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HOUSTON — To Gov.Greg Abbott, signing asweeping, multi-million-dol-lar border security billhundreds of miles from theRio Grande made sense.

“Here in Houston, thereare more than 20,000 dan-gerous gang members thatare associated with crossborder traffic-related

HOUSE BILL 11

Border bill signed

Gov. Greg Abbott celebrates the signing of House Bill 11 at a Texas Department of Public Safety facilityin Harris County.

Photo by Julian Aguilar | Texas Tribune

AbbottOKs

$310M lawBy JULIÁN AGUILAR

TEXAS TRIBUNE

See BORDER PAGE 9A

After decades of for-bidding foreign law en-forcement officers fromcarrying weapons onMexican soil, the Mexi-can government is on theverge of allowing U.S.agents to carry guns inplaces where they helpspeed the flow of goodsbetween the two coun-tries.

Texas lawmakers arecelebrating the move as asignificant step towardincreasing trade, and sayMexico is also expectedto draw up new rules al-lowing security person-nel for visiting dignitar-ies to obtain permits tocarry weapons.

In August, the Mexi-can and United Statesgovernments are expect-ed to finalize details of apermitting process thatwill allow U.S. immigra-tion and customs agentsto carry arms whileworking in foreign tradezones, U.S. Rep. HenryCuellar, D-Laredo, saidMonday. The country’snational defense agency,SEDENA, will also final-ize details on how securi-ty personnel for foreigndignitaries can apply forpermits.

“It’s not a blanket pol-icy for any law enforce-ment officials to go there[and be armed], but it’svery significant,” Cuel-lar said. “This law hasbeen around for a long

time, so to make thatchange is a very sensi-tive matter for Mexico.”

The change shouldboost Texas’ already ro-bust trade relationshipwith Mexico, specificallyin the Laredo customsdistrict, by allowing U.S.agents working on theMexican side of the bor-der to pre-clear north-bound cargo, sparing itfrom further inspectionsand speeding its passage.

Mexican customsagents already do thesame thing at the Laredoairport for southboundcargo, but the U.S. half ofthe pre-clearance pro-gram has been held upover the firearms issue.

With the new agree-

BORDER TRADE

New Federal Inspection Station encompassing Mexican and USCustoms at Laredo International Airport, March 11, 2014.

Photo by Jennifer Whitney | Texas Tribune

Mexicoloosening

rulesU.S. agents will be able to be armed

on Mexico’s side of the borderBy JULIÁN AGUILAR

TEXAS TRIBUNE

See RULES PAGE 8A

““This law hasbeen aroundfor a longtime, so tomake thatchange is avery sensitivematter forMexico.”U.S. REP. HENRYCUELLAR

MEXICO CITY — De-spite widespread disillu-sionment with his govern-

ment, President EnriquePeña Nieto on Mondayemerged from midtermelections with an expectedcongressional majority thatwill let him forge aheadwith his reform agenda

without compromisingwith opponents.

With 95 percent of theballots counted, Peña Nie-to’s Institutional Revolu-tionary Party, or PRI, andits two coalition partners

received about 40 percentof the vote in Sunday’selection.

Under Mexico’s mixedsystem of direct and pro-

MEXICO ELECTIONS

LOOKS LIKE A MAJORITY

Poll workers count ballots underneath a street lights, at an outdoor poling station in Chilpancingo, Guerrero State, Mexico, Sunday. Pro-testers burned ballot boxes in several restive states of southern Mexico in an attempt to disrupt elections, but officials said the vote wasproceeding satisfactorily despite "isolated incidents."

Photo by Rebecca Blackwell | AP

PRI wins an unexpected 40 percent of voteBy PETER ORSI AND

E. EDUARDO CASTILLOASSOCIATED PRESS

See ELECTIONS PAGE 9A

AUSTIN — A federal ap-peals court upheld keyparts of Texas’s strict anti-abortion law on Tuesday, adecision that could leave asfew as seven abortion clin-ics in the nation’s secondlargest state.

The decision by the 5thU.S. Circuit Court of Ap-peals upholds require-ments that abortion clinicsmeet hospital-level operat-ing standards, which own-ers of small clinics say de-mand millions of dollars inupgrades they can’t afford

and will leave many wom-en hundreds of miles awayfrom an abortion provider.But the court said abortionclinics failed to prove thatthe restrictions would un-duly burden a “large frac-tion” of women.

Republican Gov. GregAbbott and other conserva-tives say the standards pro-tect women’s health. Butabortion-rights supportssay the law is a thinlyveiled attempt to block ac-cess to abortions in Texas,and they promised to ap-peal to the U.S. SupremeCourt, which temporarilysidelined the law last year.

“Not since before Roe v.Wade has a law or courtdecision had the potentialto devastate access to re-productive health care onsuch a sweeping scale,”

said Nancy Northrop, pres-ident and CEO of the Cen-ter for ReproductiveRights.

Texas will be able tostart enforcing the restric-

tions in about three weeksunless the Supreme Courtsteps in and temporarilyhalts the decision, said Ste-phanie Toti, an attorneyfor the center. Only sevenabortion facilities in Texas,including four operated byPlanned Parenthood, meetthe more robust require-ments.

The ruling, made by athree-judge panel, is the5th Circuit’s latest decisionin a lawsuit challengingsome of the toughest abor-tion restrictions in thecountry.

The New Orleans-basedcourt — considered one of

the most conservative inthe nation — allowed Tex-as to enforce the restric-tions when abortion pro-viders first sued in 2013,but the U.S. Supreme Courtput the law on hold lastyear and ordered the 5thCircuit to reconsider.

Texas currently hasabout 17 abortion provid-ers, down from 40 clinicsin 2012. That sharp declinebegan after the 5th Circuitupheld another part of the2013 law that required doc-tors to have admitting priv-ileges at nearby hospitals.

5TH U.S. CIRCUIT OF APPEALS

Court upholds Texas’ anti-abortion lawBy PAUL J. WEBERASSOCIATED PRESS Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and

other conservatives say thestandards protect women’s health.But abortion-rights supports saythe law is an … attempt to blockaccess to abortions in Texas.

See ABORTION PAGE 8A

PAGE 2A Zin brief WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-

mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 2to 5 p.m. 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures; 4p.m.: The Secret of the CardboardRocket; 5 p.m.: Secrets of the Sun.General admission is $3. Call 956-326-DOME (3663).

THURSDAY, JUNE 11Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-

mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 2to 5 p.m. 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures; 4p.m.: The Secret of the CardboardRocket; 5 p.m.: Secrets of the Sun.General admission is $3. Call 956-326-DOME (3663).

Elysian Social Club will be hostingits regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Con-tact Herlinda Nieto-Dubuisson at 285-3126

The Laredo Noon Optimist Clubwill have their regular meeting at noonat Commerce Bank, Conference Room2nd floor by San Dario and Mann Roadto discuss new projects and donationto a local entity.

FRIDAY, JUNE 12Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-

mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 6to 8 p.m. 6 p.m.: Stars of the Phara-ohs; 7 p.m.: Live Star Presentation (Ob-serving will occur after the show,weather permitting). Call 956-326-DOME (3663).

SATURDAY JUNE 13Rio Grande International Study

Center’s 21st annual meeting fromnoon to 3 p.m. at the Laredo Public Li-brary, 1120 E. Calton Rd. Laredo’s onlyenvironmental nonprofit organization.Raffle and silent art auction; meet oureducator, volunteer and junior volunteerof the year; become a member ofRGISC. Free and open to the public.RSVP at 718-1063.

Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 1to 5 p.m. 2 p.m.: Accidental Astronaut(Matinee Show – $1 less); 3 p.m.: Cos-mic Adventures; 4 p.m.: Attack of theSpace Pirates; 5 p.m.: Led Zeppelin.General admission is $4 for childrenand $5 for adults. Admission is $4 forTAMIU students, faculty and staff. Call956-326-DOME (3663).

TUESDAY, JUNE 16Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-

mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 2to 5 p.m. 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures; 4p.m.: The Secret of the CardboardRocket; 5 p.m.: Secrets of the Sun.General admission is $3. Call 956-326-DOME (3663).

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-

mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 2to 5 p.m. 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures; 4p.m.: The Secret of the CardboardRocket; 5 p.m.: Secrets of the Sun.General admission is $3. Call 956-326-DOME (3663).

THURSDAY, JUNE 18Elysian Social Club will be hosting

its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Herlin-da Nieto-Dubuisson at 956-285-3126.

Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 2to 5 p.m. 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures; 4p.m.: The Secret of the CardboardRocket; 5 p.m.: Secrets of the Sun.General admission is $3. Call 956-326-DOME (3663).

SATURDAY, JUNE 20Planetarium shows at TAMIU La-

mar Bruni Vergara Planetarium from 1to 5 p.m. 2 p.m.: Accidental Astronaut(Matinee Show – $1 less); 3 p.m.: Cos-mic Adventures; 4 p.m.: Attack of theSpace Pirates; 5 p.m.: Led Zeppelin.General admission is $4 for childrenand $5 for adults. Admission is $4 forTAMIU students, faculty and staff. Call956-326-DOME (3663).

Operation Feed the Homeless –Summer Feast. Gathering once again inJarvis Plaza at 3 p.m. For more infor-mation visit our Facebook page: Oper-ation Feed the Homeless – SummerFeast.

The Elysian Social Club will besponsoring its annual Fathers’ DayScholarship Fundraiser Dance at the La-redo Civic Center Ballroom. ContactHerlinda Nieto-Dubuisson at 285-3126.

(Submit calendar items atlmtonline.com/calendar/submitor by emailing editorial@lmton-line.com with the event’s name,date and time, location and pur-pose and contact informationfor a representative.)

CALENDARASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Wednesday, June10, the 161st day of 2015. Thereare 204 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in His-tory:

On June 10, 1935, AlcoholicsAnonymous was founded inAkron, Ohio, by Dr. RobertHolbrook Smith and WilliamGriffith Wilson.

On this date:In 1692, the first official exe-

cution resulting from the Sa-lem witch trials in Massachu-setts took place as BridgetBishop was hanged.

In 1864, the ConfederateCongress authorized militaryservice for men between theages of 17 and 70.

In 1940, Italy declared waron France and Britain; Cana-da declared war on Italy.

In 1942, during World WarII, German forces massacred173 male residents of Lidice,Czechoslovakia, in retaliationfor the killing of Nazi officialReinhard Heydrich.

In 1944, German forces mas-sacred 642 residents of theFrench village of Oradour-sur-Glane.

In 1967, the Middle EastWar ended as Israel and Syriaagreed to observe a United Na-tions-mediated cease-fire.

In 1971, President RichardM. Nixon lifted a two-decades-old trade embargo on China.

In 1985, socialite Claus vonBulow was acquitted by a juryin Providence, Rhode Island,at his retrial on charges he’dtried to murder his heiresswife, Martha “Sunny” von Bu-low.

In 1991, 11-year-old JayceeDugard of South Lake Tahoe,California, was abducted byPhillip and Nancy Garrido;Jaycee was held by the couplefor 18 years before she wasfound by authorities.

In 2004, singer-musicianRay Charles died in BeverlyHills, California, at age 73.

Ten years ago: PresidentGeorge W. Bush and visitingSouth Korean President RohMoo-hyun pressed North Ko-rea to rejoin deadlocked talkson its nuclear weapons pro-gram while trying to mini-mize their own differencesover how hard to push the re-clusive communist regime.

Five years ago: Army Sec-retary John McHugh an-nounced that an investigationhad found that potentiallyhundreds of remains at Ar-lington National Cemeterywere misidentified or mis-placed

One year ago: In a stun-ning assault that exposedIraq’s eroding central author-ity, al-Qaida-inspired militantsoverran much of Mosul.

Today’s Birthdays: Bri-tain’s Prince Philip is 94. Col-umnist Nat Hentoff is 90.Media commentator JeffGreenfield is 72. Former Sen.John Edwards, D-N.C., is 62.Actor Andrew Stevens is 60.Singer Barrington Hendersonis 59. Former New York Gover-nor-turned-media commenta-tor Eliot Spitzer is 56. ActressGina Gershon is 53. Model-ac-tress Elizabeth Hurley is 50.Rapper The D.O.C. is 47. Rocksinger Mike Doughty is 45.Rhythm-and-blues singer JoJois 44. Louisiana Gov. BobbyJindal is 44. Actor Hugh Dan-cy is 40. Actor Shane West is37. Country singer Lee Briceis 36. Singer Hoku is 34. Olym-pic gold medal figure skaterTara Lipinski is 33. Model-ac-tress Kate Upton is 23. SashaObama is 14.

Thought for Today:“When we ask for advice, weare usually looking for an ac-complice.” — Saul Bellow(1915-2005).

TODAY IN HISTORY

MCKINNEY — The white police officerwho was video-recorded at a North Texaspool party pushing a black girl to the groundresigned Tuesday.

Officer David Eric Casebolt resigned fromthe McKinney Police Department after al-most 10 years on the force, said his attorney,Jane Bishkin of Dallas.

A video recorded by another teenager andposted online showed him pushing a bikini-clad girl to the ground on Friday and bran-dishing his gun at other black teens after heand other officers responded to complaintsabout the pool party at a community-ownedMcKinney swimming pool.

Bishkin declined to say where Casebolt isnow and said the officer had received deaththreats. The attorney said she would release

more information at a news conferenceWednesday.

The incident has prompted criticism of theaffluent suburb of McKinney north of Dallas,which is among the nation’s fastest growingcities, has highly regarded public schoolsand was ranked by one publication as Amer-ica’s best place to live.

People who demonstrated this week at aMcKinney school against the police responseoften used the city’s name in the same sen-tence as Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri— cities where use of force by police trig-gered widespread protests and violence.

The NAACP is asking the U.S. Departmentof Justice to review the procedures of theMcKinney police force, stopping short of ask-ing for a formal investigation. The localNAACP chapter said a review of departmentpolicies is needed.

AROUND TEXAS

Demonstrators gather near a community pool during a protest Monday in response to an incident at the pool involvingMcKinney police officers in McKinney, Texas.

Photo by Ron Jenkins | AP

McKinney officer resignsBy DAVID WARRENASSOCIATED PRESS

Fisherman, 65, dies after falling into canalFAIRCHILDS — One man has

died but another survived afterboth fell into a Houston-area ca-nal while fishing.

The Fort Bend County Sher-iff ’s Office says the accident hap-pened late Tuesday morningnear Fairchilds.

Maj. Chad Norvell says dis-patchers received a 911 call fromone of the men saying both hadfallen into the canal.

Ex-owner of mortuary gets prison for fraud

DALLAS — The ex-owner ofan abandoned North Texas mor-tuary where bodies were foundunattended must serve nearlytwo years in prison for foodstamp fraud.

Rachel Hardy-Johnson in Jan-uary pleaded guilty to illegallyreceiving federal benefits. Shewas sentenced to 21 months inprison and must repay morethan $76,000.

Condemned killer of Texasgame warden loses appeal

HOUSTON — A federal ap-peals court has refused a 34-year-old Southeast Texas man’s ap-peal of his conviction and deathsentence for the fatal shooting ofa state game warden eight yearsago during a poaching arrest.

Attorneys for James Freemanargued he had deficient legalhelp at his 2008 capital murdertrial for the slaying of 34-year-oldgame warden Justin Hurst.

Body found in Wimberleyarea ID’d as flood victim

WIMBERLEY — A body foundlast weekend in flood debris nearthe Blanco River in Central Tex-as has been identified as a mis-sing 42-year-old man.

Officials in Hays County onTuesday identified the victim asWilliam Randall Charba.

His body was recovered Satur-day by searchers in the Wimber-ley area.

Two children remain missing.

Superintendent overridesboard, fires 3 principalsDALLAS — The superintend-

ent of the Dallas school districthas fired three principals despitea school board vote to keep them.

Superintendent Mike Miles de-clined to comment on his deci-sion, which a district spokesmansaid was a personnel matter.School board members were toldMonday that the choice to firethe principals was based on pro-fessional leadership concerns.

Police say two peoplefound dead in parked van

SAN ANTONIO — San Anto-nio police say a man and a wom-an have been found dead in aparked van with the engine stillrunning.

The bodies were discoveredMonday night in the vehicle atan auto parts business parkinglot. Police found no visible signsof trauma or violence. Autopsieshave been ordered.

— Compiled from AP reports

Truck carrying 2,200piglets overturns

XENIA, Ohio — Authoritiesestimate up to 1,100 piglets mayhave died when a semitrailercarrying 2,200 piglets overturnedon an Ohio highway.

Agencies and volunteersworked to corral the animals af-ter the crash Monday night onU.S. Route 35 in Xenia Township,near Dayton. Crews picked upsquealing pigs by their hind legs.

Some may have escaped intowooded areas. Deputy Chief GregBeegle of the township’s fire de-partment says authorities round-ed up those they could find be-fore ending the search.

San Francisco approveswarning on drink ads

SAN FRANCISCO — SanFrancisco supervisors votedTuesday to approve health warn-ings on ads for sugary sodas andsome other drinks, saying such

beverages contribute to obesity,diabetes and other health prob-lems.

It’s believed that San Francis-co would be the first place in thecountry to require such a warn-ing on ads for soda if it receivesfinal approval. The ordinance de-

fines sugar-sweetened beveragesas drinks with more than 25 cal-ories from sweeteners per 12ounces. So advertising for suchsodas as Coca-Cola Zero andwould not require a warning, butads for regular Coca-Cola would.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

An officer passes off a pig after a semitrailer overturned on a highway carryingabout 2,200 pigs in Xenia Township, near Dayton, Ohio, Monday. Numerous agen-cies worked to corral the animals after the crash on U.S. Route 35.

Photo by Jim Noelker/The Dayton Daily News | AP

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CHICAGO — A haggardDennis Hastert appeared incourt Tuesday for the first timesince he was indicted, pleadingnot guilty to charges that he vi-olated banking rules and lied tothe FBI about promising to pay$3.5 million in hush money toconceal misconduct from hisdays as a high school teacher.

As his attorney entered theplea on his behalf, the 73-year-old former House speaker stoodmotionless, his hands foldedand eyes downcast at the floor.When the judge asked if he un-derstood he had to submit aDNA sample and could go tojail if he violated any condi-tions of his release, the manwho was once second in theline of succession to the presi-dency answered quietly, “Yes,sir.”

Hastert has not spoken pub-licly about the accusations thatemerged two weeks ago and

quickly raisedquestions aboutpossible sexualabuse by theonce-powerfulRepublican legis-lator from Illi-nois. Neither henor his attorneys

commented after the hearing.The politician-turned-lobby-

ist is accused of evading federalbanking laws by withdrawinghundreds of thousands of dol-lars in smaller amounts and ly-ing about the money whenquestioned.

At the start of Tuesday’shearing, Hastert reached into acoat pocket and pulled out hispassport, handing it to his at-torney, who turned it over to acourt official. Surrendering for-eign travel documents is a stan-dard condition of release.

The former congressmanwas also ordered to have anyfirearms removed from hisproperty by June 23 and wasforbidden from having contact

with victims or witnesses inthe case.

Judge Thomas M. Durkinspent most of the 20-minutehearing explaining how he be-lieved he had no conflict of in-terest in the matter but thengiving attorneys on both sidesuntil Thursday to say if theywant him to stay on the case.

The issue came up becauseFederal Election Commissionrecords indicate he donated$500 to the “Hastert for Con-gress” campaign in 2002 and$1,000 in 2004. Durkin was anattorney at a Chicago law firmat the time of the contributions.

Durkin cited those donationsand that he knew Hastert’s sonEthan. The two worked togeth-er in private practice beforeDurkin became a judge. But,the judge said, he does not con-sider the younger Hastert “apersonal friend.”

To the best of his knowledge,he said, he never met DennisHastert.

“I have no doubt I can be im-

partial in this matter,” thejudge said.

After the judge issue is re-solved, Durkin or anotherjudge brought in to replace himwill lay out a timetable forprosecutors to share evidencewith the defense. Hastert couldseek a plea deal or take hiscase to a jury. Any trial wouldprobably be many monthsaway.

Appearing much thinnerthan in his days as speaker,Hastert walked into court slow-ly, slightly bent over. He ap-peared nervous as he sat at adefense table waiting for thehearing to begin, rubbing hischin, biting his lip and occa-sionally scanning the court-room benches packed with re-porters. At one point, a defenseattorney reached over and pat-ted him on the shoulder.

His lead attorney, Thomas C.Green, is based in Washingtonand has represented clients inthe Watergate, Iran-Contra andWhitewater cases.

Hastert makes court appearanceBy MICHAEL TARM AND SARA BURNETT

ASSOCIATED PRESS

HASTERT

WILLSBORO, N.Y. — Withpolice helicopters hoveringoverhead, hundreds of law offi-cers in body armor poured intothis small town in the Adiron-dack foothills Tuesday in asearch for two killers who usedpower tools to break out of amaximum-security prison 30miles away.

The hunt that began overthe weekend focused on Wills-boro, close to Lake Champlain,after residents reported seeinga couple of men walking on aroad late Monday during adriving rainstorm.

Hundreds of black-cladsearchers wearing bulletproofvests and sidearms methodical-ly worked their way shoulder-to-shoulder in the rain throughhilly woods, fields and swamps,checking every home, garage,shed and outbuilding, then yell-

ing, “Clear!” when there wereno signs of the inmates.

By early evening, it appearedthe sweep had come up empty,and there was no confirmationfrom police that the escapedconvicts had been there.

Authorities have fielded nu-merous tips since the breakoutfrom the Clinton CorrectionalFacility in Dannemora, about20 miles from the Canadianborder, but appeared to have

jumped hardest on this one.David Sweat, 34, and Richard

Matt, 48, cut through a steelwall, broke through bricks andcrawled through a steam pipebefore emerging through amanhole outside the prisongrounds.

They were discovered mis-sing early Saturday after stuff-ing their beds with clothes tofool guards on their rounds andleaving behind a taunting note:

“Have a nice day.”Given the meticulous plan-

ning that went into the break-out itself, there was speculationthat the inmates had arrangedfor someone to pick them upoutside the prison and werelong gone from the area. OnMonday, authorities said the in-mates could be anywhere —perhaps Canada or Mexico.

On Tuesday, Willsboro dairyfarmer George Sayward saidhe saw troopers parked next tohis barn around 5 a.m., andthey told him they were therebecause of a possible sightingof the convicts. Around 7 a.m.,Sayward said, he heard onetrooper tell another to call in100 more men.

“The next thing I know,there were a ton of them, bythe busload,” Sayward said.

State Police said more than400 corrections and other lawenforcement officers were inthe area.

Police look for escaped killersBy MICHAEL HILL AND MICHAEL VIRTANEN

ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York Department of Corrections officers search an area near Essex,N.Y., after a tip led them to believe two inmates may be nearby, Tuesday.

Photo by Jacob Hannah/New York Times | AP

150th CommemorationThe Zapata Chamber of Commerce invites all to

travel to Rio Grande City to celebrate the 150th Com-memoration of Adrian Vital on Sunday from 7:30 p.m.to 9 p.m.

The event will celebrate the Tejanos who riskedtheir lives to help liberate the Rio Grande Valley fromthe French and Imperialist allies.

There will be a balloon launch, candlelight momentof silence, screening of short films and refreshments.

There will also be special guests: The Moipei Tri-plets performing the National Anthem and Daniel Trevi-ño and the South Texas Heritage Interpreters.

The event will be located at the Lopez-TijerinaCourtyard in downtown Rio Grande City. For more in-formation, call 487-0672.

Golf TournamentThe Zapata Lions Club is sponsoring the 2nd An-

nual Leobardo Martinez Jr. Scholarship Golf Tourna-ment on June 20 at Los Ebanos Golf Course in Zapata.

The format is a 3 Men Florida Scramble with a $65donation and $10 for two mulligans — one on thefront 9 and one of the back 9.

The first place team will be awarded $300; the sec-ond place team will win $200; and the third placeteam will get $100.

For more information, contact Los Ebanos GolfCourse at 765-8336.

Freedom FestThe 2015 Rio Grande City Freedom Fest will take

place Friday, June 26 from 6 p.m. to midnight at theBrasilia Villarreal Municipal Park.

The show benefits the Rio Grande Boys and GirlsYouth Club.

Performers include Jack Ingram, Marshall Law andLos Palominos.

There will also be free food, vendors, free kids ridesand a firework extravaganza.

Pre-sale tickets are $15.The festival is sponsored by Payne Auto Group.

5K Memorial RunThe 3rd Annual PFC IRA “Ben” Laningham IV 5K

Memorial Run will take place July 18 at 8 a.m. with akids run at 7:50 a.m.

Registration is $15 at the Boys and Girls Club, 302W 6th Ave. and online at active.com

Same day registration is $20 and takes place from7 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.

There will be awards given to the top three in eachage category and trophies for both male and femaleoverall winners. The age divisions are as follows: 14and under, 15 – 19, 20 – 24, 25 – 29, 30 – 34, 35 –39, 40 – 44, 45 – 49, 50 – 54, 55 – 59, 60 – 64, 65and over, law enforcement.

Start and finish will be in front of the court houseon 7th Avenue and Hidalgo Street.

LOCAL EVENTS

PAGE 4A Zopinion WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SEND YOUR SIGNED LETTER TO EDITORIAL@LMTONLINE.COM

Every serious presiden-tial candidate has to an-swer a fundamental strate-gic question: Do I think Ican win by expanding myparty’s reach, or do Ithink I can win by mobili-zing my party’s base?

Two of the leading Re-publicans have staked outopposing sides on this is-sue. Scott Walker is tryingto mobilize existing con-servative voters. Jeb Bushis trying to expand hisparty’s reach.

The Democratic Partyhas no debate on this is-sue. Hillary Clinton hasapparently decided to runas the Democratic ScottWalker. As The New YorkTimes’ Jonathan Martinand Maggie Haberman re-ported this week, Clintonstrategists have decidedthat, even in the generalelection, firing up certainDemocratic supporters iseasier than persuadingmoderates. Clinton willadopt left-leaning policypositions carefully de-signed to energize theObama coalition —Afri-can-Americans, Latinos,single women and highlyeducated progressives.

This means dispensingwith a broad persuasioncampaign. As the Demo-cratic strategist DavidPlouffe told Martin andHaberman, “If you run acampaign trying to appealto 60 to 70 percent of theelectorate, you’re not go-ing to run a very compell-ing campaign for the vot-ers you need.”

The Clinton advisersare smart, and many ofthem helped President Ba-rack Obama win the lastwar, but this sort of a cam-paign is a mistake.

This strategy is bad,first, for the country.America has always hadtough partisan politics,but for most of its history,the system worked be-cause it had leaders whocould reframe debates, re-organize coalitions, buildcenter-out alliances andreach compromises. Poli-tics is broken today be-cause those sorts of lead-ers have been replaced byhighly polarizing, base-mobilizing politicians whohew to party orthodoxy, ig-nore the 38 percent of vot-ers who identify as moder-ates and exacerbate parti-sanship and gridlock. IfClinton decides to be justanother unimaginativebase-mobilizing politician,she will make our brokenpolitics even worse.

Second, this base mobi-lization strategy is a legis-lative disaster. If the nextpresident hopes to passany actual laws, he or shewill have to create a bipar-tisan governing majority.That means building acenter-out coalition, win-ning 60 reliable supportersin the Senate and somesort of majority in theHouse. If Clinton runs onan orthodox left-leaning,paint-by-numbers strategy,she’ll never be able to do

this. She’ll live in theWhite House again, butshe won’t be able to domuch once she lives there.

Third, the mobilizationstrategy corrodes everycandidate’s leadership im-age. Voters tend to likepoliticians who lead froma place of conviction, whocare more about a causethan winning a demo-graphic. If Clinton seemsdriven by demographicsand microtargeting, shewill underline the imagesome have that she is over-ly calculating and shrewd.

Finally, the base mobili-zing strategy isn’t even ve-ry good politics.

It’s worth noting, tostart with, that no recentsuccessful first-term presi-dential campaign has usedthis approach. In 1992, BillClinton firmly grabbedthe center. In 2000, GeorgeBush ran as a uniter, not adivider. In 2008, Obamaran as a One Nation can-didate who vowed to tran-scend partisan divides.

The Clinton mobiliza-tion strategy is based onthe idea that she can gen-erate Obama-level excite-ment among African-American and young vot-ers. But as Philip Kleindocumented in The Wash-ington Examiner, Obamawas in a league of his ownwhen it came to generat-ing turnout and supportfrom those groups. If Clin-ton returns to the JohnKerry/Al Gore level ofAfrican-American andyouth support, or if JebBush or Marco Rubio canmake inroads into the His-panic vote, then the wholestrategy is in peril.

The mobilization strate-gy overreads the progres-sive shift in the electorate.It’s true that voters havedrifted left on social is-sues. But they have notdrifted left on economicand fiscal issues, as thecontinued unpopularity ofObamacare makes clear. IfClinton comes across as astereotypical big-spending,big-government Democrat,she will pay a huge cost inthe Upper Midwest andthe Sun Belt.

Furthermore, this strat-egy vastly exaggerates thesupposed death of theswing voter. The mobili-zers argue that it’s foolishto go after persuadablevoters because in this po-larized country there arenone left. It’s true thereare fewer persuadables,but according to the PewResearch Center, 24 per-cent of voters have aroughly equal number ofconservative and liberalpositions, and accordingto a range of academicstudies, about 23 percentof the electorate can beswayed by a compellingcampaign.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY CLASSIC DOONESBURY | GARRY TRUDEAU

As a sound Methodist,far be it from me to soundcritical of more “fundamen-talist” denominations andtheir practices and beliefs.I often point out that thiscountry was founded, notjust on the premises es-poused by more fundamen-tal groups of freedom “of”religion, but “from” it aswell.

No, I’m not encouragingfleeing from any faith.Rather, I’m just not veryunderstanding or acceptingof the use of pressure andfear as a tool for lassoingsomeone into professingfaith and joining a church.

Make no mistake, thereis or was a very real fear inmost people of faith of aneternity in the fires of hell.That alone should not bethe reason for confessingone’s sins (as almost everychurch expects), repentingand embracing Jesus asSavior.

I was taught that thosewho did not accept Chris-tianity were doomed toeternity in Hell, where thefires were hotter than onecould even imagine andnever-ending. Pretty scary.

As a youngster of seven,I was assigned to watch mythen-youngest brother, not

yet a toddler, as he sat inwhat I called a “jumper”chair playing with a rattle.Mother was outside ourcountry farm home, work-ing in the garden, getting itready for the approachingspring. She had positionedhis chair near the fireplacehearth where a fire wasblazing away.

Little Brother was play-ing with a rattle made, inthe days before hard plas-tic, of a flimsy, thin materi-al known as celluloid. WhatI knew was that if hedropped it and it rolled intothe fire, it was a goner.What I believed was that, ifthat happened, I was indeep trouble with Mother.

Sure enough, he droppedit and it started rollingacross the hearth towardthe fire. I grabbed and gotit just before it got to thefire but the heat was in-tense enough that the flim-sy celluloid burst intoflames as I scooped it up.The flimsy material imme-diately melted over my left

hand, particularly thethumb.

Naturally it hurt; Ithought I was in Hell burn-ing for the sin of not savingLittle Brother’s rattle.

Mother, alerted by myscreams of pain, camerushing into the house andsaw what had happened.She did what she knew todo in those World War IIdays, particularly for some-one minus an automobileout in a rural area. “Doc-toring” was one of therealms of a farm wife andmother.

She applied a salve/oint-ment and loose bandages tothe hand and fashioned asling to keep the arm andhand immobile. Momchecked the burns severaltimes a day, changing ban-dages and applying oint-ment when needed. We sawa doctor “in town” in a fewdays and he said she’ddone as well as he couldhave.

It took about six weeksfor it to heal enough to beable to use, but left the leftthumb pretty nastilyscarred. Almost 70 yearslater, the thumb still looksa little different than theright one, and with a dou-ble-thickness nail, unno-

ticeable unless you point itout to someone.

So, at age 12, when I feltthe guilt pangs of sinbrought on by the intona-tions of a revival preacherat our one-room countrychurch, I fled sobbinglydown the aisle to confessthose sins (without detail,of course) and to pledge mysoul to Jesus.

Naturally, I strayed. Weall do daily. However, whenI did, I’d feel the pain ofHell in my left hand andwould realign myself.

As I gained maturity, Iunderstood that we aremere humans and suscepti-ble to sin. Atonement andfaith are also ours, but flee-ing down an aisle in tearsisn’t necessary for forgive-ness.

My current churchmembership allows me tohave intellectual and spiri-tual discussions withoutbeing preceded by fearsand tears.

After all, religion andfaith are a very individualthing.

Willis Webb is retiredcommunity newspaper edi-tor-publisher of more than50 years experience. He canbe reached by email atwwebb1937@att.net.

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Burns sent him down aisle

Do you have a retirementaccount? Enough money insavings?

Many Americans don’t,according to the Federal Re-serve’s annual householdsurvey, which found thatnearly a third of workershave put away nothing forold age and that almost halfof individuals would strug-gle to meet emergency ex-penses of $400 or more.

The survey shows encou-raging developments, too:Compared with the past twoyears, more people today

forecast short-term pay in-creases and register satisfac-tion with the state of theirpersonal finances.

But much of the news re-mains mixed, especially asit relates to savings and re-tirement. Twenty percent ofindividuals acknowledgedhaving spent more thanthey earned over the courseof the year. Only 63 percentsaid they had put awaymoney in the same period.And 39 percent of workersreported not having givenany thought to retirementplans.

Economic hardship ap-

pears to be the main culpritbehind these problems; notsurprisingly, low-income in-dividuals reported the great-est difficulties in saving. Butpoor financial literacy alsoseems to be a factor.

Fourteen percent of thosewho borrowed to pay fortheir education said theyput debt on their creditcard. Twenty percent of in-dividuals did not have abank account, and insteadused other methods to trans-act business. These are fool-hardy choices consideringthe high interest rates oncredit-card debt and alterna-

tive financial services, suchas payday lending.

Given these troubling sta-tistics, banks and schoolsshould do more to educateAmericans about long-termfinancial planning. To itscredit, the Social SecurityAdministration already doesso with online tools that en-able workers to gauge theirbenefits upon retirement.

But people also need totake greater control of theirfinancial futures. For toomany, the money choicesthat seem convenient todaycould prove catastrophic to-morrow.

EDITORIAL

Not enough Americans savingPITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015 Nation THE ZAPATA TIMES 5A

GAITHERSBURG, Md. —Federal health advisers onTuesday recommended ap-proval for a highly-anticipat-ed cholesterol drug from Sa-nofi and Regeneron Phar-maceuticals, but with thecaveat that more data isneeded about its long-termability to reduce heart at-tacks. The expert panel rec-ommended by a 13-3 votethat the Food and Drug Ad-ministration approve the in-jectable drug, called Pra-luent. But in an unexpecteddevelopment, a number ofpanelists said the drugshould only be used in pa-tients with abnormally highcholesterol levels caused byan inherited disorder. Thosepanelists said they wantedto see more data aboutwhether the drug ultimatelyreduces heart problems, be-fore it is used more broadly.

“I personally fall on theside of having optimism,but I need to see the cardio-vascular outcome study toknow,” said Dr. Philip San-ger of Stanford University,who voted for the drug.

Panelists said they wouldlike to see follow-up data ona number of other potentialside effects suggested byshorter company studies, in-cluding cognitive problems,allergic reactions and dia-betes.

The FDA is not requiredto follow the group’s advice,though it often does. Thesame panel of experts willreview a similar drug fromAmgen Inc. on Wednesday.Both drugs block a sub-stance called PCSK9, whichinterferes with the liver’sability to remove cholesterolfrom the blood. They lowercholesterol more than oldermedications called statins,which have been the stan-dard treatment for morethan 20 years.

FDApanelbacksdrugBy MATTHEW PERRONE

ASSOCIATED PRESS

CENTENNIAL, Colo. —The judge in the Coloradotheater shooting trial dis-missed three jurors Tues-day after learning that onewas exposed to news cover-age of the case and dis-cussed it with the others.

Judge Carlos A. SamourJr. found the three womenviolated his orders to avoidoutside information onJames Holmes’ death penal-ty trial and not talk aboutthe case with anyone.

The first woman told Sa-mour her husband calledher and told her, on speak-erphone, that the districtattorney had sent a tweetduring testimony, whichhad been in the news.

The other two jurors,who sometimes socializedwith the first juror onbreaks, were dismissed be-cause they likely overheardher.

The issue stalled Tues-day’s testimony, but Sa-mour refused to let it derail

the trial, which is in its sev-enth week.

Samour’s cuts came afterhe separately questionedeach juror at length aboutwhat they had heard. Hetried to ensure both sideswere comfortable with theoutcome.

He decided against get-ting rid of a fourth jurorwho said she had heard thefirst dismissed womanmention the word “mis-trial” but didn’t know whatit was about.

Samour also refused adefense request to dismissa fifth juror, who had in-formed him about the sit-uation, saying she had beenhonest and wasn’t compro-mised. “Thank you for do-ing the right thing,” he toldher when she came for-ward, visibly distraught.

A total of 21 jurors andalternates remain, with thetrial more than halfwaydone. Samour likely antici-pated some panelists wouldbe exposed to media cover-age and selected 12 alter-nates — an unusually large

number — as a precaution,legal experts say. The judgein the Boston Marathonbombing trial chose six al-ternates, likely for similarreasons.

“The judge knew thatgiven the attention and theamount of informationthat’s out there, there’s agood chance that some ju-rors are going to disobeyhim and do what’s natu-ral,” said Alan Tuerkheim-er, principal of Trial Meth-ods, a Chicago-based juryconsulting firm. “They’vebeen accustomed to thewhole world at their finger-tips. It’s such an automaticresponse to try to accessthe world around them.”

A similar situation withfewer alternates might havecaused a mistrial, he said.

Holmes has pleaded notguilty by reason of insanityto killing 12 people andwounding 70 others in acrowded movie theater inJuly 2012.

Samour instructs jurorsdaily not to consult withoutside sources, which in-

cludes a barrage of socialmedia. Tuesday’s problemsshow how difficult that canbe, and jurors aren’t alonewith missteps.

Last week, the judgescolded District AttorneyGeorge Brauchler for tweet-ing from the courtroomabout a videotaped inter-view of Holmes that wasshown to jurors. Brauchlertold the judge it was an ac-cident and apologized.

The tweet and defenserequests for mistrials werediscussed while jurors wereaway from the courtroom,so they could have onlyknown about them onlyfrom outside sources, suchas social media or news re-ports.

Under questioning fromSamour, the first juror dis-missed said she got the callfrom her husband duringlunch last week, asking herabout Brauchler’s tweetwhile another juror was sit-ting next to her.

The juror said she andher husband argued be-cause he knew she wasn’t

supposed to discuss thecase.

When asked why shedidn’t report the incident,she responded: “I just reallydon’t pay attention to myhusband most of the time.So it wasn’t really impor-tant, at that time.”

The juror wiped awaytears when Samour toldher she was dismissed.During jury selection, themother of three said shedid not follow the news andsaid staying away from cov-erage about the trial wouldnot be a problem.

The jury selection pro-cess took nearly threemonths after 9,000 sum-monses were sent.

None of the jurors andalternates selected willknow who will decide thecase until deliberations areabout to begin. At thatpoint, the remaining alter-nates will be dismissed.

Jurors are allowed to gohome every night, but theycan’t discuss the case withanyone or see or read any-thing about it.

Jurors dismissed for discussing infoBy SADIE GURMANASSOCIATED PRESS

RECAUDACIÓN DE FONDOSEl Boys and Girls Club

del Condado de Zapata seencuentra recaudando fondospara sus programas juvenilesy eventos programados parael 2015. Interesados en apo-yar la causa, la compañíaTupperware se encuentraofreciendo que por cada pro-ducto Tupperware que secompre, un 40 por ciento delas ventas se destinará direc-tamente al club de Zapata.Le meta es recaudar 3.000dólares. Pida informes lla-mando al (956) 765-3892.

CAMPAMENTO DE VERANODel 9 de junio al 2 de

julio, tendrá lugar un Campa-mento de Verano, para losestudiantes de ZCISD desdepreescolar a quinto año. Lassesiones serán de 8 a.m. a12 p.m. y de 12 p.m. a 4p.m.

El desayuno y el almuerzoserán proporcionados. No ha-brá transporte.

El campamento es gratui-to, sin embargo, los estudian-tes deberán cumplir con lasnormativas de fin de año pa-ra ser elegibles.

Las solicitudes de ingresodeberán ser entregadas antesdel 14 de mayo.

Para más informaciónpuede llamar a Gerardo Gar-cía al (956) 765-6917; a Da-lia García, al (956) 765-4332;a Ana Martínez, al (956)765-5611; o a Marlen Guerraal (956) 765-4321.

CAMPAÑAMÉDICO-ASISTENCIAL

MIGUEL ALEMAN — Seimplementará la primer cam-paña médico asistencial pro-puesta por miembros de losministerios nacionales “Betel”el 11 de junio, de 8 a.m. a 5p.m.

El grupo de 15 personas,entre médicos y enfermeros,estarán representados por lamisionera Deana Gatlin. Ade-más traerán consigo ropa,medicamentos y despensas.

El Presidente Municipal,Ramiro Cortez, informó quelos misioneros evangélicosviajarán a las comunidadesrurales del sur de Miguel Ale-mán el 13 de junio.

TORNEO DE GOLFZapata Lions Club invi-

ta al Segundo Torneo de GolfLeobardo Martinez Jr. Scho-larship, el sábado 20 de junioen Los Ebanos Golf Course.El estilo es 3 Men FloridaScramble. Donación es de 65dólares y 10 dólares por Mu-lligans. Registro a las 8 a.m.,inicio a las 9 a.m. Informesllamando al campo de golf al(956) 765-8336 o con LioanEduardo Martinez en el (956)765-8449 y/o Lion AaronCruz al (956) 240-3408.

TORNEO DE PESCAA partir del jueves 11

de junio, a las 8 a.m., y has-ta el sábado 13 de junio, alas 8 p.m. se realizará el Tor-neo de Pesca API, en BeaconLodge.

FESTIVAL DE LA LIBERTADRIO GRANDE CITY —

El 2015 Rio Grande City Free-dom Fest se realizará el vier-nes 26 de junio, a partir delas 6 p.m. en el Parque Mu-nicipal Basilio Villarreal. Pre-sentación de Marshall Law,Palominos y Jack Ingram.Habrá comida gratis, puestos,juegos infantiles gratis y fue-gos artificiales. Costo en pre-venta: 15 dólares; el día delevento a 25 dólares. Evento abeneficio del Rio Grande CityBoys and Girls Youth Club.

EXHIBICIÓN DE ARTEEl Boys and Girls Club

de Zapata tendrá una exhibi-ción de arte, el sábado 27 dejunio, de 1 p.m. a 4 p.m.

Los integrantes del clubinteresados en participarpueden llamar al (956) 765-3892.

Ribereñaen Breve

McKINNEY — Cientos de mani-festantes protestaron la noche dellunes en la piscina en donde un po-licía blanco sometió al suelo a unaadolescente de raza negra y apuntosu arma hacia otros jóvenes duran-te el fin de semana. Quienes se ma-nifestaron llevaban consigo pancar-tas con las frases, “Mi color de pielno es un crimen” y “Despidan aEric Casebolt”.

Algunos activistas comunitariosde McKinney, un suburbio de Dallaspredominantemente blanco, hanacusado a Casebolt, un policía de 41años, de racismo. Otros pidieroncalma hasta que se investiguen loshechos.

De acuerdo a los vecinos, unamujer que vive en la comunidad re-servó la piscina para una fiesta, na-rró Benét Embry, un locutor de ra-dio, quien atestiguó el incidente delviernes. La asociación de residenteslimita a dos invitados a la zona dela alberca para cada residente. Pero

en el lugar había cerca de 130 perso-nas, en su mayoría jovencitos. Enun momento, varios jóvenes comen-zaron a saltar la barda para ingre-sar a la zona de la alberca, provo-cando disturbios y un par de peleas.

“Fue una fiesta de adolescentes

que se salió de control”, segúnEmbry.

La policía informó que algunosde los jóvenes no viven en la zona yno contaban con autorización paraestar en la piscina.

Los eventos fueron captados en

video por uno de los asistentes y enél se observa a una joven en bikinigritar varias veces “¡Llamen a mimamá!” mientras Casebolt la some-te al suelo, momentos antes de de-senfundar su pistola y apuntarla ha-cia otros jóvenes.

“¡Boca abajo!”, le gritó el policíaa la joven en medio de los gritos dela muchedumbre.

Aunque no estuvo de acuerdocon el vocabulario o la actitud beli-gerante del agente, Embry dijo quela policía hizo bien al responder.

“Es lo que se supone que debenhacer, protegernos”, señaló. “No seme ocurre de que otra forma pudohaberla controlado o establecer elorden”.

La joven aseguró que Casebolt lepidió que se marchara, pero la so-metió luego de que “pensó que está-bamos diciéndole cosas malas”, dijoen una entrevista a la televisoraKDFW.

“Entiendo cómo se sentía, todo elmundo lo rodeaba”, señaló la joven.“Pero no creo que debiera sacar suarma frente a niños de 15 años”.

TEXAS

ManifestaciónPOR DAVID WARRENASSOCIATED PRESS

Cientos de manifestantes protestan el lunes en contra de un incidente en una piscinapública en el que se involucraron agentes de la policía de McKinney.

Foto por Ron Jenkins | AP

PÁGINA 6A Zfrontera MIÉRCOLES 10 DE JUNIO DE 2015

El lunes, el municipiode Río Bravo, Tamaulipas,fue el escenario donde dossupuestos elementos delcrimen organizado fueronarrestados por autorida-des del estado de Tamauli-pas, con más de 300.000 pe-sos, anunciaron funciona-rios del Estado.

Los sospechosos, arres-tados por elementos deFuerza Tamulipas, fueronidentificados como ÁlvaroBarrera Garza y Juan Al-berto Ruiz Acevedo. Sesospecha que ambos sonintegrantes de un grupodelincuencial que operanen el municipio de RíoBravo. Al momento de suarresto fueron decomisa-dos 354.500 pesos, en pro-ducto de probables extor-siones, señala un comuni-cado de prensa.

Asimismo, durante ladetención, oficiales encon-traron un cheque bancariopor la cantidad de 100.000pesos, además de 101.000pesos en moneda nacionalde diversas denominacio-nes y 10.000 dólares, equi-valentes a alrededor de153.500 pesos.

El arresto tuvo lugar enel Fraccionamiento 7880,donde los policías estata-les observaron un vehícu-lo Honda color blanco demodelo reciente, cuyo con-ductor aceleró intempesti-vamente la marcha al no-tar la presencia policial.

Caso fue puesto a dispo-sición del Ministerio Pú-blico.

RÍO BRAVO, MX

Arrestana dos;

incautandinero

TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

Sobre Macario Zapata,de 24 años de edad, recaela condena a muerte, nin-gún recurso jurídico lograrevertirla, solo le quedauno por agotar. Lo hacesin dudarlo. Tras la apli-cación salen a relucir lasfallas crónicas del sistema

judicial de Tamaulipas ha-cia el año 1909.

MotivosPablo García, Tomás

Maldonado y otros dos ha-cen ronda con Macario Za-pata el domingo 14 deabril de 1907, alrededor delas 5 p.m. Transitan por“La Maroma”, rancho delmunicipio tamaulipeco deJaumave.

En algún momento, Za-pata va a su cada y regre-sa con una carabina, pro-piedad de su cuñado Ire-

neo Martínez.Supuestamente ebrio al-canza a los contertulios.

De improviso, accionael arma en dos ocasiones.

Las balas toman la vidade García y dejan mal he-rido a Maldonado, quienfallece el 7 de mayo.

Zapata afronta las con-secuencias.

En confesión espontá-nea acepta los hechos; su-puestamente ya había pre-sentado mala conducta.

En ese momento Ta-maulipas cuenta con la pe-na capital por homicidioagravado. El ordenamien-

to supremo del país la re-serva “al homicida conalevosía, premeditación oventaja”. Y los dispositi-vos reglamentarios quepermiten imponerla.

ProcesosEn consecuencia, el

juez de primera instanciatermina condenándolo aella. Comete “el delito […]con las circunstancias ca-lificativas de premedita-ción y ventaja”, dicta el fa-llo emitido el 17 de juliode 1908. Dado que “pudo

reflexionar y […] por” ha-llarse “inermes los occisos[sic]”.

Zapata apela, pero “laPrimera Sala del TribunalSuperior de Justicia” delestado ratifica el 11 demarzo de 1909 lo proveídoe incluso añade la alevo-sía. La Segunda Sala delpropio órgano desestimael cargo por alevosía, antela súplica interpuesta porel reo, confirma la senten-cia.

(Publicado con permisodel autor conforme apareceen La Razón, Tampico, Mé-xico.)

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Narra lucha de joven contra pena capital Nota del Editor: Este es el

primero de dos artículos don-de el historiador narra la si-tuación de un hombre que en-frentaba pena de muerte enTamaulipas, hacia 1909.

POR RAÚL SINENCIO ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

Hasta el lunes por la tarde,los resultados prelimina-res del Instituto NacionalElectoral (INE) daban el

triunfo a Yahleel Abdala Carmona,candidata del PRI a la diputación fe-deral por el Distrito I, con cabeceraen Nuevo Laredo, México.

Según el conteo, el Partido Revolu-cionario Institucional (PRI) tiene52.655 votos; el Partido Acción Nacio-nal (PAN) obtuvo 49.998 votos; el Par-tido Verde Ecologista de México(PVEM), 3.588; y Diana Chavira, unacandidata independiente, 3.020.

Estos cuatro partidos representanlas fuerzas políticas en el Distrito Icon cabecera en Nuevo Laredo.

“Se han computado 573 actas y so-lo faltaron cuatro”, explicó Manuel

Moncada Fuentes, vocal ejecutivo delINE. “El conteo oficial se realizará elmiércoles a partir de las 8 a.m., y po-dría concluir hasta el jueves”.

Una vez finalizado el conteo ofi-cial se realizaría la ceremonia de en-trega de constancia al candidato ga-nador.

Alrededor de la medianoche dellunes, Abdala Carmona se dirigió asus seguidores en las oficinas delPRI, agradeciendo a quienes apoya-ron con sus voto en Nuevo Laredo,Miguel Alemán, Camargo, Mier yNueva Ciudad Guerrero.

“Gracias por la confianza”, expre-só Abdala. Agregó que una vez quereciba la constancia de mayoría em-pezará a trabajar hacia su próximaresponsabilidad donde lesgislará “pa-ra todos los habitantes del primerdistrito, sin distinción de colores”.

Pese a que un pequeño margen di-vide al primero del segundo lugar –con la candidata del PAN, Laura Zá-rate –, Moncada sostuvo que no hanrecibido impugnación o queja relati-va al desarrollo de las elecciones deldomingo.

Para el proceso fueron instaladas577 casillas, repartidas en los cincomunicipios, donde participaron126.099 personas, de las 319.635 regis-tradas.

De acuerdo a las estadísticas delPREP (conteo rápido del INE) los al-rededor de 9.000 votos emitidos en lafrontera ribereña, serían los que die-ron la ventaja a Abdala Carmona.

Por su parte, las corporaciones deseguridad pública reportaron saldoblanco.

(Con información de Agencia deNoticias-Oficina de Corresponsales)

FRONTERA

INE: PRI VA ADELANTE

Yahleel Abdala Carmona, candidata a la Diputación Federal por el Distrito 1 de Tamaulipas, es la ganadora virtual de las elecciones, deacuerdo con el PREP del Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE).

Foto de cortesía

Yahleel Abdala sería nueva diputadaTIEMPO DE ZAPATA

Sports&OutdoorsWEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015 ON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COM

FORT WORTH — After16 innings, 547 pitches anda gutsy game-ending playby a senior who has beenthere before, TCU is backin the College World Se-ries for the second year ina row.

The Horned Frogs need-ed a marathon finish tobeat Texas A&M 5-4 earlyTuesday, a week afterovercoming a seven-rundeficit after two outs inthe eighth against NorthCarolina State just to ad-vance to the NCAA superregional.

“It’s amazing the resil-iency that this team has,”said Garrett Crain, whoright at 1 a.m. scored thewinning run from secondbase when a ball trickledjust beyond the edge of theinfield.

Crain had a 10-pitchwalk to start the 16th be-fore advancing on a wildpitch. Aggies third base-man Ronnie Gideon thenmade a nice backhandedstab to keep Evan Skoug’stwo-out hard chopper fromgoing down the line. ButCrain kept running,through a coach’s stopsign, when the ball fell outof his glove.

Gideon’s one-hop throwskipped by the plate be-fore Crain slid in, sendingTCU (49-13) to the CollegeWorld Series for the thirdtime in six seasons.

“I think one of thegreatest college baseballgames ever, had to be,considering what was onthe line,” TCU coachJim Schlossnagle saidafter 5 hours and 55 min-utes to fill the eighthand final spot in Omaha.

With the Frogs set toplay LSU on Sunday,here are a few thingsto know about theirsuper regional clinch-er:

SUDDENLY CAN’T CLOSERecord-setting TCU

closer Riley Ferrellstruggled again. With a4-2 lead to start theninth, he hit the firstAggies batter, walkedthe next, and both even-tually scored. In the Big12 and NCAA tourna-ments, the hard-throw-ing righty has allowednine runs (seven earned)with three blown saveswhile recording only sixouts in five appearances.

“He’s the best that’sever walked on this cam-pus at that position, theguy’s had a couple ofbad days,” Schlossnaglesaid. “I’m not giving upon him, not for one sec-ond.”

Ferrell has 14 saves,one short of his schoolrecord set last season,and was picked by Hous-ton in the third round(79th overall) of base-ball’s amateur draftTuesday.

EASY AS 1-3-2

TCU’s Skoug almostended the game with thebases loaded in the 14th,with a liner that struckpitcher Ryan Hendrix onthe arm and ribs before ri-cocheting toward firstbase. G.R. Hinsley, in hisfirst inning in the field,grabbed the ball andthrew home for the forceout.

“A super heads-up playto extend the game,” Chil-dress said. “You don’t seea 1-3-2 very often.”

BY THE NUMBERS 1st — career homer for

TCU freshman ConnorWanhanen, a two-run shotin the sixth that put TCUup 4-1.

2 — times “Take MeOut To The Ballgame”was played. Once duringthe second seventh-inningstretch and again in themiddle of the 14th.

8 — innings that TCUhad a runner at secondbase with one or no outswithout scoring before the16th.

8 — seniors on TCU’sroster, five of them every-day starters.

12 — pitchers used (fiveAggies, seven Frogs).

25 — strikeouts by Tex-as A&M, the most ever forTCU pitchers in a game(previous record was 19).

50 — Wins by TexasA&M, for the first timesince 1999. The 50th winwas 2-1 in 10 innings Sun-day to force the decidingthird game.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: TCU HORNED FROGS

TCU in COLLEGE World Series

TCU’s Garrett Crain, center, celebrates with teammates following the 16th inning of a super regional asTCU won 5-4 to advance to the College World Series.

Photo by Tim Sharp | AP

By STEPHEN HAWKINSASSOCIATED PRESS

8A THE ZAPATA TIMES International WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015

Republican Texas Attor-ney General Ken Paxton, astrong supporter of thelaw, praised the court’s lat-est ruling.

“Abortion practitionersshould have no right to op-erate their businesses fromsub-standard facilities andwith doctors who lack ad-mitting privileges at a hos-pital,” Paxton said.

Under the new restric-tions, the only remainingabortion facilities in Texaswould be in major cities.One exception would be inMcAllen, near the Texas-Mexico border, which the5th Circuit exempted fromsome restrictions — butToti said even those ex-emptions are so limitedthat it may not be practicalto keep that McAllen clinicopen.

But for women in El Pa-so, the closest abortionprovider in Texas wouldrequire a 1,200-mile roundtrip to San Antonio, orthey would have to crossthe border into New Mex-ico.

The appeals court foundthat option suitable, notingthat a clinic was justacross the border in SantaTeresa, New Mexico. Thecourt also said abortionclinics failed to show thatmost women would be un-constitutionally burdenedby the law.

“Although the nearestabortion facility in Texasis 550 miles away from ElPaso, there is evidencethat women in El Paso cantravel the short distance toSanta Teresa to obtain anabortion and, indeed, the

evidence is that many didjust that,” the court wrotein a 56-page opinion.

Attorneys for the statedismissed opponents’ argu-ments about women beingburdened by fewer abor-tion facilities, saying thatnearly 9 in 10 women inTexas would still live with-in 150 miles of a provider.

A new slate of conserva-tive leaders in Texas hasvowed to continue stiflingabortion-rights efforts.George P. Bush, the son ofexpected 2016 presidentialhopeful Jeb Bush and ne-phew of former PresidentGeorge W. Bush, made ananti-abortion rally at theCapitol his first publicevent since being sworn inas land commissioner,along with Abbott’s wife,Cecilia.

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ment in place, Laredowill be the first port toexperiment with the new,two-way policy, Cuellarsaid.

“After August, Laredo— even thought they’vebeen working already —will officially get kickedoff,” Cuellar said. “Weare looking at having abig event with both U.S.and Mexican officials inLaredo.”

U.S. Rep. Robert "Beto"O’Rourke, D-El Paso, saidhe was surprised by thechange because as recent-ly as last year, membersof the Mexican Congressvoiced their opposition toarming U.S. federalagents during a meetingof the U.S.-Mexico Inter-

parliamentary Group. “They said, ‘If you

can’t understand this,you don’t understandhow important Mexicansovereignty is and thiswill never happen,’"O’Rourke said. "So I’mreally happy about theprospect that this willspeed up travel times fortrade and cargo comingthrough ports of entry.Texas really stands to bethe [main] beneficiary ofthis."

O’Rourke said he wouldwork to get the pilot pre-clearance programs ex-panded to include tradepassing through El Pasoand Ciudad Juárez.

Cuellar said it’s notclear if the Mexican gov-

ernment will expand thepractice to include Amer-ican agents working inMexico on counter-nar-cotics or smuggling mis-sions. Mexico has longbeen criticized for its gunlaws, and the issue wasthrust into a worldwidedebate after the shootingdeath of Jaime J. Zapata,a Brownsville native whoworked in Mexico City asan agent with U.S. Immi-gration and Customs En-forcement. He was fatallywounded in an ambushon a Central Mexicanhighway.

“It’s a step that opensup the door, but that willbe a decision that will bemade by the Mexicans,”he said.

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ATHENS, Greece —More than 100,000 migrants— many fleeing the war inSyria — have crossed theMediterranean Sea to Eu-rope so far this year, theU.N. refugee agency saidTuesday — and the arrivalsin Greece have reachedtheir highest level since thecrisis began.

Citing national figures,the UNHCR said 54,000 peo-ple had traveled illegally toItaly and 48,000 to Greece sofar in 2015, with anothersmall fraction heading forSpain and Malta.

The numbers were an-nounced as the EuropeanUnion is struggling to per-suade its 28 nations to adopta quota system aimed atmaking the crossings lessdangerous and easing theburden on Mediterraneancountries.

In Italy, nearly 6,000 peo-ple were picked up over theweekend by a host of shipstaking part in the EU-man-dated Mediterranean rescue

operation. Most were sub-Saharan African migrantswho had set off from Libya.

The Italian coast guardand navy ships on Tuesdaybrought hundreds of mi-grants to shore in Sicily af-ter having rescued themover the last few days. Offi-cers wearing surgical masksand white coveralls directedthe migrants to a processingtent set up at Pozzallo, aport in southern Sicily.

AP Television footageshowed one officer draggingan immigrant out of a cabinand striking another mansitting on the deck of a res-

cue vessel. In Greece, authorities

said 457 people had beenrescued from the sea in 12separate incidents off the is-lands of Lesvos, Chios, Ka-lymnos and Kos in 24 hoursfrom Monday morning.

Another 304 people hadmade their way ashoreMonday to Lesvos’ mainport of Mytilene.

The UN agency saidabout half of the 600 peoplewho arrive daily in Greeceare heading to Lesvos —where numbers have shotup from 737 in in January to7,200 in May.

100K migrants crossed seaBy ELENA BECATOROS AND NICOLE WINFIELD

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Migrants from Syria hide from rain in a thicket near a railway north-east of Skopje, Macedonia, Thursday.

Photo by Boris Grdanoski | AP

portional elections for con-gressional seats, analystspredicted the PRI coalitionwill ultimately control 245to 263 seats in the 500-seatlegislature.

“I can assure you thatPeña Nieto will be able toput together a majoritywith certainty,” said RoyCampos, director the Mitof-sky polling firm. “Having251, which is what heneeds, is practically a donedeal.”

But “if the governmentmeasures the electoral re-sult as an endorsement,”Campos added, “thatmeans they didn’t under-stand this vote.”

Halfway through PeñaNieto’s six-year term, theelection was widely seen asa referendum on a govern-ment whose approval rat-ings have been hit by scan-dals over real estate dealswith government contrac-tors, a less dynamic econo-my than expected and on-going security concerns, aswell as suspected mas-sacres of civilians and thedisappearance and presum-ed murder of 43 studentswho were grabbed by po-lice last September.

A recent poll signaledthat 91 percent of Mexicanssurveyed distrusted thecountry’s political parties,while over half disapprovedof Peña Nieto’s governance.

But a schism in thecountry’s main leftist Dem-ocratic Revolution Partycaused by former two-timepresidential candidateAndres Manuel Lopez

Obrador breaking off tolaunch his own party,known as Morena, cost theleft seats and benefited thePRI.

A year after it was for-mally recognized, Morenawill have its first represen-tation in Congress whileDemocratic Revolution,which was winning lessthan 11 percent of the votein the preliminary results,could lose about a dozenseats.

The third main politicalforce, the conservative Na-tional Action of the Partythat produced Mexico’s twoprevious presidents, main-tained more or less steadysupport with about 21 per-cent of the vote.

Analysts noted that inmany places around thecountry there were no localelections for mayor or gov-ernor, and voters were cast-ing ballots for unknowncongressional candidates.In such races, the PRI en-joys an advantage becauseof its large, entrenched po-litical machine.

“It’s a sigh of relief (forthe PRI), yes...,” said JoseAntonio Crespo, a politicalanalyst and professor atthe Center for EconomicResearch and Teaching.“What was not reflectedwas discontent with thegovernment and the par-ties. All the indicators ofdiscontent did not appear... except at the local level.”

The most notable exam-ple was the election ofJaime Rodriguez, known as“El Bronco,” who became

the first independent candi-date in Mexico to win agovernor’s race, in NuevoLeon state. This was thefirst year independentscould seek office under arecent electoral reform.

In doing so, the horse-back-riding, boot-clad Ro-driguez ousted the PRIfrom a key state that in-cludes the business hub ofMonterrey.

Rodriguez filled a voidwhere fed-up voters feltthat traditional partiesweren’t responsive to theirneeds, and it could set aprecedent for similar can-didacies in the future, Cres-po said.

“The independent givesyou hope, an expectation,simply because it’s some-thing different,” he said,“even though we have noproof that he will be moreeffective.”

In the city of Cuernavacaoutside the Mexican capi-tal, recently retired soccerstar Cuauhtemoc Blancowas ahead in the vote formayor and poised to takeover an office previouslyheld by the PRI. He repre-sented the tiny Social Dem-

ocratic Party, which doesn’texist in most other states.

And the major city ofGuadalajara turned itsback on the traditionalpowers, the PRI and Na-tional Action, by giving anoverwhelming victory toEnrique Alfaro of the cen-ter-left Citizens Movement,which barely registers inpolls in much of the coun-try.

Peña Nieto was boostedby a bump in support forthe allied Green Party,which jumped from about 6percent of the vote to 7 per-cent following a controver-sial campaign in which itwas fined millions for ig-noring campaign financelaws. That could give theGreens as many as 20 newseats.

Protesters burned ballotboxes in several restivestates in southern Mexico,but officials said they wereisolated incidents.

Electoral officials will is-sue final, certified resultslater in the week. Returnsso far show the PRI losingsome of its six governor-ships up for a vote, whilewinning back others.

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Antonia B. Gonzalez, 77,passed away on Sunday,June 7, 2015 at Doctor’sHospital in Laredo, Texas.

Mrs. Gonzalez is preced-ed in death by her daugh-ter, Baby, Maria Del Car-men Gonzalez; parents,Manuel and Maria Guada-lupe Buentello; brothers,Manuel Jr. (Juanita) Buen-tello, Antonio (Alicia)Buentello, Faustino (La-mar) Buentello and RaulBuentello and sisters, Ma-ria Luisa (Sylvestre) Bus-tamante, Enriqueta (Anto-nio) De Los Santos and Se-rafina Buentello.

Mrs. Gonzalez is sur-vived by her husband, Ra-mon R. Gonzalez; sons, Ra-mon Jr. (Sylvia) Gonzalez,Luis Antonio Gonzalez;daughters, Leticia Gonza-lez, Sandra Y. Gonzalez,Maria Del Carmen (Ale-jandro) Vargas, PatriciaAntonia (Mireyda) Gonza-lez; eleven grandchildren;sixteen great-grandchil-dren; brothers, Martin(Carmen) Buentello, Ma-tias Modesto (Rosa) Buen-tello; sisters, Maria Guada-lupe (+Teodulo) Villarreal,Beatriz (Alonzo) Juarezand by numerous neph-ews, nieces, other familymembers and friends.

Visitation hours wereheld on Monday, June 8,2015, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.with a rosary at 7 p.m. atRose Garden FuneralHome.

The funeral processiondeparted on Tuesday, June9, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. for a 10

a.m. funeral Mass at OurLady of Lourdes CatholicChurch.

Committal services fol-lowed at Zapata CountyCemetery.

Pallbearers were RamonGonzalez Jr., Luis AntonioGonzalez, Ramon GonzalezIII, Juan Manuel Gonzalez,Oscar Sanchez III, RafaelVillarreal, Jose AlonzoJuarez and Martin Juarez.

Honorary pallbearerswere Julian Antonio Gon-zalez and Alejandro Var-gas Jr.

Special Thanks to Supe-rior Nursing, ChampionHome Health & Staff, Dr.’sHospital ICU Staff andWell Wishers.

Funeral arrangementsare under the direction ofRose Garden FuneralHome Daniel A. Gonzalez,funeral director, 2102 N.U.S. Hwy 83 Zapata, Texas.

ANTONIA B. GONZALEZ

June 13, 1937 – June 7, 2015

crime,” Abbott said Tues-day as he was flanked bylawmakers and peace offi-cers at a Texas Departmentof Public Safety facility.“More than 100,000 of thosegang members operateacross the state of Texas.”

His signature on HouseBill 11, by state Rep. DennisBonnen, R-Angleton, is thefinal piece of a massive ef-fort by lawmakers duringthe 84th Legislature to bol-ster the ranks of state po-lice, increase technology,and establish intelligenceoperations units on theTexas-Mexico border. Thebill has a price tag of about$310 million and is part ofan $800 million border secu-rity effort.

The measure will facili-tate the hiring of additionaltroopers and give the De-partment of Public Safetythe authority to expeditethe hiring of certain mili-tary veterans who havebeen honorably discharged.It also increases penaltiesfor human smuggling andcreates a transnational in-telligence center on the bor-der to analyze crime data.In addition, the law contin-ues the operations of theTexas National Guard onthe border until the depart-

ment can hire and train upto 250 troopers to be perma-nently stationed in the ar-ea.

The bill signing comes onthe heels of a legislativesession that saw the depart-ment and border Demo-crats repeatedly spar overwhat the lawmakers allegedwas a lack of transparencyat the state police force.

Opponents of increasedborder-security spendingdemanded the departmentproduce statistics to provethat the massive bordersurge, which began lastsummer in response to theflood of undocumented im-migrants who breached theborder illegally, was work-ing. Instead, the depart-ment would only release da-ta on apprehensions anddrug seizures performed byall law enforcement agen-cies participating in thesurge, including local andfederal police.

When Abbott was askedby a reporter what problemHB 11 was intended to fixconsidering crime in theRio Grande Valley is at anall-time low, he instead em-phasized the statewide im-pact of cross-border crime.

“According to [Depart-ment of Homeland Security

Secretary] Jeh Johnson,who spoke here in HoustonTexas yesterday, we stillhave more than 25,000 peo-ple come across the borderillegally every month,” Ab-bott said.

The governor also side-stepped a question abouttwo unsuccessful legislativeproposals. One would haveended in-state tuition ratesfor undocumented immi-grants and another wouldhave banned so-called“sanctuary cities” – localgovernments that prohibitlaw enforcement officersfrom enforcing immigra-tion laws. Both topics werehot-button campaign issuesfor Republican lawmakers.

When asked if he wasdisappointed they didn’tmake it to his desk, he in-stead focused on how thefederal government’s effortsto secure the border havefallen flat.

“The issues exist in thefirst place because we havea failed federal governmentthat has refused to addressthe issues to tackle thoseproblems,” he said. “Thoseare national, federal-basedissues that we demand theUnited States federal gov-ernment address and solve.Texas is doing what is can

do by passing this bordersecurity plan.”

Though he called HouseBill 11 the cornerstone ofthe state’s efforts to protectand seal the border, he alsolauded the passage ofHouse Bill 10, which en-hances penalties for humantrafficking and House Bill12, which codifies the du-ties of the state’s borderprosecution unit. Abbott al-so indicated he was eagerto sign a resolution thaturges Congress to reim-burse Texas the nearly $700million the state has spenton border security oper-ations since 2012.

“Texas is willing toshoulder the responsibility;we expect the federal gov-ernment to foot the bill,” hesaid.

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