzheimer’s support group. 7 p.m. Meeting room 2, building B, of the Laredo Medical Center. The support group is for family members and caregivers taking care of someone who has Alzheimer’s. For information, call 956-693-9991.

THURSDAY, MARCH 3 Preschool Read & Play at McKendrick Ochoa Salinas Branch Library, 1920 Palo Blanco St., from 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Story time and crafts for preschoolers. For more information, contact Priscilla Garcia at priscilla@laredolibrary.org or 795-2400 x2403.

Family Story Time & Crafts at McKendrick Ochoa Salinas Branch Library, 1920 Palo Blanco St., from 4-5 p.m. For more information, contact Priscilla Garcia at priscilla@laredolibrary.org or 795-2400 x2403.

FRIDAY, MARCH 4 A Fresh Start to a Healthier You. Learn practical cooking and shopping tips and recipes for success in the kitchen at McKendrick Ochoa Salinas Branch Library, 1920 Palo Blanco St., from 4:30-5:30 p.m. For more information, contact Angie Sifuentes, Webb County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, 956-523-5290, angelica.sifuentes@ag.tamu.edu.

Photo by Steve Pfost/Newsday | AP file

In this Dec. 9, 2015 file photo, former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke is escorted to a vehicle by FBI personnel outside an FBI office in Melville, N.Y. Burke is scheduled to appear in court Friday, on federal charges that he beat a suspect who stole sex toys and pornography from his SUV.

Ex-chief pleads guilty

By FRANK ELTMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A police chief who beat and threatened to kill a man who broke into his SUV and stole a bag of embarrassing personal items, including sex toys, pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to violating the suspect’s civil rights.

Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke, 51, who led one of the country’s largest suburban police departments, is expected to get over four years in prison in the case.

He also admitted to conspiracy to obstruct justice by covering up the beating, which took place in a police station interrogation room in Smithtown, Long Island.

“He deeply regrets not being forthright,” one of his attorneys, Nancy Bartling, said after the court proceeding.

The plea reflects “his deep desire to accept

Lawyer called Flint water ‘scary’ before lead crisis

Immigrant children set to leave air force base

California firefighter dies after large rock hits her

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Rick Snyder’s newest release of state emails and documents related to Flint’s water disaster appears to indicate that his aides’ reluctance to brief him, his own mismanagement — or both — led to delays in addressing the public health threat.

A full year before his administration helped the city reconnect to Lake Huron water after lead contamination was exposed, two top advisers were already advocating the move, citing E. coli and a General Motors plant’s rusting parts. Snyder’s chief legal counsel even told the chief of staff that using Flint River water was “downright scary.”

Yet the Republican governor insists those specific warnings — weeks before his re-election — were never given directly to him, and state officials decided then that it would cost too much to rejoin Detroit’s system. .

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — A New Mexico Air Force base will no longer serve as a temporary shelter for unaccompanied migrant children after the last of them leave Friday, officials said.

Holloman Air Force Base was among a handful of federal sites recently tapped to serve as shelters amid an influx of young Central American immigrants crossing the border. That surge has started to taper off, officials said.

A total of 129 children were housed at the base over the past four weeks, and officials said the remaining children would be reunited with parents or family members Friday. The temporary shelter had 250 beds and room to grow to 700.

The shelter at Holloman is transitioning to “reserve status” because of the decline in referrals of unaccompanied migrant children, and it may house kids again later.

MALIBU, Calif. — A 22-yearold inmate firefighter died a day after a large rock struck her as she battled a brush fire in Southern California, corrections officials said Friday.

Shawna Lynn Jones was taken by helicopter to UCLA Medical Center with major head injuries Thursday after she was hit by a rock that fell about 100 feet from the hillside above her, said Inspector Randall Wright of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

She was taken off life support after her organs were donated, as her family requested, said Bill Sessa, a spokesman with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Jones is the third inmate firefighter to die on a fire line since the nation’s oldest and largest inmate firefighting program began in 1943.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND TEXAS

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 Book sale. 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Widener Book Room, First United Methodist Church. Admission is free.

Everyone is invited.

MONDAY, MARCH 7 Chess Club at the LBV – Inner City Branch Library. Free for all ages and skill levels. Basic instruction is offered. Every Monday from 4-6 p.m. For more information call John at 956-7952400 x2520.

TUESDAY, MARCH 8 Join the MOS Library Knitting Circle at McKendrick Ochoa Salinas Branch Library, 1920 Palo Blanco St., from 1-3 p.m. Please bring yarn and knitting needles. For more information, contact Analiza Perez-Gomez at analiza@laredolibrary.org or 795-2400 x2403.

Crochet for Kids at McKendrick Ochoa Salinas Branch Library, 1920 Palo Blanco St., from 4-5 p.m. Please bring yarn and a crochet needle. For more information, call 795-2400.

responsibility for his actions,” she said, reading from a written statement that she said Burke authored. During the court proceeding, the ex-chief admitted that he, “along with others willfully used unreasonable force and slapped and hit this individual causing bodily injury.”

Another of Burke’s attorneys, Joseph Conway, said he expects the U.S. Attorney’s office to announce that other officers involved in the beating also have pleaded guilty.

“There were other individuals, as he said, that were in the room with him and those are the individuals he conspired with,” Conway said. He did not elaborate.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office declined comment on Conway’s comments. U.S. Attorney Robert Capers said “stay tuned” on whether further arrests were possible.

Rubio and allies renew Trump attacks HOUSTON — Marco Rubio waged an all-out verbal assault on Donald Trump Friday morning as his allies prepared to spend millions on new attack ads in key states, promising an aggressive and well-funded takedown effort the morning after the Republican front-runner was knocked on his heels on the debate stage.

Rubio, the leading aggressor during the debate, picked up where he left off Friday morning. In several television interviews, he questioned Trump’s business background, his ability to lead the nation, and repeatedly called the billionaire businessman a “con artist” who has spent decades “sticking it to the little guy.”

“A con artist is about to take over the Republican Party and the conservative movement, and we have to put a stop to it,” Ru-

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The comments come as the GOP presidential candidates barreled into the final stretch to Super Tuesday following after a name-calling, insult-trading, finger-pointing final debate in

which Rubio and Ted Cruz engaged in a tag-team attack intended to slow Trump’s momentum before it’s too late.

“I’ve dealt with tougher,” Trump sniffed Thursday night.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Human smuggler busted

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ THE ZAPATA TIMES

A man was arrested this week for picking up illegal immigrants in San Ygnacio, according to court documents.

Hector Roman Ortiz Jr. was charged with transporting eight illegal immigrants with a motor vehicle.

On Monday, a concerned citizen called U.S. Border Patrol regarding a suspicious silver Chevrolet Avalanche that allegedly loaded immigrants in the high

rest area of San Ygnacio in Zapata County.

Agents observed a vehicle fitting the description traveling north on U.S. 83 and requested assistance from the Webb County Sheriff ’s Office.

A deputy pulled over the Avalanche for displaying an expired buyer tag and failing for signal a lane change, records state.

When the deputy approached the vehicle, he quickly noticed the driver had eight passengers.

Agents said the occupants were people from Mexico

who had entered the country illegally.

Homeland Security Investigations special agents responded to investigate the smuggling attempt.

“During questioning, the driver of the Avalanche, later identified as Hector Roman Ortiz Jr., admitted to picking up and transporting eight (undocumented immigrants) for monetary gain,” states the criminal complaint filed Tuesday.

(César G. Rodriguez may be reached at 728-2568 or cesar@lmtonline.com)

Zapata booking records Feb. 2 – Feb. 19 DIEGO CAMARILLO, Sexual assault

JESUS ALBERTO CARMONA, Aggravated assault

RUBEN RENE CAVAZOS III, Assault

JOSE FRANCISCO CRUZ, Criminal trespass

MIGUEL ANGEL DELGADO, Assault

BALDOMERO FLORES III, DWI

RENE MIGUEL GARCIA, Reckless driving

Jose Maria GarzaGarza, Liquor violation

RAUL ANGEL GARZA-ORTIZ, DWI

RICARDO ALBERTO GAXIOLA, Unlawful possession of a firearm

MAXIMIANO ISAIAS GONZALEZ, Theft

VIDAL IRIS, Assault

ROLANDO LOPEZ, Assault

ERICA NAVARRO, Traffic offense

JUAN JOSE NAVARRO JR., Possession of marijuana

MARIA CELESTE NAVARRO, Theft

ISMAEL ORLANDO SOSA, Public intoxication

FERNANDO VILLARREAL III, Theft

RENE ROBERTO ZEPEDA, Aggravated assault

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Man attempted to transport immigrants

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ THE ZAPATA TIMES

Three women who had entered the country illegally sustained injuries as the suspected smuggler ordered them to get out of the vehicle, according to court documents.

One claimed the vehicle ran over her leg while the other two sustained minor scrapes and bruises, according to court documents.

On Feb. 17, a grand jury charged Arturo Luis Muñoz with conspiracy to transport undocumented immigrants within the United States and attempted to transport undocumented immigrants for money.

At 2:30 a.m. Jan. 28,

U.S. Border Patrol agents detained one U.S. citizen and 10 people suspected of entering the country illegally while performing watch duties near the Falcon Lake area in Zapata County.

Prior to the detention, agents said they detected a vessel coming into U.S. waters from Mexico.

Agents also spotted a black 2012 Ford F-150 in the immediate area of the vessel.

“When it made landfall, several occupants got off the vessel and traveled toward the area of the pickup,” states a criminal complaint filed Feb. 1.

The pickup then left the area.

Agents who assisted in

the case later observed the pickup turning off its lights and traveling through several streets in Zapata, until it reached Kennedy Street.

Agents identified the driver as Muñoz.

Authorities said they discovered seven immigrants in the vehicle and three others with injuries in the immediate area.

Muñoz stated that his role was to pick up the immigrants and take them to a stash house in Zapata. Records state he was to paid $20 per immigrant.

(César G. Rodriguez may be reached at 7282568 or cesar@lmtonline.com)

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OTHER VIEWS

Scalia harmed disability rights

By MIKE ERVIN TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Antonin Scalia’s hostility toward civil rights claims was evident in many of the Americans with Disabilities Act cases that came before him on the U.S Supreme Court.

In two cases, Sutton v.

United Airlines and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky Inc. v. Williams, the court diluted the ADA definition of disability to the point where many people with legitimate disabilities could no longer bring claims. In both cases, Scalia voted with the majority.

Thankfully, Congress subsequently passed the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 specifically to undo the damage of those rulings.

But Scalia’s questionable rulings were not limited those cases.

He wrote a caustic dissent in the ADA case of PGA Tour Inc. v. Martin, in which the majority ruled that the PGA Tour had to let disabled golfer Casey Martin use a golf cart during competitions.

Scalia wrote that the decision was an "Alice in Wonderland determination."

"Either out of humility or out of self-respect (one or the other) the court should decline to answer this incredibly difficult and incredibly silly question," he wrote.

The Martin case was important because it reaffirmed the rights of all of disabled Americans to receive reasonable accommodations that may be necessary to make public

places fully accessible.

That’s a cornerstone of the ADA. But Scalia saw this as nothing more than a ridiculous judicial intrusion on the private sector.

The most significant Supreme Court ADA case was Olmstead v. L.C and E.W. In this case, two disabled women from Georgia were being indefinitely kept in an institution despite their stated desire to be supported in a community setting. A 6-3 majority ruled that such arbitrary institutionalization of people with disabilities violates the ADA. As a result, the women moved into a community-living situation, as have thousands of others with disabilities.

But again, Scalia joined the dissent, written by Clarence Thomas, which belittled the idea that endless institutionalization equals discrimination. "By adopting such a broad view of discrimination, the majority drains the term of any meaning other than as a proxy for decisions disapproved of by this Court," the opinion read.

If Scalia and the dissenters had prevailed in the Olmstead case, it would have set a devastating precedent. The two women may well have been locked away in an institution for the rest of their lives.

But in another high court ruling, Scalia got it right. In Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v.

Yeskey, the justices unanimously and resolutely ruled that the rights of prisoners with disabilities are protected by the ADA.

COLUMN

Cruz/Rubio vs. Donald Trump Key questions every GOP candidate not named Donald J. Trump had to confront during prep for the Thursday night GOP presidential debate: Do I want to aggressively attack Trump as the illprepared, ill-tempered, illmannered, curiously coiffed charlatan of a carnival barker that he is?

Or do I want to be his running mate?

Kind of a tough call.

There are worse things in this world than being Trump’s running mate (though none immediately come to mind). And if Trump crashes and burns as the nominee -- assuming the charred debris doesn’t fall on your head -being his running mate could put you in line for the 2020 nomination.

And if somehow Trump becomes president, his veep could be advantageously situated for when Trump’s head explodes when Mexico opts not to pay for the wall.

All of this crossed my mind pre-debate as we pondered just how nasty the event would get. History, of course, is replete with White House candidates who said bad things about each other and then became running mates. It’s kind of an odd tradition in The Greatest Nation Ever.

Early on, it was clear U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas weren’t worrying about running-mate status nor about saying things that could come up

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when and if the time comes for them to embrace Trump as their party’s nominee. With the front-runner standing between them, the RubioCruz tag team made a Cuban-American sandwich of the part-hammy, partcheesey Trump, with Rubio often taking the lead.

Among Cruz’s better shots was an obviously rehearsed one questioning Trump’s dedication to the anti-illegal-immigration cause: “I really find it amazing that Donald believes that he is the one who discovered the issue of illegal immigration,” Cruz said. “I can tell you, when I ran for Senate here in the state of Texas, I ran promising to lead the fight against amnesty, promising to fight to build a wall. And in 2013, when I was fighting against the ‘gang of eight’ amnesty bill, where was Donald? He was firing Dennis Rodman on ‘Celebrity Apprentice.’”

Good one, but I thought Rubio, thinking quickly on his feet, did the best job of exposing Trump for an empty suit when it comes to some difficult topics.

You know, the ones Trump says he can quickly and easily solve because he’s built apartments in Manhattan.

COLUMN

US abandons wartime allies

By TRUDY RUBIN THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

Why would anyone in the Middle East want to ally with the United States?

There are many reasons to ask this question, but here’s one I find especially disturbing: how the United States lets down thousands of Afghans and Iraqis whose lives are at risk because they have worked with Americans. For this "sin," they and their relatives are now being threatened with death.

I have written of the long delays in issuing special visas for Iraqi and Afghan translators who worked with U.S. military and civilian officials. But there are thousands of other Iraqis who were promised refuge because they or close relatives worked for U.S. contractors, nongovernmental organizations and media, and they are living in fear as their applications are delayed endlessly - even before the years-long process of security vetting.

The whole process can drag on for as much as five years, say staffers at the International Refugee Assistance Project, a part of the Urban Justice Project. One prime reason: There aren’t enough personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to handle the thousands of applicants.

The story of Ali - whose family I have known for years - illustrates the brutal retaliation that can befall these Iraqis while their applications are in limbo. It makes one wonder why any-

one would be foolish enough to assist Americans again.

Ali’s life is in danger because his brother Salam helped the U.S. military and worked with U.S. journalists. Salam was my fixer, translator and driver during many trips to Baghdad between 2003 and 2008.

During the brutal civil war years of 2005 to 2007, radical Shiite militiamen known as the Mahdi Army began murdering many of Salam’s Sunni neighbors and driving the rest from the neighborhood.

The same militia was also killing U.S. soldiers.

Salam was infuriated by the sectarian slaughter and tipped off officers at a U.S. forward operating base in his neighborhood about who was doing the killing, leading to the arrest of local militia members. He also brought me to the neighborhood to write about the militia murders.

When U.S. troops withdrew from Baghdad and the base in Salam’s neighborhood shut down, Salam and his family paid a terrible price.

The Shiite militia he had fingered - which had contacts inside the Iraqi army ensured that Salam was arrested by the military and tortured. While he was in jail, the militiamen gunned down one of his brothers and a cousin. After his release, he received multiple death threats and had to flee Iraq, crossing by leaky boat from Turkey to Cyprus.

In Baghdad, Shiite militiamen were emboldened by

the chaos and sought further revenge. In June, Mahdi Army goons scrawled graffiti on Salam’s Baghdad house, calling him an "American spy," and threatened to kill more family members.

Ali had to go into hiding, changing location frequently, while his wife and children moved in with relatives. In desperation, he applied in August for entry into the United States under the direct access program; he and his family were eligible because Salam had worked for a U.S. newspaper. (Salam’s help to the U.S. military, verified by three Army officers, didn’t help because he did it for free.)

Here is where the story really gets maddening. Ali knew he might have to wait up to two years for security checks in a Kafkaesque process. But he never imagined that he might wait indefinitely just to enter the queue.

The DAP process requires verification of employment and two interviews at the U.S. Embassy before security checks even begin. But in June 2014, after the Islamic State seized Mosul and threatened Baghdad, nonessential embassy personnel were evacuated, slashing the number working on refugee processing and halting the process for 10 months.

There is now a backlog of 60,000 applicants and family members.

It took six months for the DAP process just to verify Ali’s employment, and he has yet to be called for his

first interview. His parents’ house has been attacked with a grenade. He is fearful that he will be killed before the first interview is held.

Salam, worried sick in Cyprus that his brother will be murdered, has had a heart attack.

I spoke to Ali by phone from his hiding place in Baghdad. "I’m afraid that the future will be even worse for me and my family," he told me. "I can’t go out on the street in daylight because someone from the militia might be waiting to kill me. My kids can’t go to school because they are in danger, too."

State Department officials tell me the number of personnel available to interview DAP applicants has now risen to 20 (from 10 a year ago) and they hope it will be increased to 30. But far more will be needed to process 60,000 applicants.

Ali and Salam find it nearly impossible to understand bureaucratic explanations. In language I’ve heard repeatedly from stranded Iraqi and Afghan translators, the brothers wonder why U.S. officials have abandoned the people who helped them.

Salam, whose uncle was murdered by Saddam Hussein and who was thrilled when the United States ousted the despot, has come to a sad conclusion: "Saddam made Iraq sick," he says, "but he didn’t kill Iraq.

Now Iraq is dead."

The question is whether Ali can survive long enough to be interviewed for the DAP program.

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THE ZAPATA TIMES 5A

Prep school of convicted grad to host social forum

By KATHY MCCORMACK ASSOCIATED PRESS

CONCORD, N.H. — Six months after a graduate of an elite New Hampshire prep school was convicted on charges of sexual assault and using a computer to lure a 15-year-old girl for sex, the school is planning a symposium on technology and adolescent development.

The event, scheduled for June 15-17 at St. Paul’s School in Concord, will bring together leaders from other schools and experts in the fields of adolescent development, empathy, human sexuality, technology, and social media.

Participants attending

“Empathy, Intimacy and Technology in a Boarding School Environment” will examine the impact of technology on the emotional health of young people and publish a guide covering such areas as policy and procedure, academic impact, prosocial behavior, spiritual live and student voice.

St. Paul Rector Michael Hirschfeld said school leaders have been discussing the impact of technology on adolescent relationships for years. He said the Owen Labrie case “provided more focus to what we wanted to look at.”

“St. Paul’s in so many ways is a microcosm of our larger society,” Hirschfeld

Photo by Jim Cole | AP

The entrance to St. Paul’s School is seen Friday, in Concord, N.H. six months after a graduate from the prep school was convicted on charges of sexual assault. said. “If you think of the hookup culture, the rise of applications like Tinder and these other things our kids are aware of,” they are modeling their own versions of the larger society.

A jury in August con-

Court rejects appeal of pirate depicted in film

By MICHAEL TARM ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — A bid for freedom by a convicted Somali pirate depicted in a Hollywood movie has been scuttled by a federal appellate court in Chicago, which rejected his argument that he was just 16 during the 2009 hijacking of a U.S.-flagged merchant ship and so should not have been prosecuted as an adult.

Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse was the lone survivor of four pirates who hijacked the Maersk Alabama, leading to a four-day standoff recounted in the 2013 movie “Captain Phillips” starring Tom Hanks.

The siege ended when Navy snipers on the USS Bainbridge killed Muse’s accomplices as they held Capt. Richard Phillips on a lifeboat.

As an adult, Muse faced stiffer potential punish-

ments. In sentencing him to nearly 34 years prison in 2011, a judge said he and his fellow pirates terrorized the crew, even playing Russian roulette with them. She cited Phillips as saying such modern-day pirates, “are not Johnny Depps” — a reference to the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie franchise.

Another lower court judge determined at a 2009 hearing that Muse was at least 18 and properly tried as an adult. The judge said he didn’t believe Muse’s father who testified via telephone from Somalia that his son was 16, noting that the parent of 12 knew the precise birth date of just one of his children — Muse.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling this week says under a 2010 plea deal with prosecutors Muse explicitly forfeited his right to ever take back his guilty plea to hijacking,

kidnapping and hostagetaking charges based on disputes over his age.

But in filings last year from his federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, Muse said confusion about birth dates in East African nation was common, in a part because birth certificates are rare. And he said he was disoriented after his arrest when he told investigators he was between 18 and 19.

“I did not speak nor understand even a word of English and was terrified,” he said. During the 2009 hearing regarding his age, he said an interpreter spoke his dialect of Somali badly. He added, “I was so scared that anything occurring was a big blur.”

Muse said he wanted to fight the charges but agreed to plead guilty because his lawyers “kept advising me that I would die in an American prison if I proceeded to trial.”

victed Labrie of misdemeanor sex assault charges and a felony charge of using a computer to lure an underage student for sex just days before he graduated from St. Paul’s in 2014.

The computer charge, a fe-

lony, carries the mandate to register as a sex offender for life.

Labrie, of Tunbridge, Vermont, now 20, is free on bail as he appeals his case to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

Labrie’s lawyers have said they will challenge whether Labrie should have been ordered to register as a sex offender for life. They have said the registration shouldn’t apply because Labrie was acquitted of rape, and that lawmakers meant the law to apply to adults preying on children, not to two teenagers who routinely used computers to communicate.

Labrie was 18 at the time of the encounter in a near-

deserted building on the St. Paul’s campus. Prosecutors linked the assault to a competition at St. Paul’s known as the “Senior Salute” in which seniors seek to have sex with underclassmen.

June’s symposium will explore such questions as “What are the emotional, psychological and spiritual impacts of our technological advances?” and “How might we best respond to the opportunities and challenges of this new reality?”

Presenters include faculty and researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, the University of Notre Dame, Harvard Medical School, and Microsoft Research.

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Zfrontera

Ribereña en Breve ELECCIÓN DE REINA La Feria del Condado de Zapata elegirá a sus representantes de belleza el domingo 28 de febrero. El concurso para Reinas de la Feria del Condado de Zapata se celebrará a las 2 p.m. en el Auditorio de Zapata High School.

READ ACROSS AMERICA El Read Across America Day (Día de Lectura Alrededor de EU) tendrá una ceremonia oficial de arranque el miércoles 2 de marzo a las 8 a.m. en Zapata North Elementary.

SOCIEDAD GENEALÓGICA

TRÁFICO HUMANO

Acusan a tres POR CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

Tres hombres que fueron arrestados en enero por transportar inmigrantes indocumentados del Condado de Zapata a Laredo, recientemente fueron acusados formalmente en una corte federal, señala una acusación jurada.

El 17 de febrero, un gran jurado acusó a José Alfonso Orozco, Oliver Salazar y Francisco Alberto Cansino de conspiración para transportar inmigrantes a Estados Unidos e intentar transportar inmigrantes indocumentados a cambio de efectivo.

Patrulla Fronteriza detuvo a los

La Sociedad Genealógica Nuevo Santander se reunirá el sábado 5 de marzo, a las 2 p.m. en Zapata County Museum of History.

DESFILE La Feria del Condado de Zapata invita a los residentes, organismos y grupos de la comunidad a inscribirse en el Desfile de la Feria de Zapata.

La fecha límite para entregar su solicitud de entrada es el miércoles 9 de marzo. El desfile tendrá lugar a las 9 a.m. del sábado 12 de marzo.

La alineación del desfile será de 7 a.m. a 8:30 a.m., en U.S. Hwy 83 y 3rd Ave. Habrá trofeos.

SÁBADO 27 DE FEBRERO DE 2016

hombres el 20 de enero.

Esa noche, agentes a bordo de una unidad no marcada, dijeron que observaron un vehículo Nissan Titan realizar una vuelta en U insegura al norte de San Ygnacio. Entonces, la Nissan llegó a la gasolinera Pepe’s, en San Ygnacio.

Más tarde, un vehículo Chevrolet 1500, color dorado, llegó y se estacionó detrás de la Titan. Los conductores salieron de los vehículos y tuvieron una conversación antes de dirigirse al norte sobre U.S. 83, señalan registros de la corte.

Registros indican que el conductor de la Chevrolet se estacionó en un área de descanso en San Ygnacio y apagó las luces. El vehículo se

alejó momentos después. Fue cuando agentes presuntamente vieron siluetas dentro de la Chevrolet.

Cuando oficiales le marcaron un alto vial, descubrieron a seis inmigrantes indocumentados unos sobre otros, de acuerdo con documentos de la corte. Patrulla Fronteriza identificó a los dos ocupantes— Salazar y Cansino— como los sospechosos.

Otros agentes que asistieron en el caso detuvieron la Titan, que era conducida por Orozco.

Presuntamente, él admitió ser “el explorador y organizador) del intento de tráfico humano. Orozco además indicó que un amigo en Laredo, le ofreció dinero rápido por

ser explorador en un intento de tráfico de personas en San Ygnacio.

Orozco tuvo la tarea de encontrar un conductor, que más tarde se determinó fue Salazar. Salazar dijo que Orozco le ofreció ser conductor a cambio de 100 dólares por inmigrante.

Orozco dividiría el dinero con Salazar, señalan registros. Salazar y Cansino recogieron a los inmigrantes. Cansino señaló que aceptó la oferta porque necesitaba dinero.

En caso de ser condenados, los tres enfrentan hasta 10 años tras las rejas.

(Localice a César G. Rodriguez en 728-2568 o en cesar@lmtonline.com)

UIL CONCERT AND SIGHTREADING CONTEST

BRILLAN EN CONCURSO

CABALGATA Feria del Condado de Zapata invita a la Cabalgata Anual en Bustamante Arena, Hwy 16 en Bustamante, Texas, el sábado 5 de marzo.

El registro inicia a las 7 a.m. y la cabalgata arrancará a las 8 a.m. Cuota de registro es de 5 dólares. La meta será en el Zapata County Fair Pavilion. Informes con Aaron Cruz al (956) 240-3408.

ANIVERSARIO DEL PUENTE El Concilio de la Ciudad de Roma y la Comisión Histórico, así como el Gobierno Municipal de Miguel Alemán, México, y la Sociedad Americana de Ingenieros Civiles invitan a la celebración por el 88º aniversario del puente de suspensión Roma-Miguel Alemán, el sábado 5 de marzo a las 9:30 a.m. Se tiene proyectada la ceremonia de “Abrazo de Amistad” a mitad del puente.

AGRESIÓN El lunes, soldados de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional fueron agredidos por personas armadas en un tramo de la carretera Ribereña Laredo-Reynosa, cerca del municipio Miguel Alemán, México.

Según reporte del Grupo de Coordinación Tamaulipas, policías estatales acudieron a investigar pero no lograron dar con los sospechosos, quienes se habían dado a la fuga.

Durante la investigación ubicaron una camioneta GMC Yukon, modelo 2007, en un local para compra y venta de piezas para vehículos. Del interior de la unidad recuperaron cinco cargadores para fusil y 54 cartuchos de alto calibre, de acuerdo con el reporte.

Autoridades dijeron que la GMC había sido robada con lujo de violencia en Reynosa, México, el 28 de agosto, de acuerdo con reporte del sitio Plataforma México.

Foto de cortesía | Roma ISD Performing Arts Division

La Orquesta de Roma Middle School y Ramiro Barrera Middle School representaron a Roma ISD en el UIL Concert and Sightreading Contest, el miércoles. Los jóvenes obtuvieron el segundo lugar de “Excelencia” por su presentación sobre el escenario y calificación “Superior” en la primera división por la parte de lectura de partituras. Corine Gabriele García y Florian Love son las directoras del grupo.

CONDADO DE HIDALGO

EDUCACIÓN

Alertan sobre esquema de fraude telefónico

Semana para leer está cerca

TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

La Oficina del Alguacil del Condado de Hidalgo alerta a la comunidad sobre un esquema de fraude conocido como “secuestros virtuales”.

Esta manera de fraude se distingue porque el perpetrador obtiene información personal o, en ocasiones, el número de teléfono de una víctima potencial a través de publicaciones en las redes sociales.

“Entonces, el perpetrador llama a la víctima potencial y les dice que un integrante de su familia ha sido secuestrado”, de acuerdo a un comunicado de prensa. “En algunos casos, un cómplice, generalmente una mu-

jer, grita y llora para darle más credibilidad a la llamada”.

Esto se hace para convencer a la persona que recibió la llamada que su familiar está en riego inminente, de acuerdo con la Oficina del Alguacil.

Las personas que cometen este tipo de fraude usualmente piden a la víctima no colgar e ir a determinado lugar en donde se puede pagar el “rescate”, vía transferencia de dinero, pero también se han dado casos donde solicitan un número de tarjeta de efectivo para tener acceso a los fondos.

“La mejor manera de lidiar con estas llamadas es estar conciente de que podrían ser falsas y es un fraude”, sostiene el co-

municado. “Las víctimas de secuestros virtuales deben notificarlo a autoridades, y llamar a sus familiares para verificar que todos estén bien”.

La Oficina del Alguacil sostuvo que es importante ser cuidadoso con la información de identidad o de contacto que se publica en redes sociales o en línea.

“Los perpetradores de secuestros virtuales y otros tipos de fraude siempre están buscando información para usarla en su actividad criminal”, explica el comunicado.

Durante el 2016 se han presentado tres reportes de secuestros virtuales ante la oficina del alguacil del Condado de Hidalgo.

‘TODO SOBRE NOSOTRAS’

RONDAS INFANTILES Alumnos de educación primaria de Miguel Alemán participaron en el octavo concurso estatal de rondas infantiles y salto de acuerda. Los ganadores fueron: en individuales “Plan de Guadalupe”; parejas “5 de Mayo”; conjunto “5 de Mayo”; Rondas “Justo Sierra”.

Foto de cortesía | Zapata County Fair Royalty

Las participantes para Reina de la Feria del Condado de Zapata recibieron una sesión denominada “All About Us”, la cual contó con el patrocinio de Edula R. Villarreal, al centro, Igualmente recibieron orientación de la maquillista Norma González. La Feria del Condado de Zapata elegirá a sus representantes de belleza el domingo 28 de febrero a las 2 p.m. en el Auditorio de Zapata High School.

TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

La Semana para Leer por Todo EU (Read Across America) se llevará a cabo del 29 de febrero al 4 de marzo en Fidel and Andrea R. Villarreal Elementarty School.

Durante la semana el calendario de actividades se desarrollará de la siguiente manera: Lunes, “Green Eggs and Ham”, día en que los niños comerán huevo con jamón en el desayuno y vestirán algo verde.

Martes, “Yipes, It’s Stripes Day”, donde los niños asistirán a la escuela con vestimenta a rayas.

El miércoles se realizarán las lecturas de “Wacky Wednesday” y “Fox in Socks”, para lo cual los niños vestirán ropa y calcetines extravagantes. Por ejemplo, pueden llevar calcetines o zapatos diferentes, o tal vez llevar la camisa al revés o volteada.

El jueves se leerá “Thing One and Thing Two”. Este día parejas de dos estudiantes se pondrán de acuerdo para vestir igual que un amigo o ir caracterizados con el atuendo de Dr. Seuss.

Viernes es “Hats Off to Dr. Seuss”.

Durante este día los niños llevarán su sombrero favorito o más “loco”. Igualmente los alumnos podrán tener un invitado para una lectura de 8:30 a.m. a 11 a.m.

En caso de que alguien desee ser un lector voluntario el viernes 4 de marzo, de 8:30 a.m. a 11 a.m., deberá ponerse en contacto con el maestro del alumno a fin de programar la hora.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2016

THE ZAPATA TIMES 7A

Collin’s to re-release albums

By MARK KENNEDY ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Singer and drummer Phil Collins is taking one tentative step out of musical retirement by offering up huge chunks of his past.

The multiple Grammy Award-winner is this winter releasing all eight of his solo albums, each remastered and accompanied by a second CD of demos and live recordings, many previously unreleased.

His hope is that fans and nonfans will explore more than just his hits, which include “In the Air Tonight,” “Groovy Kind of Love,” “One More Night,” “Sussudio,” “Can’t Hurry Love,” “Against All Odds,” and “Separate Lives.”

“People that don’t like me — and there are some, I know it’s hard to believe — most of the time have based their opinion on

Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision | AP

The multiple Grammy Awardwinner is releasing all eight of his solo albums, each remastered. what they hear on the radio. It’s played to death,” he said. “I’m a bit more than that. And the ‘bit more’ is on the albums.”

He’s already released 1981’s “Face Value” and 1993’s “Both Sides.” Next up is 1982’s “Hello, I Must Be Going!” and 1996’s “Dance into the Light,”

WATER Continued from Page 1A uproar over shortages in Mexico’s water deliveries from its tributaries to the Rio Grande. The United States is entitled to onethird of the water flowing

into the Rio Grande from six Mexican tributaries, but Mexico had delivered just 15 percent of what was required from 2010 through 2015.

both out Friday. Each new double CD has Collins recreating his pose from the original album cover.

A long list of current artists — including Adele, Lorde, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams — have publicly come out as fans. “I’m very flattered by that and I think there’s a lot of people out there that may think, ‘OK. Let’s see what the fuss is about,”’ said Collins.

Nick Davis, a producer, engineer and mixer whose credits include music by Bjork, Deep Purple, Genesis, Mike + the Mechanics, The Pogues and XTC, remastered the new Collins albums and hopes fans dig past the hits.

“There are some incredible songs on there and there is some incredible musicianship on there.

That’s almost a treat, really: It’s finding the album tracks rather than just the singles,” he said.

Collins, 65, was the drummer and then lead singer for the band Genesis in the 1970s who embarked on a solo career in the ‘80s that made him one of the most commercially successful artists of all time. He is estimated to have sold 100 million albums with Genesis and another 100 million as a solo artist.

He won an Academy Award and a Grammy for his soundtrack to the film “Tarzan” and his album “No Jacket Required” won a Grammy for album of the year in 1985. His “Another Day In Paradise” won Record of the Year in 1990.

Collins made hits but didn’t always get respect.

In an episode of “South Park” that was more than usually cruel, Collins was booed off a stage and ridiculed. His last album of new material was 2002’s “Testify.”

JURY Continued from Page 1A migrants.

Cansino stated he took the offer of picking up immigrants because he needed money.

If convicted, the trio

could face up to 10 years behind bars.

(César G. Rodriguez may be reached at 7282568 or cesar@lmtonline.com)

VICENTE Continued from Page 1A Venezuela’s then-President Hugo Chavez a “burro” (years earlier Chavez had accused Fox of being a “lapdog of the empire”).

That history wasn’t lost on some Mexicans, like Jesus Pinon, a resident of the northern state of Chihuahua.

“Vicente Fox says Donald Trump is a loudmouth, liar, ignorant and arrogant. Typical case of the donkey who talks about (someone else’s) ears,” Pinon, who uses the handle (at)JepsMeine, said via Twitter.

And Jose Gilberto Diaz Perez, a businessman and retired electrical company worker in Mexico City, said the thought Fox was a terrible president: “I trust Trump more than Fox.” But Federico Correch, a 32-year-old resident of the capital, appreciated that Fox stuck up for the country.

“He’s probably right because (Trump) doesn’t know Mexicans well,” Correch said. “Donald Trump has said a lot about Mexicans when we have done many good things up there in the United States, no?

He shouldn’t express himself like that.”

During Thursday night’s Republican debate, Trump said Fox should be “ashamed” of such language — de-

spite the candidate having mouthed the same word at a New Hampshire rally and used it several times in a 2011 speech before he was a candidate — and demanded an apology.

But Fox was having none of it the following day as he gave a series of interviews to Mexican media in which he also criticized Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, but saved his most pointed barbs for the real-estate magnate.

“This guy is an embarrassment to the Republican Party ... and his business colleagues,” Fox told Imagen Radio, using another F-bomb to refer to the border wall.

“He is empty and lacks substance ... for a nation like the United States,” Fox said. Addressing Trump’s supporters, he added: “I ask you to open your eyes because this is a false prophet who will lead you to the precipice with all his ignorance.”

“I agree with all that,” said Irma Martinez Aguinaga, a 75-year-old poet in Mexico City.

Trump “wants to achieve his goals, well, may he do so,” Martinez added. “But without walking all over us or threatening us or saying he’s going to do all kinds of things to us. That’s not right.”

Pritzker said the two countries plan to establish an energy business council to improve coordination on trade and use a mapping system for supply chains on both sides of the border to help determine where future border infrastructure projects are most needed.

The High-Level Economic Dialogue forum between the United States and Mexico was established by President Barack Obama in 2013. This is the third year officials have met to discuss economic growth, job creation and competiveness.

Also at Thursday’s talks was U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson, who last June was nominated to become Washington’s next ambassador to Mexico.

Her nomination was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in November. But it has been blocked in the full Senate by Sen. Marco Rubio, another Republican presidential candidate, who objects to her role in implementing the Obama administration’s policy of normalizing ties with Cuba.

BIDEN Continued from Page 1A “Some of the rhetoric coming from some of the presidential candidates on the other team are I think dangerous, damaging and incredibly ill-advised,” Biden said. “But here’s what I’m here to tell you: They do not, they do not, they do not represent the view of the vast majority of the American people.”

After meeting with Biden later in the day, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto referred to the immigration talk.

“There are those who have the vision to eventually close themselves off, including, I daresay Mr.

Vice President, to build walls,” Pena Nieto said.

“But that is only isolating.

This is to be alone. It may look in one way like you’re closing passage to a place, but seen another way it is isolation.”

Biden addressed the issue again, saying, “I feel almost obliged to apologize for some of what my political colleagues have said about Mexico, about the Mexican people.”

Biden was accompanied at the one-day meeting by U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Interior Secretary Sal-

ly Jewell.

Jewell and her Mexican counterparts signed agreements to cooperate on energy issues, conservation and preparing for the impacts of climate change, the U.S. Interior Department said in a statement.

The secretary also commended recent Mexican reforms opening its energy sector to private investment.

“As allies and partners, the economies of the U.S. and Mexico are inextricably linked and a strong energy sector is a key part of that equation,” Jewell said.

Trade between the Unit-

ed States and Mexico totaled about $530 billion last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

In an interview, Pritzker also said some of the talk emerging from the U.S. presidential campaign is not productive.

Asked about negotiating improved trade amid Trump’s calls for a wall between the two countries, Pritzker said: “Any kind of rhetoric like that that is un-American is concerning. What is important is what we’re doing is we’re building bridges, we’re not building walls.”

Among goals set for 2016,

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Inarritu part of Mexican film’s new golden era

By BERENICE BAUTISTA ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEXICO CITY — Movie buffs in Mexico are abuzz with the possibility native son Alejandro G. Inarritu could snag this year’s directing Oscar for “The Revenant,” which would be an unprecedented third in a row by Mexicans.

If that’s not enough for Mexicans to cheer about during Sunday’s Academy Awards show, Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki is a good bet to win his third cinematography Oscar in a row.

That would be a first for an individual of any nationality.

Together with directors Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuaron, they’re part of a new Mexican generation that is responsible for many of Hollywood’s most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films these days.

“They are at the head of a generation that demarcated a before and an after in Mexican cinema,” said Jose Antonio Valdes, deputy director for information and special projects at Mexico’s governmental film institute, the Cineteca Nacional.

“They come from a generation that has a different mentality, where the idea of the global filmmaker was already a reality, and I think we are seeing that now,” Valdes said. “Mexican filmmakers no longer think in terms of Mexico; they think globally.”

Mexicans taking home statues on Oscar night has become something of an annual fixture. Inarritu won best director last year for “Birdman,” following Cuaron in 2014 for “Gravity.”

Del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” in 2006 won three Oscars and was nominated for

three more.

All four, who were born in the early 1960s, came of age professionally in Mexico and first achieved fame in their home country.

In 1991 Cuaron put out the popular romantic comedy “Solo con tu pareja” ("Alone With Your Partner”), with cinematography

by Lubezki, which was honored with two Ariel awards — the Mexican equivalent of the Oscars. Del Toro’s “La invencion de Cronos” ("Cronos”) in 1993 won nine Ariels. Lubezki won Ariels for 1992’s “Como agua para chocolate” ("Like Water for Chocolate”), “Miroslava” (1993) and “Ambar” (1994).

Inarritu’s debut came later — the widely hailed

“Amores Perros” of 2000, when he still labelled U.S. distributions of films with his full name, Gonzalez Inarritu.

The lag was partly because movies didn’t figure in his early career plans.

From age 17 he traveled the world working on a cargo ship, and returned to Mexico only in the mid-1980s to begin studying communications at the Universidad Iberoamericana.

While still a student, both he and classmate Martin Hernandez, who later became Inarritu’s principal sound engineer, became DJs at a Mexico City rock station. In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Hernandez recalled he had

the morning show and Inarritu the afternoon, and the owners let them stay late to play with the studio equipment.

“We took advantage of that, we made ourselves the masters of the station,” Hernandez said.

They withdrew from college in what was supposed to be a temporary move, but both remained at the station until the following decade before striking out into film and never looking back.

Inarritu co-founded the Z Films agency, where he first directed commercials, and later a TV pilot and the 1996 short feature “El timbre” ("The Doorbell”) featuring Mexican actor Damian Alcazar.

It was a time when Mexican cinema had fallen far from what the country considers its golden age of the 1940s and ’50s. Many offerings in the 1980s were campy sex comedies or movies about narcos. The following decade an economic crisis crippled Mexico, including filmmakers who often depended on government support. Just 137 films were made in Mexico between 1994 and 2000.

“There were no opportunities in the second half of the 1990s. ... Today they make 140 movies a year,” said Daniela Michel, director general of the Morelia International Film Festival.

Along with Lubezki and the Cuarons, Michel was

part of a cinema club that devoured not only mainstream Hollywood fare but works by foreign directors like Andrei Tarkovsky and Terry Gilliam.

“They all were already very clear that they wanted to make movies, and real movies,” she said. “They were going against the current, because in Mexico we were being told that cinema was dead.”

When Inarritu’s “Amores Perros” hit screens in 2000, it captivated moviegoers with its innovative storytelling of a sibling rivalry. The film was a national box-office hit and swept 11 Ariel awards, including best movie, director and actor (Gael Garcia Bernal).

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HOUSTON — Halliburton Co., which provides well-drilling services for oil companies, is cutting 5,000 more jobs as the industry continues to struggle with slumping oil prices.

A company spokeswoman said Thursday that the latest cuts will amount to about 8 percent of the Houston-based company’s global workforce.

Oil prices have tumbled about 70 percent since peaking above $100 a barrel in mid-2014. That has led to less drilling activity and to widespread layoffs in the oil fields.

Halliburton rival Schlumberger cut 10,000 jobs in the fourth quarter.

Benchmark U.S. crude settled at $33.07 a barrel on Thursday, up 92 cents or nearly 3 percent.

Halliburton spokeswoman Emily Mir said the company was reducing its workforce “due to ongoing market conditions.”

Mir said the company regretted the decision, “but unfortunately we

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Halliburton Co., which provides well-drilling services for oil companies, is cutting 5,000 more jobs. are faced with the difficult reality that reductions are necessary to work through this challenging market environment.”

When the layoffs are completed, Halliburton will have reduced its workforce by between 26,000 and 27,000 employees since the peak in 2014, she said.

Halliburton grew from 58,000 employees in 2010 to more than 80,000 during 2014. It slashed that number to 65,000 by the end of 2015, according to regulatory filings.

Halliburton declined to say where the layoffs would fall, saying that

such details were competitive information. The company’s operations stretch from the U.S. through Africa and the Middle East to Asia.

Last month, CEO David Lesar said that when the company began looking to cut costs, “it started with where we work.”

Halliburton consolidated facilities in more than 20 countries and closed operations in two, he said.

Lesar said that “2016 is shaping up to be one tough slog through the mud.” He said Halliburton was trying to work with the financially strongest oil companies that will do best when the industry recovers.

In November 2014, Halliburton announced that it would buy U.S. rival Baker Hughes Inc. for $34.6 billion. The companies are divesting assets as they seek approval from antitrust regulators, and Baker Hughes also has cut thousands of jobs.

Halliburton shares rose 4 cents to close at $32.50 on Thursday. They are down 4.5 percent in 2016 and more than 25 percent in the past year.

US stocks back to flat

By KEN SWEET ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Stocks ended a strong week on a flat note as lower oil prices and utility stocks offset encouraging economic news.

Still, the market ended Friday with a second straight weekly gain.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 57.32 points, or 0.3 percent, to 16,639.97. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost 3.65 points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,948.05 and the Nasdaq composite added 8.27 points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,590.47.

All three indexes finished the week up by 1.5 percent or more. Oil, despite Friday’s decline, was up 3.6 percent for the week.

On Friday the market was buoyed early by a strong rally in overseas stocks triggered by word from China that it would not devalue its currency to make its imports more competitive.

Also, the Commerce Department said U.S. gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic health, grew at an annual rate of 1 percent in the fourth quarter, an improve-

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Specialist Neil Gallagher, left, and trader Thomas Lee work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday. ment from the first estimate of 0.7 percent. Economists were expecting a reading of 0.4 percent growth.

“We are finally seeing some stabilization in the economic data — durable goods numbers, retail sales, and this second reading on GDP — that will hopefully end this debate on whether the U.S. economy is heading toward recession,” said Quincy Krosby, a market strategist with Prudential Financial.

But the stronger economic news kicked interest rates up sharply.

Voya Market Strategists Douglas Cote and Karyn Cavanaugh, in a note to investors, said the GDP data

could increase the likelihood of an interest rate increase at the Federal Reserve’s meeting in March.

This sentiment and the rising rates hit relatively safe investments like government bonds and stocks that are attractive for their dividends, like utilities, hard.

The Dow Jones utility index, a basket of 15 utility companies, fell nearly 3 percent. Utility stocks tend to do better at times of low interest rates or economic uncertainty because their business is relatively stable and they pay a high dividend.

Government bond prices fell, pushing the yield on the 10-year Treasury note up to 1.76 percent from 1.72 percent the day before. Gold prices also fell, closing down $18.40 to $1,220.40 an ounce.

Oil was unable to hold gains it had early in the day, and closed down 29 cents, or 1 percent, to $32.78. In other energy commodities, heating oil fell 1.8 cents to $1.067 a gallon. Wholesale gasoline futures fell 1.7 cents to $1.295 a gallon and natural gas rose 0.6 cents to $1.791 per thousand cubic feet.

JC Penney’s shares rise after upbeat revenue

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Beware the underdog.

J.C. Penney Co. delivered strong fourth-quarter results, wrapping up a year when it stole market share from rivals.

The company, based in Plano, Texas, offered an upbeat sales outlook, as efforts to spruce up its merchandise are winning over shoppers. It also pledged that it would return to a profit this year, on an adjusted basis.

Investors cheered, pushing shares up nearly 15 percent Friday.

The results were a bright spot in an otherwise dismal holiday quarter, where department store rivals like Macy’s and Kohl’s offered disappointing outlooks after struggling with weak sales.

It was a reversal of fortunes this critical holiday season for Penney, which is clawing its way back from a failed reinvention plan that caused catastrophic losses and plunging sales.

And the latest performance offers encouraging news that a transformation

by CEO Marvin Ellison is in the works. Ellison officially took the helm in August 2015, after a ninemonth transition period working closely with Myron Ullman, who returned to the top CEO spot in April 2013 when the board fired Ron Johnson. Johnson got

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In this Feb. 19, 2015, file photo, shoppers visit a J.C. Penney store in New York. The Texas-based retailer reported quarterly financial results, Friday. The store reported strong fourth-quarter results. rid of most promotions and replaced them with everyday low prices and swapped basics for trendy assortments in a bid to grab higher-income, younger shoppers.

Ullman stabilized the business by bringing back discounts and restoring store-label merchandise. Ellison’s goal is to expand sales and remake the retailer to be more nimble.

The company is playing catch up in e-commerce, including rolling out services that allow online shoppers to pick up orders in stores.

It’s using its store-label offerings as a key weapon to fight against pricing pres-

sures from online rivals. It’s also testing appliances and just rolled out a new campaign called “Get Your Penney’s Worth,” which will offer certain store-label items for pennies. Ellison noted that the Penney campaign should help to broaden its demographic, which centers on middle-income shoppers with an annual average household income of $60,000.

J.C. Penney still has a long way to go before it can claim a full recovery. The company posted annual sales of $12.6 billion for the year ended Jan. 30, up 3 percent from the prior year.

Still, that’s far below the

nearly $18 billion in annual revenue once booked right before Johnson came to the helm in November 2011.

But Penney is making some good progress given a tough environment, particularly in department store arena, where shoppers are being selective.

Ellison told investors during a conference call Friday that it’s evident that Penney gained market share in 2015.

“Our ability to gain share in a relatively flat to negative retail market is not accidental,” he said. He also assured analysts that the company is testing different initiatives before roll-

ing them out. Penney had learned painful lessons from Johnson who rolled out the bold pricing strategy without testing in the stores.

Ellison said the re-establishment of key private brands like St. John’s Bay and Royal Velvet have helped win shoppers back.

The company is also accelerating the rollout of shops within its stores devoted to the Sephora beauty brand.

It added 28 last year for a total of more than 500 shops, a big chunk of the 800-store fleet. This year, it plans to add 60.

Sephora was a top-selling area for the holiday shop-

ping season as well as handbags, home and furnishings and shoes.

Elllison noted all of its clothing businesses enjoyed positive results despite unseasonably warm weather that plagued many retailers including Macy’s.

Penney posted a 4.1 percent increase in revenue at stores opened at least a year. In comparison, the metric rose just 0.4 percent at Kohl’s, dropped 4.3 percent at Macy’s and declined 3.2 percent at upscale Nordstrom.

Penney said it lost $131 million, or 43 cents per share, in the fourth quarter.

That compares with a loss of $35 million, or 11 cents per share, a year earlier. Results were weighed down by pension and restructuring costs. Excluding those adjusted results amounted to a profit of 39 cents per share, which matched estimates from FactSet. Revenue rose nearly 3 percent to $3.99 billion, and topped the $3.97 billion FactSet estimate.

Penney said that it expects revenue at stores opened at least a year to rise anywhere from 3 percent to 4 percent this year, and that adjusted profits should be positive.

Penney’s shares rose $1.23 to close at $9.59. Still, the stock is well below the $43 it hit in February 2012 when enthusiasm for Johnson’s makeover was high.

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Baylor forward Rico Gathers plans to attempt a career playing tight end in the NFL when his collegiate basketball career ends.

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Jeremy Guthrie is competing for a starting spot with the Rangers after being left off Kansas City’s postseason roster last season.

Rangers give pitcher chance at starting role

By STEPHEN HAWKINS ASSOCIATED PRESS

SURPRISE, Ariz. — Jeremy Guthrie still pulls into the Surprise Recreation Campus each morning for spring training. Except he is now with the Texas Rangers instead of the World Series champion Royals.

“It’s definitely strange, obviously, to come into the complex and turn the different direction, and different side of Surprise Stadium,” said Guthrie, who

the previous three springs went left into the Royals parking lot instead of to the right.

While the setting is somewhat familiar, the future is uncertain for the 36-year-old right-hander who in 2014 started Game 7 of the World Series for Kansas City but was left off its postseason roster last year.

Guthrie signed a minor league deal just last weekend with the Rangers that included an invitation to spring training with the

team that last season used 12 different starters. He had other similar offers, including one to return to the Royals.

“It was extremely difficult. I toiled with the decision for a few days, the offers kind of came in late from everyone,” Guthrie said. “I spent all offseason wondering what might happen. ... I really went with what felt right for the moment.”

Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said it was made clear to Guthrie that

he would have a shot at competing for a starting spot. There is also the possibility to pitch in long relief if he doesn’t make the rotation.

For Guthrie, the situation is similar in a way to 2007, when he went to spring training with Baltimore after being released

by Cleveland with only 16 major league appearances the previous three seasons.

“I got claimed off waiv-

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Gathers eyes NFL career after college Baylor forward plans to train for transition to tight end after season

By CHAREAN WILLIAMS FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM

INDIANAPOLIS – Baylor forward Rico Gathers will try to make it in the NFL after his basketball career ends. Gathers, who stands 6 foot 6 and weighs 275, hopes to become the next Antonio Gates and Jimmy Graham in making the transition to tight end.

Gathers will work with

private coach George Whitfield when Baylor’s season ends.

"When his basketball season is over with, (we’ll) get a chance to put him through really some one-onone receiving drills and try to get him up to speed," Whitfield said. "I’m going to talk to a lot of teams here and learn the basic prereq-

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New FIFA president Gianni Infantino waves to delegates after his election during the Extraordinary FIFA Congress 2016 Friday in Zurich, Switzerland.

Kevin Harvick, left, said Friday he plans to stay with Stewart-Haas Racing when the team moves from Chevrolet to Ford in 2017.

FIFA elects Gianni Infantino as president

Harvick will follow SHR’s move to Ford

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AND ROB HARRIS ASSOCIATED PRESS

ZURICH — Gianni Infantino pulled off a stunning victory Friday to take over as FIFA president, and called for a fresh start for soccer’s scandalwracked world body.

“I am convinced a new era is starting,” said Infantino, who became a candidate only when a case of financial wrongdoing removed his own boss at Europe’s soccer body UEFA, Michel Platini, and departing FIFA president

Sepp Blatter, from the sport.

Infantino promised to meet quickly with World Cup broadcasters and sponsors, saying they “they need to regain trust and confidence in football and in FIFA.” The 45-year-old former lawyer from Switzerland rose to the top job in the world’s favorite sport after a tense, six hour-plus election process to find Blatter’s replacement.

Infantino got 115 of the 207 eligible votes in the second round to earn a decisive majority over

Sheikh Salman of Bahrain, who had been the strong favorite entering the election.

He saluted voters by patting his right hand over his heart, and had to compose himself before starting his acceptance speech.

“We will restore the image of FIFA and the respect of FIFA. And everyone in the world will applaud us,” Infantino said, referring to bribery and corruption investigations that have rocked the governing body and forced

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By CHARLES ODUM ASSOCIATED PRESS

HAMPTON, Ga. — Kevin Harvick, who has spent his entire Sprint Cup career driving a Chevrolet, said Friday this week’s announcement that Stewart-Haas Racing is moving to Ford won’t force him to look for a new team.

Harvick and SHR coowner Tony Stewart each won championships for the team driving Chevrolets. The team’s move to Ford in 2017 set up a potentially awkward final

2016 season with Chevrolet and led to questions about how Harvick would react.

The 2014 Cup champion said during Friday’s practice at Atlanta Motor Speedway he plans to stay with SHR. “Just got to follow along with what your organization thinks is best,” Harvick told reporters. “I think they have the same interest in mind that I do, and that’s to compete for wins and championships.”

Asked if that means he won’t leave SHR, Harvick said “I just want to win races. That’s what we’re

all going to focus on.”

Harvick said the move does not make him a free agent. He was evasive when asked about his contract status after 2016.

“My contract, I haven’t even looked at,” he said. “I haven’t even asked. I just assumed that it was all sealed up and done.”

SHR will get its engines from Roush Yates, instead of Hendrick Motorsports.

Wednesday’s surprise announcement was still big news on Friday during practice and qualifying.

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Fowler takes the lead at Honda Classic

By DOUG FERGUSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Rickie Fowler kept bogeys off his card for the second straight round Friday for a 4-under 66 and the early lead in the Honda Classic.

In some respects, it was identical to Fowler’s opening round — no bogeys, another 66 in windy conditions and a big par save on his 10th hole. Having started on the back nine, Fowler worked himself out of his toughest spot well right of the fairway and managed to get up-and-down for par to keep some momentum.

Otherwise, this was a clean day. His longest par putt was 12 feet on the fourth hole after driving into the bunker, and he ended his round with a 25-foot birdie putt on the ninth hole to reach 8-under 132.

Jimmy Walker finished birdie-eagle, holing a 40-foot putt on the 18th hole for a 66 and was one shot behind.

Sergio Garcia had a 69 and was another stroke back.

Fowler is the first person to go bogey-free over the opening 36 holes at the Honda Classic since it moved to PGA National in 2007.

“I’m definitely pleased about that,” Fowler said.

“Got a nice break on 1 to kind of continue that. But yeah, I kept myself in it with some up-and-downs, made some good putts, and then continued to move forward. Made a couple birdies coming in, so it was a little bit of a bonus there at the last.”

Rory McIlroy was hopeful of a bonus to keep playing.

He headed home after a 72 and it was uncertain if

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Rickie Fowler shot a bogey-free round with a 4-under 66 to take the lead after the second round at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. he would be back this week. McIlroy took a triple bogey on the par-5 fifth — his 14th hole of the round — and a birdie on the final hole put him at 4-over 144.

He would not speak to reporters as he left the course.

It would be the second straight year for McIlroy to miss the cut.

Fowler has bounced back nicely from giving up a twoshot lead with two holes to play in his last tournament

at the Phoenix Open. And he put in some good practice last week after returning home to Florida.

The scores didn’t count, but they were impressive.

Fowler set the course record at The Medalist with a 66 (he broke his own record), and the next day went up to The Floridian and shot 60 to break the course record that had been held by Justin Thomas.

“Pretty good accomplishment,” he said.

The first two days of the Honda Classic haven’t been too shabby, either. Even though he lost the late lead in Phoenix and missed the cut at Torrey Pines, Fowler has been quietly moving into the conversation of the elite players this year. He finished fifth at Kapalua to start 2016, won against a strong field in Abu Dhabi that included Jordan Spieth and McIlroy, and now is the player to catch at PGA National.

Walker missed the cut at Riviera last week, though he has been steady since a tweak to his swing in the offseason. Except for Riviera, he has not finished lower than a tie for 13th since October.

So far, the 18th hole has been kind to him. On Thursday, Walker went into the water and made a 12foot putt to escape with par.

On Friday, he was trying to lag his long eagle attempt and “luckily, the hole got in

the way.”

Garcia held his own for a big part of the round until he three-putted for bogey on his 10th hole (No. 1) and Fowler built his lead by making birdies.

“Tomorrow is going to be an important day,” Garcia said. “Rickie is playing really, really well, so I’m going to have to play extremely well to keep up with him.

We’ll see. Hopefully we have a good chance on Sunday. See what we can do.”

was 14. "(That) isn’t a big body of work, but it’s better than

coming in green like some of the crossover guys have in the past," Whitfield said.

BAYLOR Continued from Page 1B uisites for a tight end-type, obviously catching over the shoulder, both shoulders,

coming back in with the ball, route running, different type of conditioning."

Gathers averages 12.0 points and 9.8 rebounds per game in the 26 games he

has played for the Bears this season. He has not played football since he

NASCAR Continued from Page 1B Greg Biffle said it was “a very smart move on Ford’s part.”

“Quite honestly, I’m very surprised it took to 2016 for them to make a move to add some competitive teams to the lineup because they want to be known for winning on Sundays,” said Biffle, driver of the No. 16 Roush Performance Ford.

“You’ve got to have enough organizations where your odds get higher. If you own three-quarters of the field, your odds are better each week.”

Stewart has driven for General Motors in all but one of his 18 NASCAR seasons. He is retiring after this season.

Stewart said Wednesday he hopes to continue in his “great relationship” with Hendrick Motorsports in

2016 even as SHR prepares “to try to be as self-sufficient as we can going into 2017.”

“We see this as a lot of growth for Stewart-Haas Racing,” Stewart said. “...

It’s a great opportunity for us to kind of get out of the shadows and, to some degree, get off the coattails, to a certain degree, and really get out on our own.”

Even though he has been loyal to Chevrolet throughout his career, Harvick was firm in his commitment to SHR. “I’ve got a great team,” he said. “I’ve got great people. I’ve got a great organization that’s wanted to win races and to not be committed to them would be foolish on my part to be in the best position I’ve ever been in as a driver.”

Stewart said announcing

the plans for Ford so early in the 2016 season could be seen as awkward when he and Harvick are still driving Chevrolets.

“Yeah, we definitely understand that, but at the same time we’re committed to Chevrolet this year and we’re committed to winning races and trying to contend for a championship again this year,” Stewart said. “They realize that. We’re still all-in this year with Chevrolet. ...

That’s what we do. That’s our commitment as a race team. We still respect our partnership with Chevy at this point.”

Kyle Busch’s car fails inspection and won’t be on pole Kyle Busch’s car failed a post-race inspection and he has been disqualified as the pole winner for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup

RANGERS Continued from Page 1B race.

The ruling leaves brother Kurt Busch as the pole winner.

Kurt Busch ran strong through all three elimination rounds on Friday and had the top speed at 191.582 mph before he was topped

by Kyle’s fast lap of 191.668 mph in his No. 18 Toyota.

NASCAR did not immediately announce why Kyle Busch’s car failed the inspection at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He must start at the back of the field.

Jamie McMurray, who had the top speed in the second round, will start beside Kurt Busch on the front row, followed by Trevor Bayne and Ryan Newman.

Denny Hamlin, fresh off last week’s Daytona 500 win, was eliminated in the second round.

ers by Baltimore with no real career in the works for the Indians. I had three or four call-ups, all in relief,” he said. “With no options, I had to make that team. I was the 25th guy on that roster to make it in ’07 and became a relief pitcher. A couple of injuries later, I’m starting games and did for the past nine years.”

Guthrie admitted to being more relaxed then, but described himself as still confident and relishing the opportunity he has now.

“The game’s been very good to good, and I feel like I was given a great opportunity at the start of my career,” he said. “But I’ve had to earn the things that have been a part of my career, so I’m happy to continue to take that approach.”

He is 91-108 with a 4.37

ERA in 305 career games (272 starts) for Cleveland, Baltimore, Colorado and Kansas City. And he made quite an impression on former teammates along the way.

Royals right-hander Edinson Volquez said Friday that Guthrie was a leader for all the pitchers last season, and brought a lot of energy to the entire team.

His impact clearly extended beyond the pitchers during his 3 1/2 seasons with Kansas City.

“I wasn’t even a pitcher, but he still showed me the ropes, and just did a lot of things that a lot of veterans don’t do,” said Eric Hosmer, the 26-year-old first baseman for Kansas City.

“He’s helped many, many younger guys through their development.”

dent.

Infantino takes over a wealthy but vulnerable soccer body whose image and confidence has been shattered by escalating scandals.

Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term in May but bowed to pressure four days later and announced he would resign. Blatter was subsequently banned for six years for financial mismanagement and was absent Friday after 40 years as a fixture at FIFA meetings.

Before electing FIFA’s first new president since 1998, 87 percent of the 207 voting federations passed wide-ranging reforms to protect against corruption and curb the powers of its new president.

Those include preventing presidents from serving more than three four-

year terms, reducing their powers and guaranteeing more independent oversight for FIFA’s decisionmaking and spending. The executive committee will be renamed the FIFA Council with more female members while there will be stricter integrity checks will also control top officials.

FIFA and its lawyers hope the reform will help show U.S. prosecutors the soccer body is serious about changing its culture, and protect its status as a victim in the American investigation. A total of 41 people and marketing agencies have been indicted or made guilty pleas, and Blatter is a target.

Still, the new era FIFA hopes for will not easily escape the fallout from Blatter’s scandal-hit leadership.

FIFA Continued from Page 1B Blatter out of office after more than 17 years as president.

Sheikh Salman received 88 votes in the second round after being the front-runner during much of the four-month campaign. Prince Ali of Jordan had four votes, and Jerome Champagne of France got zero.

In the first round, Infantino took a surprising lead with 88 votes — just three more than Sheikh Salman but key to making him look like a winner with valuable momentum.

Prince Ali received 27 votes, and Champagne seven.

Infantino, the general secretary of UEFA, is the second straight FIFA president from the Valais region in the Swiss Alps. Infantino is from Brig and replaces the 79-year-old

Blatter, who was born in neighboring Visp.

Infantino will be president until May 2019, completing the remainder of Blatter’s term.

Blatter was forced out by the pressure of American and Swiss investigations of corruption that hit FIFA two days before the previous election in May. “I congratulate Gianni Infantino sincerely and warmly on his election as the new president,” Blatter said in a statement. “With his experience, expertise, strategic and diplomatic skills he has all the qualities to continue my work and to stabilize FIFA again.”

There were only four candidates on Friday’s ballot after Tokyo Sexwale withdrew during his campaign speech to voters, and all four went forward to

the second round.

Not since 1974 has a second-round vote been held in a FIFA presidential election. Then, Joao Havelange of Brazil beat 13-year incumbent Stanley Rous of England 68-52 after an initial 62-56 ballot in Frankfurt, Germany.

Infantino exceeded most observers’ expectations after an impressive 15-minute pitch, only 20 minutes before first-round voting began.

The Swiss-Italian spoke in several languages without notes and portrayed himself as a leader for the world, not just his own wealthy confederation.

“We have to get Europe to do much more,” Infantino said.

His campaign promised more of key FIFA gifts to member federations: More guaranteed funding from

FIFA’s $5 billion-plus World Cup revenue, more places in an expanded 40-team tournament and more opportunities to stage the World Cup with multi-national regional hosting.

Sheikh Salman was expected to lead the first round with backing from Africa and the Asian soccer confederation he has led since 2013.

Still, he had been the most criticized and scrutinized candidate throughout the four-month campaign. The issue of Bahrain’s human rights record was often cited by Gulf activists but had not seemed to seriously trouble voters outside Europe.

Sheikh Salman has strongly denied claims about his role in the Arab Spring protests of 2011 when he was Bahrain’s soccer federation presi-

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Keep it in an easily accessible, yet private, area.

Don’t hide the litter box in an out-of-the-way place or one that is not easy to get to.

The general rule is: One box per cat, plus one extra. Would you want to share a litter box? No. Sprinkle a thin layer of baking soda in the box, after deep-cleaning the box and replacing the cat litter, to control odors.

How much litter to use?

Each cat will tell you, but generally about 2 inches of litter is sufficient. If you change the brand of litter, or move the box someplace new, and the cats aren’t happy, they will tell you – MEOW, MEOW LOUD! – Heloise

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