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ZAPATA COUNTY NUEVO LAREDO, MEXICO
Arrested ex-jailer details Two dead, four wounded released in violent clash Thursday
Downtown gun battle
By César G. Rodriguez
By César G. Rodriguez
TH E ZAPATA T IME S
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Details have emerged in the arrest of a then-Zapata County Jail correctional officer in August on drug possession charges. On Thursday, the Zapata County Sheriff’s Office said former jailer Mario Alberto Arambula was the passenger in a vehicle driven by a suspected inArámbula toxicated man. The case dates back to Aug. 1. At about 5:30 a.m., deputies pulled over a black passenger vehicle for a traffic violation. Deputies approached the vehicle and noticed that the driver appeared to be intoxicated, according to reports.
Two were killed and four wounded in a gun battle Thursday near City Hall in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, authorities said. Also, one person was arrested. Most of the violent clashes between suspected drug cartel members and authorities have been limited to the west and
south parts of town until Thursday. Tamaulipas authorities said two of the wounded were civilians. They were taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to reports. Shots rang out at about 10:35 a.m. along the busy Avenida Guerrero, between Calle Independencia and Calle Arteaga, Battle continues on A11
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Two convoys of Mexican soldiers are seen arriving at the intersection of Calle Independencia and Avenida Guerrero in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, to secure the scene of a shooting. The gun battle reported Thursday morning left two men dead.
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2016
IMMIGRATION REFORM
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DPS
Labor Day patrols enforced S P ECIAL T O T HE T I ME S
The Texas Department of Public Safety is asking Texas drivers to use extra caution when driving during the Labor Day holiday weekend. From now to Monday, DPS Troopers will join law enforcement from across the state in looking for drivers who disregard traffic laws, including impaired drivers, speeders and safety belt violators. “Texans are killed on our roadways every day because of reckless drivers who get behind the wheel after drinking, and DPS works around-the-clock to help prevent these tragedies,” said DPS Director Steven McCraw. “During the Labor Day weekend, Troopers will be on the lookout for impaired and dangerous drivers, and we are urging drivers to do their part by strictly obeying traffic
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In this April 18 photo, supporters of fair immigration reform dance in front of the Supreme Court in Washington.
How Trump, Clinton plans would affect the country By Steve Peoples ASSOCIATED PRE SS
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ASHINGTON — No doubt Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have dramatically different approaches on immigration. In tone, Republican Donald Trump often highlights violent crimes perpetrated by immigrants in the country illegally, with aggressive rhetoric that emphasizes nationalism. Democrat Hillary Clinton features a softer approach that embraces diversity and the value of keeping immigrant families together, even as her critics accuse her of promoting “open borders.” It’s not just talk. The White House contenders’ policies
would send the country — and the lives of more than 10 million people — down very different paths. Trump says he would build a massive wall, create a deportation task force to expel millions, and Clinton Trump deny legal status to anyone currently in the country illegally. Clinton would offer a pathway to citizenship for most immigrants regardless of how they arrived, continue to defer enforcement action against families, and offer health care options to immigrants here illegally. Reform continues on A11
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TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTROVERSY
Race frames discussion over police brutality By Alexa Ura TEX A S T RIBUNE
When Carol Johnson considered which used car to purchase for her teenage son, a decision that would come down to convenience and price for most, she weighed the benefits of automatic and manual windows. For her, it was about life and death. What if her son, a young black man, was stopped by police and a malfunction made it seem like he was refusing to lower an automatic window? But manual windows would require him to drop his arm to
reach the handle — what if an officer thought he was reaching for a weapon? She eventually opted for a “generic” pickup, with manual windows, that her son drives to school and work. If he’s ever pulled over, she instructed him, he should keep his hands on the steering wheel until he can inform the officer about the windows. A printed insurance card is always taped to the visor on the driver’s side. That way, he’ll never have to reach toward the glove compartment, Johnson says. “I’m probably overthinking it to save his life,” said Johnson, a
49-year-old Dallas County employee. But her attention to those sorts of details — which she ran by a police officer before buying the truck — are part of today’s reality for families of color, she added. There is a shared conviction within communities of color that interactions with police are more likely to end in arrest, violence or death. As video recordings of police behavior have become prolific and easily shareable on social media, examples of that risk have been thrust into the nation's consciousness. There is a wider comprehension of where fears
like Johnson's come from, particularly among white people and others who might have dismissed them before as exaggerations. These shared concerns have only been heightened by recent police shootings in places such as Ferguson, Missouri, Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and Baton Rouge, which have inflamed racial tensions. Amid the attention over officer-involved shootings, police departments across the nation are being forced to defend their reputations and behavior. They're looking at how officers are trained and
ways to become more transparent to the communities they serve. Policymakers and the public have begun to question with renewed fervor whether police shoot at minorities at a disproportionate rate, whether it’s possible to tell how often and what can be done about it. In Texas, the numbers seem to support claims that police are more likely to shoot at people of color. From 2010 to 2015, almost 41 percent of individuals shot at by police in Texas’ largest cities were black, according to a TexRace continues on A11