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Wanted assault suspect arrested 19-year-old faces up to 10 years in prison By César G. Rodriguez TH E ZAPATA T IME S
A woman wanted for assaulting a peace officer in Zapata County was arrested Thursday in Laredo, authorities said. Alondra Iris Villarreal,
Villarreal
19, was arrested in the Three Points neighborhood. She was served with a warrant charging her with
assault on a public servant. The offense is a thirddegree felony that carries a punishment of up to 10 years in prison and a possible $10,000 fine. Villarreal remained in custody at the Webb County Jail.
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LPD officers responded to a wanted person report at about 10 a.m. in the 2500 block of Aldama Street. Authorities arrived at the location and confirmed that Villarreal had an arrest warrant out of Zapata.
Tamaulipas police officers said they recently seized 18 assault rifles after receiving an anonymous tip regarding a suspicious vehicle.
Police seize arsenal, 3 vehicles By César G. Rodriguez
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Tamaulipas authorities said they recently seized an arsenal and three vehicles in Ciudad Camargo, a town across the border from Rio Grande City. The Tamaulipas Public Safety Depart-
ment said the seizure came after they received an anonymous tip. On June 27, state police officers responded to reports of a suspicious Chevy Silverado by Calle 13 de Septiembre and Calle Galeana in the downtown area. Police continues on A10
DALLAS
Kidnapped teen dies from gunshot wounds By Ryan Osborne FORT WORTH STAR-T EL EGR AM
Gabriella Demczuk / NYT
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) holds a news conference in Washington, May 17. With the White House in constant upheaval, Congress faces the prospect of myriad investigations as health care legislation still grinding through the Senate; hopes of rewriting the tax code may be fading.
Other Republicans not so hopeful about timely changes By Scott Bauer A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
MADISON, Wis. — U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Friday he doesn’t think the failure of Congress to agree on a way to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act puts tax reform in jeopardy.
The Republican said he hopes a final version of the health care plan will be approved this summer, and then Congress can turn its attention to tax reform in the fall. He acknowledged that not passing a new health care law would complicate tax reform efforts, but said it wouldn’t
make it impossible. “The way tax reform and Obamacare repealand-replace interact, it’s about revenues,” Ryan said during a news conference in Wisconsin. “What this would mean is we would have to keep those Obamacare taxes, most of them are health care-based tax-
es, off to the side while we reform the rest of the IRS tax code.” Despite Ryan’s optimism, other Republicans have said a tax overhaul will be more difficult if Congress doesn’t move on health care changes first. Republicans’ health care Ryan continues on A10
BORDER SECURITY
Donald Trump again insists Mexico will pay for the wall By Tracy Wilkinson and Brian Bennett TR IB UNE WASHINGT ON BUR EAU
HAMBURG, Germany — In his first meeting as president with his Mexican counterpart, Donald Trump on Friday said he "absolutely" intends for
Mexico to pay for the controversial wall he wants to build along the United States’ southern border, setting off a furor in Mexico over a goal his own administration has largely abandoned. Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto met on the sidelines
of the Group of 20 summit here, amid sharp disagreements over trade and immigration. Some officials had hoped the brief encounter could help heal badly strained relations between the two neighbors. The proposed wall continues to make that diffi-
cult. As journalists were allowed in to see the two leaders take their seats, one reporter asked Trump if he still wanted Mexico to pay for the wall. "Absolutely," Trump said. Mexico has repeatedly Border continues on A10
DALLAS — A 13year-old Lancaster, Texas, girl who was kidnapped and found dead inside an abandoned home last weekend died from multiple gunshot wounds, the Dallas County medical examiner ruled Friday. Shavon Randle — who authorities say had been kidnapped from a relative’s home last week and held for ransom over the theft of marijuana — was shot in the head and torso. Her death was a homicide, according to the medical examiner. Michael Titus, the 19-year-old man who was also found dead in the abandoned home in East Oak Cliff late Saturday night, died of gunshot wounds to his head. His death was also ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner. Suspect Desmond Jones led authorities late Saturday to the Dallas residence. Jones began to shake and became visibly upset as they approached the residence, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. When asked by police what they were going to find in the home, Jones replied, "R.I.P. to her and Mike T (Michael Titus)." Titus was one of the four original persons of interest in Shavon’s disappearance. After a June 30 FBI
Randle
plea for information related to her whereabouts, 24-year-old suspect Devontae Owens was arrested by Lancaster police and the FBI the next day. Owens is being held on aggravated kidnapping charges in the Dallas County Jail. The two-page affidavit on Owens gave this brief account of the case: On the evening of June 26, a 22-year-old man identified as Kendall Perkins stole more than 22 pounds of marijuana from a group of men at a Motel 6 in Lancaster. Two of the men were identified as Darius Fields, 26, and Owens. Perkins fled to a residence in Lancaster, where he told his girlfriend about the robbery. The girlfriend, Ledoris Randle, was one of Shavon’s cousins. The group of men who had the drugs began to track down Perkins. A co-worker of Ledoris Randle told police she received a call from Owens, who told her that someone named "KP" had robbed him at Motel 6 Dallas continues on A10