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A former high-ranking Zetas drug cartel plaza boss who was arrested in Zapata County in 2015 has been sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday. Jose Manuel Saldivar-Farias, also known as “Z-31” or “El Borrado,” was ordered to federal prison for his role in a seven-year conspiracy that resulted in an estimated 40,000 kilograms of marijuana imported into the United States from Mexico. Saldivar-Farias, 29, of Tamaulipas, Mexico, pleaded guilty July 26 and admitted he and his co-conspirators coordinated the importation multi-kilogram loads of marijuana on a monthly basis. U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon in Houston accepted the plea and imposed a 30-year term of imprisonment. Saldivar-Farias was arrested in March 2015 in Zapata County on immigration charges related to his illegal presence. “In early 2015, Pedro Perez-Ocampo, 39, of Estado de Guerrero, Mexico, and Osiel HernandezMartinez, 29, of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, had obtained permission from Saldivar-Farias and paid him the “piso” or “tax” to transport approximately one ton of marijuana from Nueva Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, into the United States across Falcon Lake by boat. On the night of March 12, 2015, they were at the Lake’s shore preparing to load the marijuana onto boats when they encountered Saldivar-Farias. He was fleeing from the Mexican military as they were attempting to capture him. SaldivarFarias jumped into Hernandez-Martinez’s boat and ordered him to take him across to the United States. While crossing Falcon Lake, Saldivar-Farias instructed everyone in the boat to lie about his identity in the event they were apprehended, to deny association with the Zetas and to tell U.S. authorities that he was “Carlos Cruz-Jimenez.” Shortly after crossing the lake, law enforcement apprehended the men. At that time, Saldivar-
BEDMINSTER, New Jersey — President Donald Trump said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “will regret it fast” if he continues his threats to U.S. territories and allies, in another warning that the U.S. is willing to act swiftly against the nuclear-armed nation. In remarks to reporters, Trump issued the threat directly at Kim, who is also known for his bellicose rhetoric, and all but drew a red line that would trigger swift U.S. action. “If he utters one threat in the form of an overt threat — which by the way he has been uttering for years and his family has been uttering for years — or he does anything
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A leftover fallout shelter sign, one of hundreds in New York, is displayed on a building Friday in New York City. The signs signifying a protective space to sit out a nuclear attack date back to the early 1960's when America was in a Cold War with Russia. Americans are once again contemplating the possibility of a nuclear attack as America and North Korea threaten each other with war.
Trump: Kim Jong Un ‘will regret it fast’ if his words become actions By Jonathan Lemire and Eric Talmadge ASSOCIATED PRE SS
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A man watches a television screen showing President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday.
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New map details Texas border wall plan By Jeremy Schwartz COX NEWSPAPERS
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A U.S. Border Patrol boat rides the Rio Grande by a 150-acre tract in Roma, Texas on April 19.
AUSTIN, Texas — The full scope of the Trump administration’s border wall ambitions in the Rio Grande Valley emerged this week with the revelation that the U.S. Border Patrol has
plans to build 32 miles of barrier in Starr County, where flooding concerns helped kill off similar plans half a decade ago. According to a Border Patrol map shown to local officials and stakeholders, and obtained by the Austin American-Statesman, the agency has prelimi-
nary plans to wall off nearly the entirety of Hidalgo County’s southern edge. In neighboring Starr County, the map shows substantial border wall segments would be built in Rio Grande City, west of Sullivan City and a lengthy stretch from Border continues on A9