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Help needed to find missing Zapata County woman Law enforcement says she has been missing for several weeks By César G. Rodriguez Courtesy photo / Zapata County Sheriff’s Office
Zapata County authorities are asking the community for assistance in locating Rachel Gutierrez.
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The Zapata County Sheriff’s Office is asking the community for assistance in
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locating a missing woman. The Sheriff’s Office identified her as Rachel Gutierrez, of Zapata. Relatives said they are in desperate need of finding her and are asking the
community for continued prayers for her safe return. “The family is concerned because she has not come home for a few weeks,” said Sheriff’s Office Chief Raymundo Del Bosque Jr. To report Gutierrez’s whereabouts, call the Sheriff’s Office at 765-9960 or Zapata Crime Stoppers at 765-TIPS (8477). A cash reward is being offered for information leading to her whereabouts.
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ZAPATA AGENT GETS Del Bosque named NATIONAL TOP DOG AWARD president of 2 canine from association teams Laredo Sector Sheriff’s Office chief says he is focused on training
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A Zapata lawman has been named the president of the Texas Chief Deputies Association for the 2018-19 year. “This has been a very humbling experience being a member of the Texas Chief Deputies Association and working my way up to president,” said Raymundo Del Bosque Jr., chief of the Zapata County Sheriff’s Office. Del Bosque has been a member since 2013. He has previously served in the association as direcDel Bosque tor, sergeant at arms, second vice president and first vice president. “I am dedicating myself to regional networking and training with other chief deputies across the state, in concentrating on transnational criminal organizations, border issues and border security,” he said. Del Bosque said he is interested in making sure that all agencies are trained in the latest trends and tactics to protect the border and maintain the citizens’ safety. Chief continues on A14
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION FILINGS
Rep. Cuellar among highest funded by GEO By Mitchell Ferman TH E M ONIT OR
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, has received $32,400 in political contributions from a company that operates immigrant detention centers — the second most of any elected official in the country this election cycle. Most recently, in March, Cuellar received two contributions of $5,000 from the GEO Group's political action committee, according to Federal Election CommisCuellar sion filings. The GEO Group donation is Cuellar's largest contribution from the 2018 election cycle. GEO, a company that specializes in private prisons on four continents, has made millions from U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforceCuellar continues on A16
Two canine teams from the Laredo Sector Border Patrol have received the National Top Dog Award for seizing the most marijuana and cocaine in 2017. That’s the highest recognition received for the agency’s canine handlers. While on duty at the I-35 Border Patrol checkpoint, agent Sergio Guriano was conducting a routine inspection when his canine, Harry, picked up a scent that he had been carefully trained to detect. In a semi-trailer truck, 247 pounds of cocaine was found, earning Guriano the top award for most cocaine seized by a canine team in 2017. Border Patrol agent Marco Aguilar, who has been a dog Aguilar trainer for four years, won in the category of highest amount of marijuana seized. In seven different incidents, a combined
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Border Patrol agent David Cervantes Jr. plays with his canine Nelly-A on Friday, June 22, 2018 at the Laredo North Border Patrol Station during a presentation.
6,700 pounds of marijuana was intercepted. Aguilar is stationed in the Zapata area, covering brush, Falcon Lake and part of the Rio Grande. He
uses a 15-foot leash to allow his dog, Bux, to cover more terrain when at work. “The wind was perfect and he took me to where it was at,” Aguilar said of the
time Bux found marijuana in the brush. The canines are trained to detect marijuana, cocaine, human smuggling, Canine continues on A14
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Authorities abandon 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy for families By Elliot Spagat and Morgan Lee ASSOCIATED PRE SS
McALLEN, Texas — The Trump administration has scaled back a key element of its zero-tolerance immigration policy amid a global uproar over the separation of more than 2,300 migrant families, halting the practice of turning over parents to prosecutors for charges of illegally entering the coun-
try. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said Monday that President Donald Trump's order last week to stop splitting immigrant families at the border required a temporary halt to prosecuting parents and guardians, unless they had criminal history or the child's welfare was in question. He insisted the White House's zero tolerance policy to-
ward illegal entry remained intact. McAleenan's comments came shortly after Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the administration's tactics in a speech in Nevada and asserted that many children were brought to the border by violent gang members. Together, their remarks added to the nationwide confusion as mothers and fathers struggled to reunite
families that were split up by the government and sometimes sent to different parts of the country. Families are growing increasingly frustrated in trying to reunite with their children after weeks apart. A mother from Guatemala wiped tears from her eyes Monday as she told reporters in El Paso, Texas, about her 4-year-old son being taken away after they crossed the border. The boy ended up at a Policy continues on A14
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Suicide Prevention Workshop. 2:30 p.m. Border Region Behavioral Health Center. 1500 Pappas Street. This workshop is designed to provide information that will help identify the signs and symptoms associated with suicide risk, distinguish between suicide and self-injury, understand the importance of self-care, and identify suicide prevention resources within our community.
SATURDAY, JUNE 30 Sunny and the Sunliners. 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. L.I.F.E. Down pavilion. For information call 480-5843.
TUESDAY, JUNE 26 Tiny Toes Virtual Tour – Spanish. 11 a.m.-12 p.m. 1700 East Saunders. Tower B, 1st floor. The virtual tour gives mothers-to-be detailed information about what to expect upon arrival and during their stay at Laredo Medical Center. To reserve a space, call 956-796-4019 or visit www.laredomedical.com/tiny-toes.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 First United Methodist Church Used Book Sale. 1220 McClelland Ave. 10 a.m. to noon. Hard cover $1, paperbacks $0.50, magazines and children’s books $0.25. Public is invited. Proceeds are used to support the church’s missions.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 First United Methodist Church Used Book Sale. 1220 McClelland Ave. 10 a.m. to noon. Hard cover $1, paperbacks $0.50, magazines and children’s books $0.25. Public is invited. Proceeds are used to support the church’s missions.
SATURDAY, JULY 7 First United Methodist Church Used Book Sale. 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. 1220 McClelland Ave. Hard cover $1, paperback $0.50, magazines and children’s books, $0.25. Public is invited. Proceeds are used to support the church’s missions.
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A group of protesters chant slogans at the old grand bazaar in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 25, 2018.
PROTESTS IN IRAN CONTINUE DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Angry protesters in Iran's capital held a third day of demonstrations on Tuesday over the country's anemic economy as President Hassan Rouhani told the nation that it faces an "economic war" with the United States following America's pullout from the nuclear deal. While online videos showed demonstrators again confronting police on Tehran's streets and alleyways, the protests looked far smaller than those on Monday, when security forces fired tear gas on crowds in front of parliament. Earlier on Monday,
demonstrators forced the temporary closure of Tehran's Grand Bazaar and on Sunday, protests forced two major shopping centers for mobile phones and electronics to close in Tehran. Rage persists over the plunging of the Iranian rial to 90,000 to the dollar — double the government rate of 42,000 rials to $1 — as people watch their savings dwindle and shopkeepers hold onto some goods, uncertain of their true value. Part of the economic uncertainty comes from President Donald Trump's decision to pull America out of the nuclear deal.
MONDAY, JULY 9 AHEC Summer Biomedical Enrichment Program. 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. UT Health Regional Campus Laredo, 1937 Bustamante St. A three-day workshop for high school students to explore opportunities in health care professions. To register: https:// summerbio2018.eventbrite.com. First United Methodist Church Vacation Bible School Raging River Rampage. 9 am – 1 pm. 1220 McClelland Ave. Church’s Fellowship Hall. Bible stories, singing, dancing and crafts. Refreshments will be served. For children in kindergarden through sixth grade.
TUESDAY, JULY 10 First United Methodist Church Vacation Bible School Raging River Rampage. 9 am – 1 pm. 1220 McClelland Ave. Church’s Fellowship Hall. Bible stories, singing, dancing and crafts. Refreshments will be served. For children in kindergarden through sixth grade.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11 First United Methodist Church Vacation Bible School Raging River Rampage. 9 am – 1 pm. 1220 McClelland Ave. Church’s Fellowship Hall. Bible stories, singing, dancing and crafts. Refreshments will be served. For children in kindergarden through sixth grade. First United Methodist Church Used Book Sale. 1220 McClelland Ave. 10 a.m. to noon. Hard cover $1, paperbacks $0.50, magazines and children’s books $0.25. Public is invited. Proceeds are used to support the church’s missions.
THURSDAY, JULY 12 First United Methodist Church Vacation Bible School Raging River Rampage. 9 am – 1 pm. 1220 McClelland Ave. Church’s Fellowship Hall. Bible stories, singing, dancing and crafts. Refreshments will be served. For children in kindergarden through sixth grade.
FRIDAY, JULY 13 6th U.S. – Mexico Regional Binational Health Conference. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. UT Health Regional Campus Laredo. 1937 Bustamante St. For more information, call the Area Health Education Center at 956-712-0037. First United Methodist Church Vacation Bible School Raging River Rampage. 9 am – 1 pm. 1220 McClelland Ave. Church’s Fellowship Hall. Bible stories, singing, dancing and crafts. Refreshments will be served. For children in kindergarden through sixth grade.
MONDAY, JULY 16 Youth Health Service Corps. 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. UT Health Regional Campus Laredo, 1937 Bustamante St. A leadership and service learning/ethical and legal issues. To register: http:// yhsc2018.eventbrite.com Submit calendar items by emailing editorial@lmtonline.com with the event’s name, date and time, location, purpose and contact information for a representative. Items will run as space is available.
Police, army stage training to keep out migrants SPIELFELD, Austria (AP) — Fearful of a domino effect if Germany closes its borders, Austria staged a high-profile training exercise Tuesday to show how it could deal with an influx of refugees along its frontier with Slovenia. Hundreds of police in heavy armor, backed by soldiers and Black Hawk helicopters flying overheard, performed a dry
run for the media near Spielfeld, 175 kilometers (110 miles) south of Vienna. The town was a major crossing point for migrants in late 2015, but has hardly seen any arrivals recently. The "migrants" were played by 200 Austrian police cadets, who chanted and rattled the metal fence, demanding to be let in. Austria's top security official said the exercise was necessary and lawful, dismissing concerns at home and abroad. "A state which, if things
come to a head, can't protect its borders effectively loses its credibility," Interior Minister Herbert Kickl told reporters. "I'm strongly determined that events like those in 2015 must never happen again." Kickl said he wanted to prevent people from abusing the right to asylum. "This has nothing to do with inhumanity, this isn't unlawful, this isn't indecent," he said. "This is what the law demands from us. It is what the people expect from us."
AROUND THE STATE Texas inmate wants to be executed by firing squad or gas HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a 66-year-old Texas death row inmate say his health problems make him unsuitable for lethal injection scheduled for this week so they're proposing he be rolled in his wheelchair in front of a firing squad or be administered nitrogen gas to cut off oxygen to his brain until he stops breathing. If the state doesn't accept one of their alternatives, lawyers for confessed multiple killer and rapist Danny Paul Bible contend his lethal injection, set for Wednesday evening, should be halted because it would be unconstitutionally cruel and present a "substantial risk" of being botched due to his "unique constellation of medical issues." The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was considering the
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This undated file photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Danny Bible.
appeal Tuesday. A federal judge in Houston last week rejected it. State attorneys argued the civil rights lawsuit was a "meritless tactic" to delay his "welldeserved execution." Neither firing squad nor nitrogen gas are legal execution methods in Texas and the state Legislature isn't scheduled to
meet again until next year. A handful of death penalty states allow nitrogen hypoxia, although the method hasn't been used. Three Utah inmates have been executed by firing squad, the most recent in 2010. Utah now allows that method if drugs for execution are unavailable.
AROUND THE NATION IRS shrinks the tax form, but not the workload The Trump administration may deliver on its promise to reduce a commonly used tax form to postcard size, but it does not shrink the workload for many Americans filling out their taxes. A draft copy of the new 1040 income tax form given to The Associated Press by a staffer on the Ways & Means Committee
shows that the form will be reduced from two full pages to a double-sided half page. But the legwork to claim many popular deductions and provide other critical information has been moved to one of six accompanying worksheets. The postcard-sized form was a big selling point for the administration during its promotion of the divisive new tax law — Trump even kissed a version of the postcard at one meeting to show his approval. Experts say that while the
Today is Wednesday, June 27, the 178th day of 2018. There are 187 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 27, 1846, New York and Boston were linked by telegraph wires. On this date: In 1787, English historian Edward Gibbon completed work on his sixvolume work, "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." In 1922, the first Newberry Medal, recognizing excellence in children's literature, was awarded to "The Story of Mankind" by Hendrik Willem van Loon. In 1944, during World War II, American forces liberated the French port of Cherbourg from the Germans. In 1957, Hurricane Audrey slammed into coastal Louisiana and Texas as a Category 4 storm; the official death toll from the storm was placed at 390, although a variety of state, federal and local sources have estimated the number of fatalities at between 400 and 600. In 1966, the Gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" premiered on ABCTV. In 1988, at least 56 people were killed when a commuter train ran into a stationary train at the Gare de Lyon terminal in Paris. In 1988, Mike Tyson retained the undisputed heavyweight crown as he knocked out Michael Spinks 91 seconds into the first round of a championship fight in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 1990, NASA announced that a flaw in the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope was preventing the instrument from achieving optimum focus. (The problem was traced to a mirror that had not been ground to exact specifications; corrective optics were later installed to fix the problem.) In 1991, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first black jurist to sit on the nation's highest court, announced his retirement. (His departure led to the contentious nomination of Clarence Thomas to succeed him.) Ten years ago: North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program, the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor at Yongbyon. (However, North Korea announced in September 2008 that it was restoring its nuclear facilities.) In Zimbabwe, roaming bands of government supporters heckled, harassed or threatened people into voting in a runoff election in which President Robert Mugabe (moo-GAH'-bay) was the only candidate. Five years ago: The Senate passed, 68-32, comprehensive legislation offering the hope of citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in America's shadows; however, the measure became stalled in the GOPled House. President Barack Obama visited Senegal, where he urged African leaders to extend equal rights to gays and lesbians but was bluntly rebuked by Senegal's president, Macky Sall, who said his country "still isn't ready" to decriminalize homosexuality. Kevin Rudd was sworn in as Australian prime minister a day after toppling rival Julia Gillard. One year ago: A new and highly virulent outbreak of malicious datascrambling software began causing mass disruption across the world, hitting Europe — and Ukraine — especially hard. Today's Birthdays: Business executive Ross Perot is 88. Singer-musician Bruce Johnston (The Beach Boys) is 76. Fashion designer Vera Wang is 69. Actress Julia Duffy is 67. Actress Isabelle Adjani is 63. Country singer Lorrie Morgan is 59. Actor Brian Drillinger is 58. Writer-producerdirector J.J. Abrams is 52. Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., is 50. Olympic gold and bronze medal figure skater Viktor Petrenko is 49. Actor Edward "Grapevine" Fordham Jr. is 48. TV personality Jo Frost is 48. Actor Yancey Arias is 47. Actor Christian Kane is 44. Actor Tobey Maguire is 43. Rock singer Bernhoft is 42. Gospel singer Leigh Nash is 42. Christian rock singer Zach Williams is 40. Musician Chris Eldridge (Punch Brothers) is 36. Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian (kar-DASH'-ee-uhn) is 34. Actor Drake Bell is 32. Actor Sam Claflin is 32. Actress India de Beaufort is 31. Actor Ed Westwick is 31. Actor Matthew Lewis (Film: "Harry Potter"; TV: "Ripper Street") is 29. Actress Madylin Sweeten is 27. Pop singer Lauren Jauregui (Fifth Harmony) (TV: "The X Factor") is 22. Actor Chandler Riggs is 19. Thought for Today: "It is no simple matter to pause in the midst of one's maturity, when life is full of function, to examine what are the principles which control that functioning." — Pearl S. Buck, American author (18921973).
CONTACT US law does simplify the process for some Americans, many will still have to go through the same hoops to complete their taxes with this new format. The tax law greatly increases the standard deduction, meaning that millions of Americans will claim the deduction and skip the time-consuming process of itemizing on their taxes. The Tax Policy Center estimates that about 27 million fewer taxpayers will itemize under the new law.
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Investigator Hale gets state recognition S P ECIAL TO THE TI ME S
Oscar J. Hale, chief criminal investigator for Webb and Zapata County District Attorney’s Office, was selected to receive the 2018 State of Texas Law Enforcement Achievement Award for Professional Achievement. The award was presented to O.J. Hale recently at the Texas State Capitol in Austin by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. The State of Texas Law Enforcement Achievement Award for Professional Achievement was established to recognize peace officers who show an exceptional contribution through acts of professional achievement, public service and valor. This prestigious recognition is one of the highest obtainable awards for law enforcement awarded by the state of Texas.
“O.J. Hale was selected for his exceptional leadership, unwavering dedication and impeccable reputation with 50 years of invaluable law enforcement experience,” the District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. “O.J. is one of a rare breed who has a generous and authentic heart, a brave spirit and a mind that never rests until justice has been served. His investigative work is admired, respected and used as a high benchmark by many.” A native from Laredo, Hale became a peace officer for the Laredo Police Department in 1968 after he served his country in the Vietnam War. Serving two years as a patrol man and three years as an investigator, Hale investigated many murders, kidnappings, extortions and child abuse cases.
In 1973, he was hired by then-District Attorney Charles R. Borchers to serve as the chief investigator. Hale has served with four district attorneys; Borchers for eight years, Julio Garcia for eight years, Joe Rubio for 20 years and currently with Isidro “Chilo” Alaniz for 10 years. Each has recognized Hale’s strong work ethic, loyalty, experience and wisdom. In the past 45 years, he has provided guidance and assistance with intricate investigations. In the late 1970s, he helped solve a case of a man who had raped 15 elementary school girls in Nuevo Laredo. To Hale, this was the most satisfying case that he had solved internationally. His assistance was also instrumental in the surrender and capture of Rogelio Roy Hernandez during a jailbreak at-
tempt in 1986. Hernandez, a convicted murderer, attempted to escape from jail. While he tried to escape, he killed Deputy Jose Gerardo “Curly” Herrera, wounded deputies Joe Benavides and Mercedes Martinez and fired over 15 shots during the jail siege. While assisting in many death penalty cases, Nueces County District Attorney Carlos Valdez recruited Hale to help in the murder trial against Yolanda Saldivar, who shot and killed singer Selena Quintanilla. He was instrumental in helping with the complexities of a change of venue trial and preparing witnesses before their testimony. In his book, Valdez stated that the conviction of Saldivar could not have been possible without Hale’s help. His passion in law enforcement and prose-
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Oscar J. Hale, right, poses with District Attorney Isidro Alaniz
cutions is unmatched and admired by many. For these reasons, state Rep. Richard Raymond authored HCR 34 to name a new, state-of-theart crime lab after him. In September 2015, the Oscar “O.J. Hale Crime Lab opened its doors in Laredo, one of 13 labs
across the state and the only one named after someone. Most recently, the Texas District & Court Attorney’s Association awarded him the Dean of Texas Investigators, an award never presented to anyone in the state of Texas.
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The talk to have before college By Grace Gedye CH ICAGO T RIBUNE
Before I went to college four years ago, my parents and I had a "work hard in class" talk and a "safe partying" talk. But we didn’t discuss what to do if stress morphed into anxiety or depression. We should have. Instead, that summer almost every conversation I had with an adult included some variation on: "These are going to be the best four years of your life." So I was prepped for highs. And when the lows hit, I thought I was alone. I wasn’t. The 2017 Healthy Minds Study - a survey of 50,000 students at 54 schools - found that 39 percent reported struggling with some mental health problem. The study, conducted by researchers based at the University of Michigan, also found that 14 percent had major depression, 10 percent suffered from severe anxiety and 11 percent had thought about suicide. Perhaps this should not be a surprise. In 75 percent of lifetime mental health cases, the first onset was by age 24. Navigating mental health issues - your own or a friend’s - is a pivotal college experience for many students, but isn’t acknowledged as such. It certainly wasn’t on my radar when I was 18. Now as a recent college grad, if there is one issue I hope parents, teachers and student counselors talk about with college-bound teenagers, it is mental health. Absent some sort of foundational conversation, students can be apprehensive about opening up to their parents about depression or anxiety - or seeking the treatment they need. Even now, one of my close friends wants to start seeing a therapist, but she is covered by her parents’ health insurance policy and worries what they will say when they see the bill. (Though rules vary by state, in California patients can request that insurers keep medical treatments confidential from policy-holders.) Another friend who goes through periods of depression downplays the extent of it when talking to her mother. She worries her mom would freak out, especially because they are so far away from each other. It’s understandable. For a 20-yearold, it’s hard to appreciate how much lived experience your parents have, or to imagine that they probably faced or helped others through dark times. At the same time, parents should know that many colleges are ill-
equipped to meet students’ mental health needs. Large campuses have, on average, one licensed mental health provider per 3,500 students, and 30 percent have no psychiatrist available on campus. A few years ago, my college’s counseling center had five-week wait times for therapy intake appointments. The situation has since improved, though students still talk about the difficulty of getting appointments. A recent survey of 50 colleges found that at most campuses, students will wait 10 days to three weeks for an initial intake exam. To an adult, that may sound reasonable, but for college students without family or trusted friends nearby, a bad mood one day can turn desperate the next. If parents start a conversation about mental health before college, some feelings of isolation might be headed off. Parents should explain that there will be ups and downs in the next four years. If they’ve ever experienced depression, anxiety or other mood disorders, this is a good time to share that, too. During college check-in calls, parents should also ask kids if they know about their college’s counseling center, and if they are developing friendships. It’s not just parents who can initiate these discussions. High school teachers and counselors who are already talking about success in college should work in mental health. To this day, my high school friends and I reference a speech a beloved chemistry teacher gave at our senior breakfast about his experience with depression during college. It wasn’t the pregraduation pep talk we were expecting, but it was valuable to see that someone we knew and admired had gone through such a rough period and come out the other side. Thankfully my own rough patch in college was relatively short-lived, and I was able to talk to my parents about it. But these conversations don’t always come easily. The National Alliance on Mental Illness offers a guide for parents and students, but here’s one place to start this crucial conversation: "30 percent of college students say that at some point in the last year they felt so down that it was difficult to function. Let’s talk about what to do if that happens." Grace Gedye, a recent graduate of Pomona College, is an editorial intern at Washington Monthly.
OP-ED
World Cup 2018 fever finds an unlikely patient By Mitch Albom DETROIT FREE PRE SS
The last time I played soccer I was in ninth grade. I took a pass from a kid I’ll call Leon, who was the star athlete at our high school, and with the net wide open, I proceeded to kick the ball halfway to the nearest McDonald’s. "You suck!" Leon yelled. I never played again. So you might be surprised that I am heavily into the World Cup. I am surprised myself. I am definitely not one of those people who lecture fellow Americans about how important soccer is in the rest of the world, and how we are just spoiled athletic luddites spinning around in a sugar high of junk sports, how if we only studied soccer, the real football, the beautiful game, we would see how poetic it was and how superior it was and what a metaphor for life it was and blah, blah, blah, puke. To use a word Leon often used: bull. Americans aren’t soccer-crazy for four good reasons: the NFL, the NBA, the NHL and Major League Baseball. These are four worldclass leagues that no other country has and that chew up the calendar so completely that in October all four of them are going simultaneously. Who has time for Ronaldo when you can’t even watch LeBron, Brady, Trout or Ovechkin? (And I’m not even mentioning college football or basketball, which are all but religion in certain parts of the country.) So no, soccer is not a holy grail for me. It’s not a cause. Yet here I am, in front of the TV, watching three games a day. And I
can’t pronounce half of the players’ names. Why this latent interest in the World Cup? I’ve never even been to one. For all the sports I’ve covered in my life, I never tried to score credentials to this event, figuring four minutes of watching strangers kick a ball up a lawn was more than I could handle, let alone four weeks. The closest I came was a visit to Brazil, when my hosts took me to a Saturday soccer match between two local teams. The stadium was packed. The fans were chanting before the game even started. As we walked to our seats, in the cacophony of people singing "Ole-ole-ole-ole!", I saw a huge metal grate that went floor to ceiling between two sections. "What’s that?" I asked. "It separates the rooting sides," my host said. "So we don’t kill each other." Interesting, I thought. But still not a reason to watch the entire 90-minute game, let alone, as I find myself now doing, four to six hours of soccer a day. I could chalk it up to what I call Olympics Hypnosis, which, once every four years, turns Americans into crazed experts on things like figure skating or gymnastics, sports we otherwise couldn’t find with a telescope. During the Olympics, you’ll find us arguing over our morning coffee, "What’s wrong with that German judge?" or "Did you see that triple Salchow? Oh my god!" We are passionate, if ill-informed, as we root, root, root for the gold. But let’s be honest. We’re root, root, rooting for the home team. The Olympics captivate Americans because we like to
win. We especially like to win against countries we don’t like. And there’s nothing wrong with that. But we can’t do that in this World Cup. Because America isn’t in it. Our team didn’t qualify. We crapped out during qualifying in October, with a final loss to - I’m not making this up - Trinidad and Tobago. (And don’t say "No fair! That’s two countries!" No, it isn’t and the total population of both islands is about the size of San Diego.) So there’s no nationalism involved. My passport plays no part in my interest. Heck, I’m watching Nigeria play Iceland and I don’t even know how you get to Iceland. Go north, I guess. So what is it that has me taping 8 a.m. games and avoiding ESPN until I watch them? What is so fascinating about 32 teams playing in 11 Russian cities over four weeks, in matches that, admittedly, can end in a 0-0 tie? Part of it, for me, feels like peeking in on the outside world. It’s a bit like going to an art house cinema and watching a French movie that made millions overseas, yet gets a week on screens over here. "So that’s what the fuss is about," you tell yourself. You finally get it. I recall, on many trips to Europe, being in small restaurants where the staff totally ignored us because they were focused on an old television hanging in the corner, with a fuzzy image of a big green patch and small bodies running up and down. "What is so damn interesting?" I would say to my colleagues. And now I feel I know. You’re watching the world at war - with no blood-
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shed (unless you screw up for Colombia, but that’s a different column). And it’s not just that the players wear their nation’s uniforms. It’s that they play with a style that you can almost identify with that country. Brazil moves the ball with gravity-defying passes, nearly joyous in their execution (much like a day on a Rio de Janeiro beach). Japan plays methodically. Costa Rica develops its attack slowly. England tries desperately yet often suffers bad fortune. Considering that many players spend most of the year in other countries with club teams, the fact that they can get back together and resume a particular style suggests they grew up with it, the way American kids, no matter where they are, could pick up a football and throw a deep route. So you get a peek at 32 approaches to the same game. I like that. There are also certain undeniable joys to the TV watching experience that slam dunk the NFL or NBA parallel. For example, once a World Cup game begins, you never break away until halftime. Not a single Chevy truck or Budweiser Clydesdale. You actually feel like you have a seat at a sporting event, not an audience testing room for commercials. And the clock runs. No timeouts. (Compare that to the last two minutes of a college basketball game, which can take a week.) In two hours, the game is over. Always. Who doesn’t like that? All I know is, I’m enjoying this tournament, half a world away, more than I ever thought I would. Maybe it’s the time of year.
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RIBEREÑA EN BREVE PRUEBAS STAAR 1 El distrito escolar Zapata County Independent School District anuncia las fechas de aplicación de los exámenes STAAR y STAAR EOC: Primaria: Martes 26 de junio: Matemáticas para grado 5 y aplicación de examen nuevamente de Lectura para grado 5. Miércoles 27 de junio: Lectura para grado 5 y aplicación de examen nuevamente de Matemáticas para grado 5. Secundaria STAAR: Martes 26 de junio: Matemáticas para grado 8 y aplicación de examen nuevamente de Lectura para grado 8. Miércoles 27 de junio, Lectura para grado 8 y aplicación de examen nuevamente de Matemáticas para grado 8. Preparatoria STAAR EOC: Lunes 25 de junio: Álgebra I. Martes 26 de junio: Inglés I. Miércoles 27 de junio: Inglés II. Jueves 28 de junio: Biología. Viernes 29 de junio: Historia de EU.
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ZAPATA
Buscan mujer Familia está preocupada; no ha llegado a casa en semanas Por César G. Rodriguez TIEMP O DE ZAPATA
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Autoridades del Condado de Zapata se encuentran pidiendo ayuda de la comunidad para localizar a Rachel Gutiérrez.
La Oficina del Alguacil del Condado de Zapata se encuentra pidiendo la ayuda de la comunidad para localizar a una mujer extraviada. La Oficina del Alguacil la identificó como Rachel Gutiérrez de Zapata. Familiares dijeron que se encuentran desesperados por encontrarla y piden a la comunidad con-
tinúen sus rezos para que regrese sana y salva a casa. “La familia se encuentra preocupada porque no ha llegado a casa en semanas”, dijo el jefe de la Oficina del Alguacil Raymundo del Bosque Jr. Para reportar sobre el paradero de Gutiérrez, llame a la Oficina del Alguacil al 765-9960 o a Zapata Crime Stoppers al 765-TIPS (8477). Se ofrece una recompensa en efectivo por información que lleve a su localización.
CENTRO DE REHABILITACIÓN RUTHE B. COWL
ANUNCIAN CAMPAMENTO
SERVICIOS DE GENEALOGÍA 1 ¿Quiere conocer sobre sus raíces familiares? Visite el centro Roma Birding Center/ Computer Lab en Roma, cada martes a las 6:30 p.m., para obtener información. ESCUELA DE VERANO 1 Escuela de Verano: Destino descubriendo a Dios, del 26 al 28 de junio en Bethel Mission Outreach Center, 206 Bethel St. en Roma. 4 DE JULIO 1 Celebración del 4 de julio en el Distrito Histórico de la Ciudad de Roma, el 4 de julio de 6 a 11:30 p.m. CLASE DE ZUMBA 1 El Departamento de Bomberos del Condado de Zapata invita a la Clase Maestra de Zumba para gastos médicos y de viaje de Ike Gutiérez, el 14 de julio, en Muscle & Fitness Center, 5500 Tesoro Plaza en Laredo, de 10 a.m. a 12 p.m. VERANO SOCIAL 1 Sabor de verano en Dairy Queen, Hwy 83 N., disfrute de un sundae gratis en Zapata DQ el jueves 9 de agosto de 3 a 5 p.m. todas las edades están invitadas. Habrá estaciones para hacer tu propio sundae, premios, souvenir bowls y diversión familiar. ZAPATA HS CLASE DE 1993 1 Reunión de la generación de 1993 de Zapata High School, celebrarán su 25 aniversario en Patno’s Patio Bar & Grill, 313 Lake Shore Dr., el sábado 11 de agosto a las 8 p.m. Solo estudiantes y sus parejas. AVIARIO 1 La Ciudad de Roma invita a visitar el aviario Roma Bluffs World Birding Center en el distrito histórico de Roma. El aviario estará abierto desde el jueves a domingo de 8 a.m. a 4 p.m. hasta enero. Mayores informes al 849-1411.
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Personal y directivos del Centro de Rehabilitación Ruthe B. Cowl posan con poster que tiene los detalles sobre su campamento de verano.
Clases ayudarán con funciones motrices para discapacitados TIEMP O DE ZAPATA
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racias a un subsidio por parte de la Comisión de Recursos Humanos del Departamento de Texas y en colaboración con el Centro de Recursos para los Ancianos y los Discapacitados del Sur de Texas, el Centro de Rehabilitación Ruthe B. Cowl estará ofreciendo un campamento de verano completamente gratis para las familias con niños con necesidades especiales. El programa Summer Camp in Space II: Astronauts in Training, está programado para toda la semana, del lunes 16 de julio al jueves 19 de julio de 8 a.m. a 5 p.m. y el
viernes 20 de julio de 8 a.m. a 12 p.m. en RBC Kids Zone, ubicado en 1220 N. Malinche. El objetivo del campamento de verano es ofrecer servicios de relevo a las familias de niños con necesidades especiales en edades desde los 5 hasta los 13 años. El espacio es limitado para 40 niños. Todas las actividades están vinculadas con la promoción, mantenimiento y desarrollo de habilidades necesitadas para funcionar en ambientes escolares, del hogar y diferentes lugares y ambientes alentando la participación en habilidades de la vida diaria como aprendizaje, autoestima, auto confianza, independencia, ejercicio
sano, seguridad e interacción social. “Queremos que todos los niños que participen en el campamento disfruten de una experiencia productiva y divertida. Pedimos que los niños sean tan independientes como sea posible para utilizar el baño, sean capaces de utilizar una herramienta útil, ya que algunas actividades incluirán trabajar en mejorar sus habilidades motoras, poder tragar la comida y tomar agua y bebidas sin ningún problema”, dice un comunicado de prensa del centro. El centro trabajará con otros prestadores de servicios a la familia para asegurar la continuación del cuidado.
Los padres interesados en el campamento deberán presentarse al evento Open House Registration el miércoles 27 de junio de 4 a 7 p.m. para registrar a sus pequeños. Durante el Open House del miércoles, los padres podrán conocer y hablar con las terapistas de RBC y el personal. También habrá pinta caritas, stands con información, palomitas, hot dogs, premios para el regreso a clases, como mochilas, útiles escolares, y vales para uniformes, entre otras cosas. Para mayores informes sobre los servicios del centro o del campamento de verano contacte al Centro de Rehabilitación Ruthe B. Cowl al 956-7222431.
COLUMNA
México visto por Carlos Marx Por Raúl Sinencio Chávez E SPECIAL PARA TIEMP O DE ZAPATA
Del suelo europeo nunca sale. Pese a ello, Carlos Marx se ocupa de México en diversos momentos. Nace en Tréveris, Alemania, el 5 de mayo de 1818. Combina teoría y práctica, de modo que al lado de Federico Engels funda el socialismo científico —resorte de transformaciones revolucionarias aún vigentes en buena parte del planeta, incluida China. Una encuesta mundial lo considera el pensador del milenio. Sobre nuestro asunto, el primer comentario que encontramos se remonta
a 1854. México amplifica “todos los vicios … de los españoles … pero de ninguna manera lo sólido que éstos poseen”, opina en carta dirigida a Engels. “Empero, los españoles no han producido ningún talento como el de (Antonio López de) Santa Anna”. Si bien epistolares y privados, dichos puntos de vista derrochan rudeza. Traslucen además severos prejuicios. Sin embargo, Marx evoluciona conforme analiza el saqueo capitalista en naciones de menor desarrollo. Viene a verse cuando el presidente Benito Juárez, ante la ruina que provocan interminables conflictos bélicos, suspende en 1861 el pago de la deu-
da externa. Con Madrid y Londres, París envía tropas dizque a revertir la moratoria. The New York Tribune publica el 23 de noviembre del mismo año, “La intervención en México”, artículo donde Marx argumenta: “Es probable que entre las maromas de Luis Bonaparte … figure una expedición a México con el fin de restaurar la dominación eclesiástica y conservadora —recientemente derribada— por el partido liberal … ahora en el poder”. España e Inglaterra desisten, mientras el monarca francés implanta luego efímero imperio a cargo del austriaco Maximiliano de Habsburgo. Poco antes de caer este último, aparece en
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Carlos Marx
1867 el primer tomo del famoso “El capital”. “En algunos países”, refiere Marx, “mediante (oscuros) anticipos salariales, el hacendado esclaviza de por vida al peón y también a su familia … Juárez abolió el peonaje, volviéndolo a instituir Maximiliano … por medio de un decreto que en la Cámara de Representantes de Washington hubo de ser denunciado … como el restablecimiento de la esclavitud en México”. Marx fallece en Londres, el 14 de marzo de 1883.
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Raymundo del Bosque Jr., toma juramento para convertise en presidente de Texas Chief Deputies Association.
Nombran a alguacil asociado presidente Por César G. Rodriguez TIEMP O DE ZAPATA
Un hombre local ha sido nombrado presidente de la Asociación de Agentes en Jefe de Texas durante el año 2018-19. “Esta ha sido una lección de humildad ser un miembro de la Texas Chief Deputies Association y trabajar para llegar a ser presidente”, dijo Raymundo del Bosque Jr., jefe de la Oficina del Alguacil del Condado de Zapata. Del Bosque ha sido miembro desde el 2013. Él anteriormente había sido nombrado director de la asociación, sargento de armas, segundo vicepresidente y primer vicepresidente. “Me estoy dedicando a hacer conexiones regionales y entrenar con otros alguaciles asociados en todo el estado, concentrándome en organizaciones criminales transnacionales, asuntos fronterizos y seguridad fronteriza”, él dijo. Del Bosque dijo que está interesado en asegurarse que todas las agencias sean entrenadas en las tendencias más recientes y tácticas para proteger la frontera y mantener la seguridad de los ciudadanos. Él dijo que planea hacer todos los entrenamientos accesibles a los alguaciles en jefe en todo el estado, siendo la principal prioridad entrenamientos de salud mental para alguaciles y carceleros. “Nuestros retos más grandes siempre son temas de presupuesto y restricciones para viajar en todo momento, condados más pequeños u Oficinas del Alguacil no pueden costear enviar a su alguacil asociado o cualquier alguacil para poder entrenarse debidamente y educarse sobre toda la información nueva y las leyes que cambian constantemente”, él dijo. “Pero encontraremos una manera de hacer que todos estos entrenamientos estén disponibles a todos los alguaciles en jefe en Texas y todos los hermanos y hermanas de azul”. Del Bosque promete “ser un hombre de la gente y para la ley y el orden”. El Alguacil del Condado de Zapata Alonso M. López felicitó a del Bosque por su logro. “Felicidades a mi Alguacil Asociado Raymundo del Bosque Jr., por convertirse en el siguiente presidente de la Asociación de Agentes en Jefe de Texas. Estoy muy orgulloso de su trabajo y estoy seguro que realizará un gran trabajo este año como presidente”, dijo López en una declaración.
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Harley, stung by tariffs, shifts Official dismisses reports of tech some production overseas restrictions
By Ivan Moreno A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
MILWAUKEE — Production of Harley-Davidson motorcycles sold in Europe will move from U.S. factories to facilities overseas, the Milwaukee-based company announced Monday, a consequence of the retaliatory tariffs the EU is imposing on American exports in an escalating trade war with the Trump administration. President Donald Trump has used the iconic American motorcycle maker as an example of a U.S. business harmed by trade barriers in other countries, but Harley had warned that tariffs could negatively impact its sales. The European Union on Friday began rolling out tariffs on American imports including bourbon, peanut butter and orange juice . The EU tariffs on $3.4 billion worth of U.S. products are retaliation for duties the Trump administration is imposing on European steel and aluminum. The company said in a regulatory filing Monday that EU tariffs on its motorcycles exported from the U.S. jumped between 6 percent and 31 percent, adding about $2,200 per average motorcycle exported from the U.S. to the EU. The impact on U.S. workers because of Harley-Davidson's decision was not immediately clear. Harley-Davidson declined interview requests Monday but said in prepared remarks that the company "maintains a strong commitment to U.S.-based manufacturing which is valued by riders globally." White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended Trump's trade policies Monday during a press briefing. "The EU is attempting to punish U.S. workers with unfair and discriminatory trade policies, and
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In this April 26, 2017, file photo, rows of motorcycles are behind a bronze plate with corporate information on the showroom floor at a Harley-Davidson dealership in Glenshaw, Pa.
President Trump will continue to push for free, fair and reciprocal trade and hopes that the EU will join us in that," Sanders said. Harley-Davidson Inc. sold almost 40,000 motorcycles in the EU last year, its second-largest market after the United States, according to the company. The EU sales make up almost 16.4 percent of Harley-Davidson's worldwide sales. In the U.S., Harley-Davidson sold 147,972 motorcycles last year, according to company data. "Increasing international production to alleviate the EU tariff burden is not the company's preference, but represents the only sustainable option to make its motorcycles accessible to customers in the EU and maintain a viable business in Europe," the company said in its prepared remarks. Harley-Davidson said it will not raise its prices to avert "an immediate and lasting detrimental impact" on sales in Europe. It will instead absorb a significant amount of the cost in the near term. It anticipates the cost for the rest of the year to be approximately $30 million to $45 million. Shifting the production overseas could take up to 18 months, the motorcycle maker said. The company is already struggling with falling sales. In January, it said it would consolidate its
Kansas City, Missouri, plant into its York, Pennsylvania, facility. U.S. motorcycle sales peaked at more than 1.1 million in 2005 but then plummeted during the recession. It wasn't immediately known whether any other facilities would be consolidated. "Harley-Davidson's announcement today is the latest slap in the face to the loyal, highly-skilled workforce that made Harley an iconic American brand," Robert Martinez Jr., president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said in a statement. The union represents Harley-Davidson workers in Milwaukee, and the Kansas City and York plants. "Will Harley use any excuse to ship jobs overseas?" Martinez added. "Does Harley even understand what 'Made in America' means?" The Trump administration has started fights with trading partners around the world, imposing tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, provoking retaliation from close U.S. allies including the European Union, Canada, Mexico and Turkey. And it has announced tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods — a tariff list that could swell to $450 billion if Beijing refuses to back down and counterpunches with retaliatory moves.
WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials are denying reports that the United States is readying limitations this week on Chinese investment in American technology companies and high-tech exports to China. But the White House itself earlier announced plans to unveil the restrictions by Saturday. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Twitter Monday that reports by the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg news are "false, fake news. The leaker either doesn't exist or know the subject very well" and that any restrictions would not be aimed solely at China but at "all countries that are trying to steal our technology." Mnuchin's comment contradicts a May 29 White House statement, which said "the United States will implement specific investment restrictions and enhanced export controls for Chinese persons and entities related to the acquisition of industrially significant technology." It said the controls would be announced by June 30 and would "be implemented shortly thereafter." Further confusing matters, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told CNBC Monday that "there's no plans to impose investment restrictions on any countries that are interfering in any way with our country." Talk of investment restrictions knocked the Dow
Jones industrial average down 328.09 points, or 1.3 percent, to 24,252.80 — though the Dow recovered from deeper losses after Navarro's comments. The Trump administration accuses Beijing of predatory practices in its attempt to supplant U.S. technological dominance, including cybertheft and forcing U.S. companies to turn over technology in exchange for access to China's market. It is planning to impose tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese goods July 6 — a figure that could rise to $450 billion if China refuses to back down and retaliates with sanctions of its own. In Beijing, China's foreign ministry expressed concern over the reports that Trump plans to curb Chinese investments in the United States, and urged Washington to provide a "good, fair, and predictable" environment for Chinese companies. "We hope the U.S. side will see these (Chinese) companies' business activities in an objective manner, and provide Chinese companies a good, fair and predictable environment for their investment and business activities," Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said. The Wall Street Journal, citing unidentified sources, said the initiatives were aimed at preventing Beijing from moving ahead with plans to develop companies able to compete globally in technologies including biotech and electric vehicles.
Wave of sales leaves GE a vastly changed company A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
NEW YORK — General Electric Co. is shrinking again, becoming a mere shadow of the globe-spanning conglomerate that it was before the Great Recession. GE said Tuesday that it will spin off its healthcare business and sell its interest in Baker Hughes, which provides drilling services to oil and gas companies. The moves were announced as GE disappeared from the Dow Jones industrial average for the first time since 1907. They underscored how radically the company has changed in less than a decade. GE traces its roots to
Thomas Edison and the invention of the light bulb. The company grew with the American economy. At the start of the global financial crisis in 2008, it was one of the nation's biggest lenders, its appliances were sold by the millions to homeowners around the world, and it oversaw a multinational media powerhouse including NBC television. Since then, the company has been selling assets, with the latest divestitures coming after a yearlong review by CEO John Flannery. "Today marks an important milestone in GE's history," Flannery said. He vowed to give the company more of a
high-tech and industrial focus, and to make GE simpler and stronger by focusing on aviation, power and renewable energy — businesses that he said are poised to grow. "We have changed many things, but the essence of GE endures," he said on a conference call with analysts. GE will sell about 20 percent of its health-care business and distribute the rest to its shareholders over the next 12 to 18 months. It will take up to three years to sell its two-thirds stake in Baker Hughes, valued at around $23 billion. The company said the moves will lower its debt by $25 billion and reduce
risk. Standard & Poor's warned that it could downgrade GE's credit — already in junk status — by one more notch. S&P analysts said divesting the health-care business would improve GE's balance sheet but leave the less-diversified company vulnerable to more volatility in profits and cash flow. Flannery vowed when he became CEO just over a year ago to divest $20 billion in assets. The company said those sales are essentially complete. GE shares jumped 7 percent, to $13.65, in midday trading. That would be the biggest one-day percentage gain since April 10, 2015. The
shares have plunged 60 percent since the start of 2017 despite efforts by Flannery and, before that, Jeffrey Immelt, to reverse the slide. Before Tuesday's rebound, the slump had wiped out more than $160 billion in shareholder value. GE's aviation business has soared on strong demand for jet engines, but its power unit has suffered declining profit, and GE now plans to pump another $3 billion into its GE Capital finance business next year. On Monday, GE said it agreed to sell its gasengine business for about $3 billion, and it previously agreed to merge its 111-year-old
business of building railroad locomotives with Wabtec in a deal to raise $2.9 billion for GE. The company is still trying to sell the lighting business that Edison started. If Flannery's strategy is realized, the company will shrink to four divisions from eight a year ago. GE has already left behind its long history in the Dow Jones industrial average. On Tuesday, drugstore chain Walgreens replaced GE in the stock index of 30 blue-chip companies. GE was an original component in the Dow back in 1896 and had been a continuous member since 1907.
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Local mental Sheriff’s Office helps find man in distress health center to provide free workshop SPECIAL TO THE TIME S
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Border Region Behavioral Health Center will present on Thursday The “S” Words: Suicide, Self-Injury, and Self-Care. This workshop, which is free and open to the public, will provide information that will help: 1 Identify the signs and symptoms associated with suicide risk 1 Distinguish between suicide and self-injury 1 Understand the importance of self-care 1 Identify suicide prevention resources in the community The workshop will run from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Border Region Behavioral Health Center, 1500 Pappas in Laredo. This training is open to everyone in the community. The center encourages the community to share this information with anyone whom you feel may also be interested in attending the workshop.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol rescued a man lost in the brush south of Rio Bravo. The man claimed to be lost and without food or water for days, and resorted to calling 911 for assistance. During the early morning hours on Thursday, Zapata County Sheriff ’s Office dispatch provided GPS coordi-
nates that agents utilized to triangulate his position. The man was identified as a 20-year-old from Mexico who was in need of medical attention. A Border Patrol agent certified as an EMT located and treated the lost individual. After treatment, the man declined further medical treatment and was processed accordingly. “Our agents are not only trained
and equipped to assist local law enforcement agencies, but committed to providing medical assistance to those in need. This incident not only highlights the readiness of Laredo Sector personnel to enforce the law, but to ensure those who need help will receive it,” said Laredo Sector Acting Deputy Chief Patrol Agent Anthony S. Good.
BP agents seize pot load near Falcon Lake SPECIAL TO THE TIME S
Border Patrol agents said they recently seized 853 pounds of marijuana near Zapata. The incident occurred after agents saw a boat on Falcon Lake traveling toward the United States from Mexico. Agents then wit-
nessed several individuals offload numerous large bundles from the boat and transfer them into a 2005 Chevrolet pickup truck parked at the U.S. banks. As agents encountered the vehicle, the driver absconded and was unable to be located. A total of 37 bundles were discovered inside the
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Border Patrol agents seized 37 bundles, 853 pounds, of marijuana near Falcon Lake.
vehicle worth an estimated $682,720. The case was re-
ferred to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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OBITUARIES & MORE JOSEFINA R. GUZMAN DECEMBER 12, 1934 - JUNE 04, 2018 ZAPATA, TEXAS---Josefina R. Guzman 83, passed away on Monday, June 4, 2018 in Zapata, Texas. Ms. Guzman is preceded in death by her husband, Jose Rolando Guzman; daughter, Olga Angela Saldivar; sons, Rogelio Guzman, Martin H. Guzman; great-grandchildren, Roberto Saldivar, III, Baby, Genesis “Penny” Ramos; sisters, Zenaida Ruiz, Pascuala Hernandez; brothers, Jesus Rocha and Santiago Rocha. Ms. Guzman is survived by her daughters, Mary E. (†Omar) Prezaz, Maria Teresa (Olivero) Rocha; son, Jose Rolando Jr. (Nidia) Guzman; thirty grandchildren; sixty-six greatgrandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; daughters-in-law, Maria D. Guzman, Maria E. Buruato Guzman; sisters, Amapola De Franco; brother, Tomas Rocha and sister-in-law, Marcia Guzman and by numerous nephews, nieces, other family members and friends. Visitation hours were held on Tuesday, June 5,
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2018, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a vigil at 6 p.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home. The funeral procession departed on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. for a 10 a.m. funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Committal services followed at Zapata County Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Rose Garden Funeral Home Daniel A. Gonzalez, Funeral Director, 2102 N. US HWY 83 Zapata, Texas.
IRINEO SALINAS FEBRUARY 15, 1941 - JUNE 08, 2018 ZAPATA, TEXAS---Irineo Salinas 77, passed away on Friday, June 8, 2018, at his residence in Zapata, Texas. Mr. Salinas is preceded in death by his parents, Guadalupe and Narcisa Salinas. Mr. Salinas is survived by his wife, Maria Del Pilar Salinas; sons, Juan Jose (Selma) Salinas, Irineo Salinas, Jr., Martin (Patricia) Salinas, Jesus Salinas; daughters, Maria Guadalupe (Miguel) Carrillo, Sonia Isabel (Antonio) Naranjo, San Juanita Coronado (Frank) Montoya; seventeen grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren; brother, Guadalupe (Dora) Salinas and by numerous nephews, nieces, other family members and friends. Visitation hours will be held on Monday, June 11, 2018, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a vigil at 7 p.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home. The funeral procession
NEW YORK — Charles Krauthammer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and pundit who helped shape and occasionally dissented from the conservative movement as he evolved from "Great Society" Democrat to Iraq War cheerleader to denouncer of Donald Trump, has died at age 68. His death Thursday was announced by his longtime employers The Washington Post and Fox News. Krauthammer had announced a year ago he was being treated for a cancerous tumor in his abdomen and earlier this month revealed that he likely had just weeks to live. "I leave this life with no regrets," Krauthammer wrote in the Post, where his column had run since 1984. "It was a wonderful life — full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living. I am sad to leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I intended." Sometimes scornful, sometimes reflective, he was awarded a Pulitzer in 1987 for "his witty and insightful" commentary and was an influential voice among Republicans, whether through his syndicated column or his appearances on Fox News Channel. He was most associated with Brit Hume's nightly newscast and stayed with it when Bret Baier took over in
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In this March 31, 2015, file photo, Charles Krauthammer talks about getting into politics during a news conference in Corpus Christi. The conservative writer and pundit Krauthammer died. His death was announced Thursday by two media organizations that employed him, Fox News Channel and The Washington Post. He was 68.
2009. Krauthammer is credited with coining the term "The Reagan Doctrine" for President Reagan's policy of aiding anti-Communist movements worldwide. He was a leading advocate for the Iraq War and a prominent critic of President Barack Obama, whom he praised for his "first-class intellect and first-class temperament" and denounced for having a "highly suspect" character. Krauthammer was a former Harvard medical student who graduated even after he was paralyzed from the neck down because of a diving board accident, continuing his studies from his hospital
MARIANO VASQUEZ JANUARY 06, 1941 - JUNE 18, 2018 will depart on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. for a 10 a.m. funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Committal services will follow at Zapata County Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Rose Garden Funeral Home Daniel A. Gonzalez, Funeral Director, 2102 N. US HWY 83 Zapata, Texas.
AMALIA G. FLORES MAY 04, 1934 - JUNE 13, 2018 ZAPATA, TEXAS--Amalia G. Flores 84, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Ms. Flores is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Maurilio Flores; parents, Filiberto and Amalia Gonzalez; sisters, Maria Del Carmen (Godofredo) Tamez, Alida (Roberto) Gonzalez, Magdalena (Amando) Peña; parents-in-law, Estanislao and Rosa G. Flores and a sister-in-law, Herminia “Minita” Flores. Ms. Flores is survived by her beloved children, Maurilio E. Flores and Rosa Alicia (Luis) Ramirez; granddaughters, Rosa Isabel Ramirez and Alicia Lourdes Ramirez; sister-in-law, Bertha Flores; brothers, Filiberto (†Emma) Gonzalez, Angel (Jacoba) Gonzalez and by numerous nephews, nieces, other family members and friends. Honorary Pallbearers were, Maurilio E. Flores, Filiberto Gonzalez, Angel Gonzalez, Raul Ramirez, Enrique Flores, Dr. Hilegardo Flores, Roberto Gonzalez, Jose Luis Flores, Javier Garza, Sotero Ramirez and Carlos Ramirez. Pallbearers were Luis G. Ramirez, Angel Gonzalez, Jr., Roberto Mario Gonzalez, Triunfo Gonza-
Prominent conservative voice dies
ZAPATA, TEXAS--Mariano Vasquez 77, passed away on Monday, June 18, 2018 at Doctor’s Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, Texas. Mr. Vasquez is preceded in death by his wife, Irene Rosales de Vasquez. Mr. Vasquez is survived by his sons; daughters, Juana Maria Vasquez, Isela Jasso, Maria de Jesus Gonzalez, Eva Maria Vasquez, Mariana P. Garcia and by numerous grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, other family members and friends. Visitation hours were held on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a wake at 7 p.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home. On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 we opened at 3 p.m. with a chapel service at 4
p.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Rose Garden Funeral Home Daniel A. Gonzalez, Funeral Director, 2102 N. US HWY 83 Zapata, Texas.
bed. He was a Democrat in his youth and his political engagement dated back to 1976, when he handed out leaflets for Henry Jackson's unsuccessful presidential campaign. But through the 1980s and beyond, Krauthammer followed a journey akin to such neo-conservative predecessors as Irving Kristol and Norman Podhoretz, turning against his old party on foreign and domestic issues. He aligned with Republicans on everything from confrontation with the Soviet Union to rejection of the "Great Society" programs enacted during the 1960s. "As I became convinced of the practical and theoretical defects of the social-democratic tendencies of my youth, it was but a short distance to a philosophy of restrained, freemarket governance that gave more space and place to the individual and to the civil society that stands between citizen and state," he wrote in the introduction to "Things That Matter," a millionselling compilation of his writings published in 2013. He was attacked for his politics, and for his predictions. He was so confident of quick success in Iraq he initially labeled the 2003 invasion "The Three Week War" and defended the conflict for years. He also backed the George W. Bush administration's use of torture as an "uncontrolled experiment" carried out "sometimes clumsily, sometimes
cruelly, indeed, sometimes wrongly. But successfully. It kept us safe." He was sure that Obama would lose in 2008 because of lingering fears from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and foresaw Mitt Romney defeating him in 2012. But he prided himself on his rejection of orthodoxy and took on Republicans, too, observing during a Fox special in 2013 that "If you're going to leave the medical profession because you think you have something to say, you betray your whole life if you don't say what you think and if you don't say it honestly and bluntly." He criticized the death penalty and rejected intelligent design as "today's tarted-up version of creationism." In 2005, he was widely cited as a key factor in convincing Bush to rescind the Supreme Court nomination of the president's friend and legal adviser Harriet Miers, whom Krauthammer and others said lacked the necessary credentials. And he differed with such Fox commentators as Bill O'Reilly and Laura Ingraham as he found himself among the increasingly isolated "Never Trumpers," Republicans regarding the real estate baron and former "Apprentice" star as a vulgarian unfit for the presidency. Krauthammer married Robyn Trethewey, an artist and former attorney, in 1974. They had a son, Daniel, who also became a columnist and commentator.
VIRGINIA GRIFFITH APRIL 18, 1937 - JUNE 22, 2018
FERNANDO CUELLAR JANUARY 12, 1931 - JUNE 04, 2018
lez, Daniel Flores, Noel Sanchez, Alejandro Garcia and Daniel R. Saenz. Visitation hours were held on Friday, June 15, 2018, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a vigil at 7 p.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home. The funeral procession departed on Saturday, June 16, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. for a 10 a.m. funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Committal services followed at Zapata County Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Rose Garden Funeral Home Daniel A. Gonzalez, Funeral Director, 2102 N. US HWY 83 Zapata, Texas.
ZAPATA, TEXAS--Fernando Cuellar 87, passed away on Monday, June 4, 2018 at Falcon Lake Nursing Home in Zapata, Texas. Mr. Cuellar is preceded in death by his wife, Eva S. Cuellar; grandson, Cesar Cuellar, Jr.; parents, Adolfo and Elvira Cuellar; brothers, Ruben Cuellar and Roberto Cuellar and a sister, Concepcion “Concha” Cuellar Garza. Mr. Cuellar is survived by sons, Fernando Jr. (Grizelda) Cuellar, Cesar (Lesvia) Cuellar; daughters, Nelly Cuellar-Garcia, Belinda (Alfredo) Vela, Vianey (Keith) Martin, Wanda (Omar) Garcia; grandchildren, Julian C. Garcia, Christina I. Garcia, Alberto D. (Elsa) Vela, Adriana L. Vela, Fernando Cuellar, III, Carlos D. Cuellar, Amanda M. Martin, Jessica A. Martin, Edward K. Martin, II, Lobo S. Garcia, Sahara I. Garcia; greatgrandson, Alberto D. Vela, II and by numerous nephews, nieces, other family members and friends. Visitation hours will be held on Thursday, June 7, 2018, at 8 a.m. with a rosary
at 9 a.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home. The funeral procession will depart at 10:30 a.m. for an 11 a.m. funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Burial services will follow at Zapata County Cemetery, including full Military Honors by the American Legion Post 486 Color Guard. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Rose Garden Funeral Home Daniel A. Gonzalez, Funeral Director, 2102 N. US HWY 83 Zapata, Texas.
ZAPATA, TX---Virginia Griffith passed away peacefully Friday June 22, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family. Virginia is preceded in death by her daughters Manell Cowley, Mary Ellen Cowley Martinez, and by her husband Wayne Griffith. She is survived by her son Bobby Hicks and his wife Tammy, son in law Eddie Martinez, grandchildren Eddie Martinez Jr. and his wife Michelle, Alex Hicks, Candice Hicks, Chris Hicks and Patrick Hicks. Also surviving her are her great grandchildren, brothers and sister, and numerous nephews and nieces. Virginia was a good natured and kind woman who loved her children unconditionally. She also loved her dogs, music, dancing and gardening. She will be missed by all who knew her. Virginia spent her earlier years in Zapata working as the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and also as the Zapata County Librarian. She later moved to her husband’s hometown of Desdamona until his death, when she moved back to Zapata and lived with her daughter Mary
and son in law Eddie Martinez. Mary preceded her in death last December 3, 2017. Mary had Cystic Fibrosis, and Virginia helped her husband Eddie take care of her for many years. They are now reunited in heaven. God bless you Virginia. Visitation hours will be held on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at 9 a.m. with a chapel service at 10 a.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Rose Garden Funeral Home Daniel A. Gonzalez, Funeral Director, 2102 N. US HWY 83 Zapata, Texas.
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IMMIGRATION
Immigrant mother separated from boy: 'I dream of my son' By Morgan Lee A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
They came from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, with children in tow. Some were fleeing violence. Others were looking for a better life. They didn't know they would be separated from their children after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border due to a zero-tolerance policy that called for prosecuting every adult who entered the country illegally. Five parents out of a group of more than 30 who were recently released from federal custody pending the outcome of their immigration and asylum cases shared their stories Monday during a news conference in El Paso. They have found
temporary shelter with a Texas charity organization, with their locations tracked by ankle monitors. Four immigrants spoke on the condition that their last names not be used for fear of deportation by U.S. authorities. Iris Detained on June 15, she and her 6-year-old son clung to each other after learning they would be separated and that she was being sent to jail. The 40-year-old single mother from Honduras asked that they be deported together immediately. She was told it was too late. She let go and persuaded her son to do the same after officials said they would be separated — one way or another. Iris
Miriam Her 4-year-old son was asleep as immigration agents insisted on separating the two of them in the early morning before dawn. "If I had known, I never would have come" to the United States, she said. The Guatemalan mother said she was led to believe when arrested that her son would be returned to her, wherever she was held. She described the boy as tiny and shy. She located him at a holding facility in New York. When she asked a social worker to speak with him,
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He broke down while recounting that his daughter, 5, was more afraid for him, knowing that he was going to jail.
learned her son is somewhere in Arizona. "I go to sleep at night, and the first thing I do is dream of my son," she said.
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Miriam, from Guatemala, recounts her separation from her child at the border during a news conference in El Paso.
she was told the boy was angry and would not talk. Christian After traveling 17 days from Honduras to reach the U.S. border, he was arrested for crossing ille-
gally. "They said I had violated the laws of the United States," said the 23year-old farmhand. "I said, yes, I accept that, but could they take me away with my daughter."
Melvin The Honduran immigrant and his 17-yearold son were turned away from a port of entry at El Paso while seeking asylum. The two opted out of desperation to cross illegally, wandering through a drying concrete culvert along the border as night approached. They feared rumors of migrants being taken and held for ransom by gangs in Ciudad Juarez. They were arrested by U.S. authorities and separated soon after. Melvin said he doesn't know where his son is being held.
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IMMIGRATION Immigrant supporters demand parents' release, protest Trump By Michael Balsamo and Amy Taxin A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
LOS ANGELES — Immigrant-rights advocates asked a federal judge to order the release of parents separated from their children at the border, as demonstrators decrying the Trump administration's immigration crackdown were arrested Tuesday at a rally ahead of a Los Angeles appearance by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The court action was brought by the Los Angeles-based pro bono law firm Public Counsel on behalf of three Central American mothers whose children were taken from them by U.S. authorities in May. More than 2,000 children in all have been separated from their parents and placed in government-contracted shelters in recent weeks under a now-abandoned Trump administration policy toward families caught illegally crossing the border. Public Counsel demanded that the parents be released and immediately reunited with their children. "These parents are terrified for their children and want nothing more than to ensure the scarring that this experience has already caused does not continue to inflict irreparable harm," Judy London, a Public Counsel attorney, said in a statement. The Justice Department declined to comment. Amid an international outcry over the children's treatment, Presi-
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U.S. Border Patrol agents load a migrant from Guatemala into a van after he was caught trying to enter the United States illegally, Monday, June 25, 2018, in Hidalgo, Texas.
dent Donald Trump last week announced an end to the practice of separating immigrant families. The Trump administration has instead asked the federal court in Los Angeles to let authorities detain families together for an extended period during immigration proceedings. Under a 1997 court settlement, children must be released from detention as quickly as possible. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday that his department still has custody of 2,047 immigrant children separated from their parents at the border. That is only six fewer children than the number in HHS custody as of last Wednesday. On Tuesday, dozens of immigrant-rights activists demonstrated outside the U.S. attorney's office in downtown Los Angeles. Sessions was scheduled to address the
conservative Criminal Justice Legal Foundation at a hotel later in the day. Protesters carried signs reading, "Free the children!" and "Stop caging families." Demonstrators on sidewalks cheered as clergy members who blocked the street by forming a human chain while chanting, "Kids belong at home, not in cages" were calmly handcuffed by police and led away. It was not immediately clear how many arrests were made. "They told us on no uncertain terms they wanted to be arrested," said Deputy Police Chief Robert Arcos. "It was their desire to be arrested, it certainly wasn't ours." Taxin reported from Santa Ana, California. Associated Press writers Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar in Washington and John Antczak in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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NATIONAL
Court upholds Trump travel ban, rejects discrimination claim By Mark Sherman A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, rejecting a challenge that it discriminated against Muslims or exceeded his authority. A dissenting justice said the outcome was a historic mistake. The 5-4 decision Tuesday is a big victory for Trump on an issue that is central to his presidency, and the court's first substantive ruling on a Trump administration policy. The president quickly tweeted his reaction: "Wow!" Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion for the five conservative justices, including Trump nominee Neil Gorsuch. Roberts wrote that presidents have substantial power to regulate immigration. He also rejected the challengers' claim of anti-Muslim bias. But he was careful not to endorse either Trump's provocative statements about immigration in general or Muslims in particular, including Trump's campaign pledge to keep Muslims from entering the country. "We express no view on the soundness of the policy," Roberts wrote. The travel ban has been fully in place since December, when the justices put the brakes on lower court rulings that had ruled the policy out of bounds and blocked
part of it from being enforced. In a dissent she summarized in court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said, "History will not look kindly on the court's misguided decision today, nor should it." Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan also dissented. Sotomayor wrote that based on the evidence in the case "a reasonable observer would conclude that the Proclamation was motivated by antiMuslim animus." She said her colleagues in the majority arrived at the opposite result by "ignoring the facts, misconstruing our legal precedent and turning a blind eye to the pain and suffering the Proclamation inflicts upon countless families and individuals, many of whom are United States citizens." She likened the case to the discredited Korematsu V. U.S. decision that upheld the detention of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Roberts responded in his opinion that "Korematsu has nothing to do with this case" and "was gravely wrong the day it was decided." The travel ban was among the court's biggest cases this term and the latest in a string of 5-4 decisions in which the conservative side of the court, bolstered by the addition of Gorsuch last year, prevailed. Gorsuch was nominated by Trump after Republicans in the Senate refused to grant a hearing to federal appeals Judge Merrick Garland,
who was appointed by Barack Obama with more than 10 months remaining in Obama's term. The Trump policy applies to travelers from five countries with overwhelmingly Muslim populations — Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. It also affects two nonMuslim countries, blocking travelers from North Korea and some Venezuelan government officials and their families. A sixth majority Muslim country, Chad, was removed from the list in April after improving "its identity-management and information sharing practices," Trump said in a proclamation. The administration had pointed to the Chad decision to show that the restrictions are premised only on national security concerns. The challengers, though, argued that the court could not just ignore all that has happened, beginning with Trump's campaign tweets to prevent the entry of Muslims into the United States. The travel ban has long been central to Trump's presidency. He proposed a broad, all-encompassing Muslim ban during the presidential campaign in 2015, drawing swift rebukes from Republicans as well as Democrats. And within a week of taking office, the first travel ban was announced with little notice, sparking chaos at airports and protests across the nation.
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2018 WORLD CUP
Hernandez, Mexico happy to be dreamers during World Cup Mexico to face Sweden looking to win group By Kyle Hightower A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
YEKATERINIBURG, Russia — With back-to-back victories to open the World Cup, including one over defending champion Germany, Mexico’s national team has already been anointed by some back home as the best in the country’s history. If Mexico beats Sweden on Wednesday it would win its group with a perfect record, something it has never achieved in its long World Cup history. It’s exactly the kind of big
dreams that 30-year-old forward Javier Hernandez was criticized for prior to the tournament when he said winning this year’s World Cup was a possibility. On Tuesday in advance of El Tri’s final Group F match against Sweden, he doubled down. “The best thing to do with dreams is to share them with people who are dreamers,” he said. “We are brave enough not only to dream, but to work on those dreams so that we can make them true.”
Hernandez notched his 50th international goal in Mexico’s 2-1 win over South Korea on Saturday. With one more, he can become Mexico’s all-time leading scorer in World Cup play with five, breaking a tie with Luis Hernandez. Javier said no one inside Mexico’s locker room is disappointed about not having already earned its place in what would be its seventh consecutive spot in the round of 16. That’s mostly because nothing is settled yet in Group F. If Sweden beats Mexico on Wednesday and Germany beats South Korea, three teams would be tied atop Group F with six points, sending it to tiebreakers that start with goal difference.
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Mexico's Javier Hernandez celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the group F match between Mexico and South Korea Saturday. Mexico will go head to head Wednesday with Sweden trying to win its group with a perfect record for the first time in the country’s history.
Having something to play for in this final group stage game fits right into this team’s mentality, Hernandez said. “This is the group of death,” Hernandez said. “People can say whatever they want there, but we have a magnificent opportunity to break that ceiling and to demonstrate that we can do this after working hard. And let’s let football speak for itself.” Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio is also embracing the expectations that have been placed on his shoulders. “When we arrived here in
Russia, the only person who had a big question mark over his head was me, not the national squad.” the 56-year-old said of leading his first Mexican World Cup squad. “For many who are aware of Mexico’s history they say this is perhaps the best generation of Mexican footballers. “I’m not surprised with what we have achieved so far with this squad. ... We have to build and continue to build a team that is capable of competing, both in bravery in play as well as to fight for every single ball.”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: TEXAS RANGERS
CHOO KEEPS REACHING BASE IN TEXAS WITH NEW SWING, OLD FOCUS Choo fixing his swing, riding a 38-game on-base streak By Stephen Hawkins A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
ARLINGTON, Texas — Shin-Soo Choo changed up his swing going into this season with a modified leg kick. Maybe more significant was a return to some of the mental focus he had lost along the way. “Every pitch, each pitch, is the last pitch of my baseball career ... I think that way,” Choo said. After a slow start to this season, Choo realized he had gotten away from what he refers to as the “sniper focus” he wants to have every time he goes to the plate for the Texas Rangers. Choo now has a 38game on-base streak. It is the longest of his 14-year big league career, and the second-longest this season behind a 40-gamer by Philadelphia’s Odubel Herrera. “The physical side of it is a byproduct of him making a conscious effort to get back to who he is, what his foundation has been as a hitter, an onbase guy first,” Rangers
manager Jeff Banister said. “When he’s doing that and he’s seeing pitches, he’s focused in more on driving the ball, that he gets to hit his pitch. He’s really good at it.” With three singles on Monday night, including the tiebreaking RBI hit in a 7-4 win over San Diego, Choo has the longest on-base streak for Texas since Otis Nixon’s 44 games in a row in 1995. Julio Franco’s 46-gamer in 1993 is the franchise record. Choo was hitting .239 after going 0 for 4 with three strikeouts May 12 at Houston, along with a .316 on-base percentage. Since then, the outfielder and designated hitter has 48 hits and 37 walks in 38 games — reaching base an average of 2.2 times each game during his streak. That has raised his batting average to .285 and increased his on-base percentage 79 points. “He sticks to his approach more than anything. He doesn’t really care who is on the mound,” said Delino DeShields, the young
Ron Jenkins / Associated Press
Texas right fielder Shin-Soo Choo has been working on his swing mechanics and it has paid dividends for the 35 year old as he is now riding a 38-game on-base streak for the Rangers.
center fielder whose locker is next to Choo’s. “He knows himself, he’s done it for a long time. He knows when he’s getting away from that and it’s an easy adjustment for him to make.” DeShields said Choo keeps things “really simple” and sticks to his routine. For Choo, that includes
almost always being the first player in the clubhouse — whether before sunrise at spring training or around lunchtime before night games during the season. Banister remembers showing up at the team’s complex around 5 a.m. one day early during the manager’s first spring with the team in 2015.
Choo was already there. “Next few days we got there at the same time and then one day I got up earlier for some reason and beat him to the ballpark,” Banister said. “I didn’t beat him to the ballpark the next day.” Choo, in his fifth season with Texas after playing for Seattle, Cleveland and Cincinnati, is also
tidy. The two stalls he occupies in the home clubhouse are organized, including the array of batting gloves stacked neatly and organized by color. He knows where everything is because it all has a specific spot — and says it’s the same at his house. “He’s real particular,” DeShields said. “He packs his own bag. ... He always looks nice. It’s just how he is. He’s a professional. Whatever you define a professional to be, that’s him.” Choo will turn 36 on July 13, four days before the All-Star Game. He has never been an All-Star before but is a strong candidate to represent the Rangers as a first-timer. Banister said Choo certainly has played to a level to be considered for the American League squad in Washington next month. “This is a great teammate. He really is. This is a guy who cares about every player in that locker room. He cares about the game. A lot,” Banister said. “The respect for the game of baseball, how it’s played, the look of it, the players, the style of play, the way you should play the game.”
NBA: SAN ANTONIO SPURS
Green chooses to stay with Spurs By Jeff McDonald SA N A NT ONI O E XPRE SS-NEWS
Danny Green is in for a ninth season with the Spurs. The 31-year-old shooting guard has exercised his $10 million contract option to remain with the team for the 2018-19 campaign, league sources say. In doing so, Green avoided what is expected
to be a stingy free agent market this summer. He will become an unrestricted free agent in July 2019. The move was not unexpected. The Express-News reported the likelihood Green would return on Thursday. Green averaged 8.6 points last season, his most since 2014-15, but was less efficient than he had been in seasons past.
He made 38.7 percent of his shots, the secondworst of his Spurs career. A member of the 201617 NBA All-Defensive team, Green continued to be a key component at that end of the floor for the Spurs. His 80 blocked shots ranked second on the team behind All-Star big man LaMarcus Aldridge.
Edward A. Ornelas / San Antonio Express-News file
With a player option this offseason, Danny Green has decided to return next season for the Spurs at $10 million instead of choosing to enter free agency.
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FROM THE COVER POLICY From page A1 shelter in New York. When the mother contacted a social worker to speak with her son, she was told that the child was angry and didn't want to talk because he believed his mother had abandoned him. The mother was one of five parents who described their ordeals to reporters in El Paso. Speaking Spanish and all wearing ankle bracelets, the parents said they have not been told when they will see their sons and daughters again. Addressing reporters in Texas, McAleenan said he stopped sending cases of parents charged with illegally entering the country to prosecutors "within hours" after Trump signed an executive order last week to cease the separations. The commissioner and Sessions insisted that the administration's policy remains in effect, even though immigrant parents are no longer being prosecuted under the new guidelines McAleenan said he is working on a plan to resume prosecutions. "We can work on a plan where adults who bring kids across, who violate our laws, who risk their lives at the border could be prosecuted without an extended separation from their children," he said. "We're looking at how to implement that now." White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stressed that the administration's reversal was only temporary because the government is running out of resources. "We're going to run out of space," she said. "We're going to run out of resources to keep people together." Providing a glimpse of relief, McAleenan said border apprehensions in June were trending "lower" from previous
CHIEF From page A1 He said he plans to make all trainings accessible to chief deputies statewide, a top priority being mental health trainings for deputies and jailers. “Our biggest challenges always are budget issues and travel constraints that at times, smaller counties or Sher-
months but he declined to be more specific until numbers are released July 8. Speaking at a school-safety conference in Reno, Sessions cast the children as victims of a broken immigration system and urged Congress to act. While hundreds of protesters rallied outside a hotel-casino, the attorney general said more than 80 percent of children crossing the border arrive alone, without parents or guardians, and are "often sent with a paid smuggler. We can only guess how many never make it to our border during that dangerous journey." He claimed the MS-13 gang "is recruiting children who were sent here as unaccompanied minors, and some are brought to help replenish the gang. And they are terrorizing immigrant schools and communities from Los Angeles to Louisville to Long Island to Boston. They are able to do so because we do not have a secure southwest border." He said five children had been found at the border carrying a combined 35 pounds of fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid drug blamed for an epidemic of overdose deaths nationwide. Just outside the building where Sessions spoke, more than 200 protesters opposed to the administration's immigration policies blocked a busy road. The coalition of civil rights, religious and union activists carried signs and drums and were joined by a mariachi band. Some sat in a busy roadway for while police diverted traffic around them. No arrests were reported. McAleenan's remarks follow an announcement last week by the federal public defender's office in El Paso that federal prosecutors would no longer bring criminal charges against parents entering the U.S. if they have their child with them.
iff’s Offices cannot afford to send their chief deputy or any deputy sheriff to get proper training and education on all the updated information and laws that change constantly,” he said. “But we will find a way to make all these trainings available to all Texas chief deputies and all fellow brothers and sisters in blue.” Del Bosque vows to be “a man of the people and
for law and order.” Zapata County Sheriff Alonso M. Lopez congratulated Del Bosque on his achievement. “Congratulations to my Chief Deputy Raymundo Del Bosque Jr. on becoming the next Texas Chief Deputies Association president. I’m very proud of his work and I’m sure he’s going to do a great job during this upcoming year as president,” Lopez said in a statement.
CANINE From page A1 methamphetamine and heroin, said Nancy Figueroa, a Border Patrol supervisor. In an eight-week training, the dogs learn to recognize any amount of drugs, whether it’s just a residue, seed or a 1,000 pounds, she said. The dog breeds chosen to train are German Shepherds, Belgium Shepherds and Belgian Malinos. Figueroa said handlers are trained to pick up on the dog’s breathing and body posture, such as a snap of their head, to indicate that the dog has detected either a drug or a hidden person. During a demonstration at the Laredo North Border Patrol Station, luggage was spread out in
a line while the canine whined in anticipation of the search. A six-year-old female German Shepherd was guided by her handler, who used a 4-foot leash and occasionally pointed to suitcases to guide the dog’s search. When she caught a whiff, Nelly A. stopped in a sitting position and moved her head to the side to catch her handler’s eye. Jason D. Owens, Laredo Sector chief patrol agent,
said the canine teams helps agents make decisions within seconds on whether to allow someone to enter the interior of the United States. “(They) facilitate the process to prevent drugs from crossing but also for business to occur most effectively,” Owens said. Border Patrol canine teams, which were initiated in 1989, have grown from five to 102 in Laredo with 900 nationwide, he added.
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FROM THE COVER CUELLAR From page A1 ment. The Florida-based business contributes hundreds of thousands of dollars to elected officials across the United States, with most of the top recipients being Republicans. ICE, at times in partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service, has awarded GEO contracts to run im-migrant detention facilities in several Texas cities, which include Conroe, Karnes City, Laredo and Pearsall, according to the company. The group called its facilities “state of the art,” a characterization which immigration attorneys dispute. U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, has vocally opposed the private prison system, especially following the 2014 immigration spike over the U.S.-Mexico border. He declined to comment on Cuellar's large fundraising haul, but upheld his private prison stance. “I know that they've pushed legislation in some states that would lead to greater mass incarceration,” Castro said of groups such as GEO. “Their primary motivation is profit. That means putting more bodies in prisons and detention centers. They've gotten in the way of Congress and state legislatures.” On Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security officials said that 2,342 children were separated from their parents along the U.S.-Mexico border between May 5 and June 9 under President Trump's “zerotolerance” policy. Officials said they did not know how many had been reunited with their parents.
Cuellar has stated he opposes separating families under the policy. At a Monday news conference, however, Cuellar referenced a large number of children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without a parent before the policy was implemented in April by the administration, confusing immigration advocates and attorneys. “He makes our head explode,” an immigration attorney in the Valley said. Cuellar made clear in a statement: “One child separated from his/her family is one too many.” Colin Strother, Cuellar's campaign manager, said the “false narrative that somehow these contributions influence him is actually quite the op-
posite,” adding that Cuellar has vocally opposed families being separated at the border. “The congressman has been at the tip of the spear fighting against this since 2014,” Strother said. “In fact, he got into it with the Obama administration because he told the president that he needs to come down here.” John-Michael Torres, communication coordinator for the advocacy group La Union del Pueblo Entero, said that any politician who cares about the Valley community should not receive funding from “private prisons who profit off immigration detention.” “He has pretty consistently supported policies to detain immigrant fam-
ilies,” Torres said. “He's been one of the dwindling number of Democrats that regularly supports border militarization buildup.” Reps. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, and Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, the two other members of the Rio Grande Valley U.S. House delegation, have also accepted money from GEO, though nowhere near the amount Cuellar took in. Gonzalez has received $2,500 in the 2018 cycle while Vela has collected $1,000. GEO has also given Sen. John Cornyn, RTexas, $10,000 this cycle, the fifth-highest-funded elected of-ficial by the group. By comparison, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has received $150 from
the group. The top recipient is Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, who received just $500 more than Cuellar, at $32,900. Vela declined to comment about Cuellar's fundraising, but said he's been approached by these private detention groups in the past. “I've had people offering me to do fundraisers with some of these companies,” Vela said. “But I haven't wanted to get into it.” Gonzalez, who rebuked the administration repeatedly in recent days over the new policy, said private prisons should each be evaluated independently. But he also did not comment on GEO's contributions to Cuellar.
“It does not matter who is in charge of the facilities, whether it is the government or the private sector,” he said in a statement. Vela on Monday hosted various Democratic members of Congress for a roundtable discussion and tour of immigrant detention facilities in Brownsville, in which Cuellar did not participate. Gonzalez joined a separate Valley tour on Sunday where two U.S. senators and other members of Congress visited the U.S. Border Patrol's immigration processing center in McAllen. Members of both groups on Sunday and Monday strongly condemned the separation of families.