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One Zapatan and seven Lare-doans are among the hundredsof arrests made by Immigrationand Customs Enforcementagents this week.

The ICE-led enforcement oper-ation nabbed 2,400 convictedcriminal immigrants and fugi-tives in all 50 states, federal au-thorities announced Tuesday.

The seven-day operation,dubbed Cross Check, took placein May.

The announcement comes aweek after ICE officials said theywant to focus their resources onthose who are in the

LAW ENFORCEMENT

Zapatanarrestedin ICE

roundupBy CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

See ARRESTS PAGE 10A

A Zapata County emergencyresponder is suing Sheriff Sigi-fredo Gonzalez Jr. in federal dis-trict court for alleged assault andexcessive use of force in responseto an altercation that took placein March 2009.

William Butterfield, a fire-fighter/EMT with the Zapata firedepartment, alleges in the law-suit that Gonzalez struck him inthe face and later repeatedlythreatened his life.

Gonzalez said he would notcomment on the allegations onadvice of legal counsel but addedthat justice will prevail “whenthe truth comes out.”

“Remember that there’s al-ways two sides to every story. It’shis burden to prove what hap-pened.”

The sheriff was never

FEDERAL COURT

EMSmansues

sheriffClaims excessive useof force towards him

By ANDREW KREIGHBAUM THE ZAPATA TIMES

See LAWSUIT PAGE 10A

ZAPATA — Coy Callison doesn’t believehe’s risking his life when he steers hisspeedboat into crystal-clear waters thatstraddle the Texas-Mexico border, hoping tohook a few monster bass in an area marredby drug violence.

His marriage might be a different story.

“My wife threw a fit with us comingdown here, but the fishing’s been so fantas-tic,” said Callison, a Texas Tech Universitycommunications professor, as he loaded hisboat into Falcon Lake just after dawn. “I’malmost getting a divorce, basically.”

Anglers are again descending in droveson the dammed section of the Rio Grandewhere American jet-skier David Hartley waspresumably chased and gunned down by

Mexican pirates last fall — and where shoot-outs between Mexican soldiers and reputeddrug runners have become frighteninglycommon in the eight months since.

Tourism plummeted after Hartley’s Sept.30 death, devastating Zapata and othershoreline Texas towns. But business has re-bounded since January and only gotten

RECREATION

Fishermen returnBass is the target of tourists returning to Lake Falcon

By WILL WEISSERTASSOCIATED PRESS

See FISHERMEN PAGE 10A

ABOVE: Crystal Moncivais picks a color to brighten up herpaper cut-out Thursday morning at the Zapata Public Library.LEFT: Karly Alvarenga attempts to put pieces of a puzzle together with the help of Daniela Lopez at the Zapata Public Library on Thursday morning.

Photo by Danny Zaragoza | Laredo Morning Times

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PAGE 2A Zin brief SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2011

SATURDAY, JUNE 25Spend the evening at the Texas

A&M International University LamarBruni Vergara Planetarium and enjoy“The Zula Patrol: Under the Weather”at 5 p.m., “Earth, Moon, and Sun” at 6p.m. and Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of theMoon” at 7 p.m. General admission is$5 and $4 for children and TAMIU stu-dents, faculty, staff and alumni. Premi-um shows are $1 more. For additionalshow times, call (956) 326-DOME(3663) or visit tamiu.edu/planetarium.

MONDAY, JUNE 27Today at 4:30 p.m., Texas A&M

International University President Dr.Ray Keck will provide an update on theimpact to TAMIU of budget reductionsenacted by the Texas Legislature. Dr.Keck will address the multiple impactsof the state’s reductions for TAMIUstudents, university programs and TA-MIU operations. The press conferencewill take place in the Student CenterBallroom, Room 236. For more infor-mation, contact the Office of PublicRelations, Marketing and InformationServices, 956-326-2180.

SCAN, Inc. invites the communityto participate in National HIV TestingDay Proclamation today 10 a.m. at theSCAN, Inc. parking lot, 2387 E. Saun-ders, Suite 1. The guest speaker will beDr. Henry Carranza, and a Rapid HIVTesting marathon will take place from9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The HIV testing willbe open to the public and it is free ofcharge. For more information, call An-gie Ramirez or Enrique Manrique at956-724-3177.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29Texas AgriLife Extension Service

and USDA Natural Resources Conserva-tion Services will be sponsoring a Bi-National Ranchers Conference today at11 a.m. and tomorrow, June 30, at 8a.m. The conference will take place atEmbassy Suites, located at 110 Calledel Norte. Registration is $45, withlunch and refreshments provided. Fourpesticide applicator license CEUs willbe awarded. Any program participantneeding special accommodations isasked to call the Webb County Exten-sion office in advance to make ar-rangements. For further information onthe conference, call George L. Gonzalezat 956-721-2626 or Flavio Garza at956-723-6643, ext. 3.

The City of Laredo is hosting theannual 4th of July celebration with theFamily Fest on July 2. Anyone wishingto enter the fajita, frijoles charros andsalsa cook-off should attend a meetingtonight from 6-7 p.m. at the LaredoCivic Center, Meeting Room 1. Registra-tion of $250 is entry for only one cat-egory; however, entrants can enter allcategories with each fee. Entrantsmust provide their own food, utensils,and equipment. The top three winnersin each category will include People’sChoice, and Judge’s Choice will wintrophies. For more information, call763-9932.

The South Texas Transplant Cen-ter Laredo Clinic will be holding a rib-bon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. atProvidence Health Center, 230 Calledel Norte. For more information, con-tact Gina Palma at 956-722-9895.

THURSDAY, JUNE 30Spend the afternoon at the Texas

A&M International University LamarBruni Vergara Planetarium and enjoy“IBEX: Search for the Edge of the SolarSystem” at 4 p.m. and “Origins ofLife” at 5 p.m.

FRIDAY, JULY 1The Zapata County Chamber of

Commerce, Lakeview Inn & Suites andRobert’s Fish & Tackle will be hostingthe annual 4th of July Bass ClassicFishing Tournament at Falcon Lake. Thetournament itself will take place on Ju-ly 2 at 6:30 a.m., but registration willbe held today at Lakeview Inn from5-9 p.m. Registration is $150 per boat,and $10 Big Bass, with first place win-ning the grand prize of $2,000. Formore information, call Robert’s Fish &Tackle at 956-765-1442, Greg Padilla at956-765-1501 or 956-763-1934, or theZapata County Chamber of Commerceat 765-4871

The City of Laredo is hosting thisyear’s annual 4th of July celebrationfrom July 1-3. Today, motorcycle enthu-siasts can pay $15 for a weekend ofactivities, including a kick-off party, po-ker run and games. Registration isfrom 1-5 p.n. at the Laredo Civic Cen-ter. The Kick-Off Party, for registeredbikers only, is 7-10 p.m. at La Posada.Contact Johnny Gregory at Twin CityMotorcycle Club at JohnnyGregorymo-to@sbcglobal.net or (-956-791-6633 formore information.

CALENDARASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, June 25,the 176th day of 2011. Thereare 189 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in His-tory:

On June 25, 1950, war brokeout in Korea as forces fromthe communist North invadedthe South.

On this date: In 1788, Virginia ratified the

U.S. Constitution. In 1876, Lt. Col. George A.

Custer and his 7th Cavalrywere wiped out by Sioux andCheyenne Indians in the Bat-tle of the Little Bighorn inMontana.

In 1910, President WilliamHoward Taft signed the White-Slave Traffic Act, more pop-ularly known as the MannAct, which made it illegal totransport women across statelines for “immoral” purposes.The ballet “The Firebird” withmusic by Igor Stravinsky waspremiered in Paris by the Bal-lets Russes.

In 1938, the Fair Labor Stan-dards Act of 1938 was enacted.

In 1951, CBS transmittedthe first commercial color tele-cast from New York to fourother cities using its field se-quential system that was in-compatible with existing blackand white TVs.

In 1962, the Supreme Court,in Engel v. Vitale, ruled thatrecital of a state-sponsoredprayer in New York State pub-lic schools was unconstitution-al.

In 1973, former WhiteHouse Counsel John W. Deanbegan testifying before theSenate Watergate Committee.

In 1981, the Supreme Courtruled that male-only draft reg-istration was constitutional.

In 1991, the western Yugos-lav republics of Croatia andSlovenia declared their inde-pendence.

In 2009, death claimed Mi-chael Jackson, the “King ofPop,” in Los Angeles at age 50and actress Farrah Fawcett inSanta Monica, Calif. at age 62.

Ten years ago: The UnitedNations opened its first globalgathering on HIV/AIDS withemotional pleas for help fromAfrican leaders. Pope JohnPaul II, on a visit to Ukraine,offered a prayer for Holocaustvictims at Babi Yar.

Today’s Birthdays: Ac-tress June Lockhart is 86.Rhythm-and-blues singer Ed-die Floyd is 74. Actress Barba-ra Montgomery is 72. SingerCarly Simon is 66. Rock musi-cian Allen Lanier (Blue OysterCult) is 65. Rock musician IanMcDonald (Foreigner; KingCrimson) is 65. Actor-directorMichael Lembeck is 63. TVpersonality Phyllis George is62. Supreme Court Justice So-nia Sotomayor is 57. Actor-writer-director Ricky Gervaisis 50. Actor John BenjaminHickey is 48. Rock singerGeorge Michael is 48. ActressErica Gimpel is 47. FormerNBA player Dikembe Mutom-bo (dih-KEHM’-bay moo-TAHM’-boh) is 45. Rapper-pro-ducer Richie Rich is 44. Rap-per Candyman is 43. Contem-porary Christian musicianSean Kelly (Sixpence None theRicher) is 40. Actress AngelaKinsey (TV: “The Office”) is40. Rock musician MikeKroeger (Nickelback) is 39.Rock musician Mario Calire is37. Actress Linda Cardellini is36. Actress Busy Philipps is 32.

Thought for Today: “Astraight line is the shortest inmorals as in mathematics.” —Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irishnovelist (1767-1849).

TODAY IN HISTORY

SAN ANTONIO — Alamo officials havediscovered a clue to the building’s myste-rious past, right over the doorway some 3million visitors pass through each year.

Experts believe “1802” might have beenscratched into the wall when the Alamo wasa mission under Spanish rule, or perhapsdecades later, after the U.S. Army added asecond floor and roof in the mid-1800s.

Or, as Alamo historian and curator BruceWinders suggests, it could have been left byan Alamo defender who kept watch from aledge by a window during the 1836 siege anddecided to mark the year of his birth.

More than likely, it’s evidence of a little-known period between 1793, when MissionSan Antonio de Valero was secularized; and1803, when Spanish troops began to occupy

the former mission, Winders said.“If you look at historic graffiti at face val-

ue, people usually put the date when theydid it,” he said. “Americans at that timewere kind of notorious for leaving behindsomething that says, ‘I was here.’”

The Alamo’s conservator, Pam Jary Ross-er, made the discovery last week while re-moving dust and mold from a wall.

She spotted the date, the earliest everfound in the building, etched in numbersnearly an inch high into the plaster andlimestone wall.

Also by the window above the Alamo’smain doorway were etchings of “WVA,” andwhat appears to be “54” or “SA,” and “TEX.”Since “W” rarely is used in Spanish, andWest Virginia didn’t become a state until1863, Winders could not explain the mark-ings.

AROUND TEXAS

Dr. Bruce Winders, historian and curator at the Alamo, points out the location of historical graffiti above the front door atthe Alamo on Thursday in San Antonio. The discovery was made while removing dust and mold from a wall with a spongeand distilled water.

Photo by Tom Reel/San Antonio Express-News| AP

Scrawl found at AlamoBy SCOTT HUDDLESTON

SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

Houston principalacquitted in beating

HOUSTON — The principal ofa Houston charter school wherea teacher beat a student in a vid-eotaped attack has been acquit-ted of a misdemeanor charge inthe incident.

David Jones’ attorney, WilliamStradley, says the principal wasacquitted in 10 minutes by a juryThursday after a two-day trial.Stradley says Jones did not knowabout the serious nature of theincident until the video becamepublic.

Man sues Catholic diocesein Texas on abuse claims

EL PASO — A man who alleg-es he was molested by a Catholicpriest in the 1970s has filed a civ-il lawsuit against a Texas dioceseand the Jesuits, claiming the de-fendants knew or should haveknown of the abuses and didn’tprotect him.

The suit claims he was molest-ed over a two-year span. The law-

suit says abuses occurred in thepriest’s vehicle on the way tochurch functions. The priestcould not be located.

2 die in ultralight crash atRanger airport

RANGER — Two men havebeen killed in the crash of an ul-tralight aircraft at an airport inWest Texas.

Calvert says the aircraft ap-parently stalled, then crashed.Federal investigators will helpdetermine the cause of the acci-dent.

3 get prison over CentralTexas teen’s killing

BELTON — Three young menhave been sentenced to prison inthe killing of a Central Texasteen.

A judge in Belton on Thurs-day ordered 36 years in prisonfor 18-year-old Jonathan Darval-ics. He pleaded guilty to murderin the 2009 death of 16-year-oldJames Johnson III of Killeen.

Victor Villarreal was sen-

tenced to 20 years in a murderplea bargain. Paul Cantu pleadedguilty earlier and in April re-ceived 40 years.

Wreck at end of Wacochase leaves 2 dead

WACO — A wreck following apolice chase in Central Texas hasleft two people in the fleeing ve-hicle dead.

Waco police say the car wentout of control around midnightThursday and hit a telephonepole, killing a man and a woman.

2 more indicted overdisgraced ex-Texas judge

BROWNSVILLE — A husbandand wife have been indicted inthe investigation of an ex-judgewho’s pleaded guilty in the cor-ruption probe.

Armando and Karina Peñaare charged with wire fraud.

A federal magistrate inBrownsville on Thursday deniedbond for Armando Peña. Hiswife is held on $25,000 bond.

— Compiled from AP reports

Super Bowl ring auctionedto pay back taxes

GREEN BAY, Wis. — A formerGreen Bay Packers linemanwhose teams won the first twoSuper Bowls will have at leastone of his championship ringsauctioned off to recover some ofthe $1.7 million the federal gov-ernment says he owes in taxes.

Fuzzy Thurston, 77, played forthe Packers from 1959 to 1967.Marshals have seized his SuperBowl II ring, and authorities aretrying to track down his othermemorabilia to auction off in ac-cordance with a court order.

Flooding promptsevacuations in Mo.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Res-idents in several northwesternMissouri communities collectedthe last of their belongings Fri-day, and state officials closed apark near the swollen MissouriRiver because of high water.

Jump in factory ordershints at stronger growth

WASHINGTON — Factory or-ders are picking up and the econ-omy may soon follow.

A rise in demand for long-last-ing manufactured goods in Maysuggests the parts shortage stem-ming from the Japan crises isfading. It would also support theview that growth will strengthenthis summer.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

North Dakota Army National Guard Sgt. Chris Franck naps in the Burlington, N.D.,fire hall after a shift on flood duty on Friday. The National Guard was helpingflood victims in the North Dakota community of Burlington.

Photo by Dale Wetzel | AP

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SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2011 Zlocal PAGE 3A

Area college studentsinterested in a possiblecareer in the health pro-fessions have until July 1to apply for a special pro-gram exploring those pro-fessions, offered by TheUniversity of TexasHealth Science Center atSan Antonio.

Make It Real Academywill be held Aug. 10-19 atthe university’s RegionalCampus in Laredo, 1937E. Bustamante Street.

Twenty students willbe selected for the pro-gram that will provide anin-depth look at thehealth professionsthrough hands-on activ-ities, field trips, behind-the-scenes activities andinterviews with localhealth professionals tolearn why they decided topursue higher educationand how they paid for it.

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Those selected for theprogram will receive a$200 participation stipendand will qualify to applyfor tuition assistancescholarships for any de-gree program offered bythe Health Science Cen-ter’s School of HealthProfessions.

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SPECIAL TO THE TIMESZapata County sheriff ’s

investigators broke a rashof burglary cases thatyielded two arrests andseveral items recovered.

Deputies arrestedbrothers Francisco Ibarra-Gonzalez, 24, and Reymun-do Ibarra-Gonzalez, 20, onMonday evening. Bothmen are from Nueva Ciu-dad Guerrero, in Tamauli-pas state, across the lakefrom Falcon State Park.

They are being chargedwith 20 counts of burglaryof a habitation, six countsof burglary of a building,and two counts of theft.

Sgt. Mario Elizondosaid the burglaries hap-pened mid-May throughmid June. The alleged sus-pects’ modus operandi in-cluded eating and sleepingat the ranches.

Officials say the allegedoffenders entered ranchhouses and barns to takethe items and either car-ried them into town ortook them on wheelbar-rels.

“They would walk milesfrom a main road to enterthese ranches,” Elizondosaid. “These brothers hada tendency of sleeping andeating at the ranch houses

they were burglarizing.(They would) later leavewith the stolen items.”

Elizondo said officialsworked “rigorously” and“relentless hours” of in-vestigations.

On Monday evening, in-

vestigators arrested thetwo brothers at a resi-dence in the 600 block ofMedina Avenue. Elizondosaid the brothers did nothave permission to be atthat residence.

Deputies were able to

recover wheelbarrels, tele-visions, DVD players, bat-tery chargers and assortedelectric saws.

They also recovered aircompressors, floor jacks,floor jack stands, a Chevytruck, a jeep, an all ter-rain vehicle and severalrifles.

(Cesar G. Rodriguezmay be reached at 728-2568or cesar@lmtonline.com)

Police arrest 2, recover itemsBy CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

These are items recovered by authorities after the arrests of two men in connection with burglar-ies and thefts in the Zapata area.

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FRANCISCO IBARRA-GONZALEZ: Facesmultiple countsafter arrest.

REYMUNDO IBARRA-GONZALEZ: Facingburglary, theftand other charges

BURGLARYA 45-year-old woman reported at

12:32 a.m. June 17 in the 400 block ofFalcon Shore Drive in the Nicholson Addi-tion that someone broke into her houseand stole a black Dell laptop.

A 63-year-old man reported at 3:02p.m. June 18 that someone broke into hisranch located 10 miles east of Zapata onTexas 16.

A 24-year-old man reported at 4:47

p.m. Tuesday in the 1300 block of LaredoStreet that someone stole his air condi-tioning unit.

ENDANGERING A CHILDRicardo Vela, 33, was arrested and

charged with abandon/endangering a childat about 8:45 p.m. Tuesday at the cornerof Fourth Street and Miraflores Avenue. Anincident report states Vela was driving un-der the influence of a medication while

having two boys — ages 1 and 8 — withhim. He almost caused two accidents. Velawas held in lieu of a $20,000 bond at theZapata Regional Jail.

FRAUDA 25-year-old woman reported at

3:54 p.m. June 17 in the 500 block ofWest 20th Avenue that someone has beenusing her Social Security number in Arizo-na.

PUBLIC INTOXICATIONMario Medina Jr., 24, was arrested

and charged with public intoxication atabout 5 p.m. Monday in the intersection ofTexas 16 and Eighth Street. The man wastaken to the Zapata Regional Jail, wherehe was released to appear in court later.

THEFTA 22-year-old man reported at 4:50

p.m. June 19 in the 1200 block of HidalgoBoulevard that someone stole a blue 2006Impala while it was left running to coolthe interior. The vehicle was located usingGPS in Miguel Alemán, in Tamaulipas.

Deputies responded to a residentialalarm at 7:36 p.m. June 19 in the 100block of Airport Road. Deputies recoveredfour hunting rifles in the brush area. A re-port states an eyewitness saw two menhiding in the brush.

THE BLOTTER

PAGE 4A Zopinion SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2011

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WASHINGTON —In nuclear indus-try parlance the

“gold standard” has spe-cial significance and thereis real concern that theworld may slip below thatstandard as the U.S. indus-try falters.

“Gold standard” is theterm applied globally tothe U.S. regulation and li-censing of nuclear powerplants. It is a term of re-spect for American stan-dards of excellence. It waswidely used at a meetingof the Nuclear Infrastruc-ture Council in Washing-ton Tuesday and Wednes-day and surprisingly, com-ing from French andChinese lips, was an affir-mation of the whole licens-ing and regulatory appara-tus that exists in the Unit-ed States.

Duller standardThe fear is that as the

U.S. lags in the construc-tion of reactors and whileit continues to eschew fuelreprocessing, the goldstandard will lose its lus-ter to a world that is build-ing new nuclear at break-neck speed and is, orplans, to reprocess theused fuel.

Most of today’s concernis about China, now com-mitted to the fastestgrowth in nuclear. But In-dia is also building andothers like the UnitedArab Emirates, Jordan,Brazil and Argentina arethinking about it.

Will deterioration in thequality of construction,regulation and operationoccur? Not according in-dustry sources in Europeand America, if the goldstandard continues to berespected and reflects thelatest innovations. Other-wise, a slew of new reac-tors could be less safe thanthey might be.

Well-built plantsAt present, according to

the companies involved inChina including Westin-ghouse Electric, the ShawGroup, a U.S. constructionfirm and the French giantAreva, they are maintain-ing the gold standard. Theterm embraces total quali-ty assurance from licens-ing integrity to concreteand steel specifications, toanalysis of componentsand certification of welds.

What is surprisingabout the idea of the goldstandard is how long ithas endured. It goes backto the Eisenhower admin-istration and the Atomsfor Peace program. Thiswas an ambitious ideathat the civilian benefits ofatomic power would bespread across the world.Implicit in the programwas the assumption thatthe U.S. nuclear industry

would control world nucle-ar commerce and, as a re-sult, safety standardswould be the highest. Pro-liferation and accidentswould be guarded againstby the U.S. gold standard,exercised through thedominance of the U.S. in-dustry.

The world’s fledglingnuclear industry acceptedthis U.S. technological he-gemony happily. No onewanted a nuclear accident;and those who wanted tobuild a weapon would doso clandestinely, as Sad-dam Hussein tried to do inIraq.

The gold standard re-gime was first challengedwhen President JimmyCarter, a nuclear engineerwho was ambivalent aboutnuclear, yielded to the leftwing of the DemocraticParty and decided that theU.S. would unilaterally notprocess used nuclear fuel.Carter’s point man in thisfolly was Joseph Nye ofHarvard. The industry andthose interested in main-taining the gold standardwere appalled.

I crossed swords withNye, highly regarded as anacademic and intellectual,at the Uranium Institute(now the World NuclearAssociation) annual meet-ing in London in Septem-ber 1977. So heated wasour discussion that Nyefollowed me out of the hallinto the street, urging meto accept his point of view.

Although that was dec-ades ago, it was the firstblow to the gold standard.Other countries proceededwith reprocessing. Arevaand British Nuclear Fuelsclaim it is a very profitablebusiness, as well as greatlyreducing waste volumes.

Despite this insult tonuclear, the gold standardheld — possibly at 18 car-ats rather than 24 carats.

Now the Obama admin-istration is doing whatCarter did all over again.

Carter tepidly endorsednuclear, while opposing re-processing and a demon-stration fast breeder reac-tor authorized by Con-gress. Obama has beenless severe, but he hasnixed the Yucca Mountainwaste repository in Neva-da — and the $15 billionspent there — and set backa waste-storage solution byas much as 50 years.

Now the world willstore and reprocess wastewithout a gold standard toguide it.

It matters because slip-ping standards, anywherefrom China to Jordan, en-danger all nuclear powerand a lot of people. A melt-down in Japan has bat-tered nuclear acceptanceand that was because of aonce-in-history naturalevent.

The next one could bebecause of lower licensingstandards, bad concrete,fake parts or a bribed in-spector.

(Email: lking@kingpub-lishing.com.)

COLUMN

US key tohigh nukestandards

By LLEWELLYN KINGHEARST NEWSPAPERS

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICYDOONESBURY | GARRY TRUDEAU

It’s a headline some ofus never thought we’dsee: ”Whitey Bulger

Arrested.” The man whose mur-

derous deeds have becomeknown around the worldwill finally face justice.

Bulger’s arrest doesn’tend the long, staggeringsaga of criminality andcorruption. But it doesclose the chapter of Bul-ger’s life on the lam —and by so doing, opens awhole new chapter in thesearch for truth.

Interaction with fedsThe information that

Bulger could offer abouthis dealings with federallaw enforcement officialsmust be giving a previousgeneration of FBI agentsheart palpitations. Wecould very likely hearabout those dealings aspart of his defense.

Meanwhile, girlfriendCatherine Greig can nodoubt provide a wealth ofinformation about howshe and Bulger survivedso long on the run, wheretheir money came from,and who aided and abet-ted them. Given that shecould face charges for har-boring a fugitive, she’llhave plenty of motivationto cooperate.

When I asked U.S. At-torney Carmen Ortiz atyesterday’s press confer-

ence if Whitey had beenin contact with, or aidedby, family members, shesaid federal investigatorshad no suspects in mind,but “will be investigatingwhether or not there wasany assistance.”

Troubles overYet despite the linger-

ing questions, Bulger’s ap-prehension clears a cloudthat has troubled Bostonfor decades.

It was more than 16years ago that rogue FBIagent John Connollytipped Bulger off to hisimpending racketeeringindictment. Since then,we’ve heard the grisly de-tails of the many murdersBulger and his fellowthugs committed duringtheir long criminal reign.We’ve learned how Bulger,an FBI informant, man-aged to manipulate, com-promise, and corrupt hissupposed handlers. Oneindex of that: Connolly,who this month wraps upa 10-year federal racke-teering sentence, willsoon begin serving a 40-year second-degree-mur-der term in Florida forleaking information toBulger about a potentialwitness against them —someone a Bulger associ-ate then killed.

We’ve also seen the dis-honorable choices thatbrothers John and Wil-liam Bulger, both suppos-edly public servants,

made after Whitey fled.John, a former clerk mag-istrate in the court sys-tem, has served a prisonsentence for lying to agrand jury about whetherhe’d had contact with hisbrother and about safe de-posit boxes Whitey used.He also tried to helpWhitey obtain false identi-fication.

William Bulger hasn’trun afoul of the law, yethis behavior was alsoshameful. Shortly afterWhitey was indicted andfled, I asked the then Sen-ate president whether hewould urge his brother toturn himself in.

”Thank you verymuch,” he replied, and re-treated into his office.

Phone callWe now know that with-

in days of Whitey’s disap-pearance, William went toa trusted associate’s hometo take a prearranged callfrom Whitey, who was notyet charged with murder.And we know from hisown federal grand jurytestimony in April 2001that during that call, Wil-liam Bulger didn’t adviseWhitey to surrender him-self.

By the time of hisgrand jury testimony,Whitey had been indictedfor multiple murders, andbodies had been exhumedfrom makeshift graves.But William still put loyal-ty to his brother above

any moral imperative tohelp find him.

”I do have an honestloyalty to my brother, andI care about him,” he tes-tified. ”It’s my hope thatI’m never helpful to any-one against him ... I don’tfeel an obligation to helpeveryone to catch him.”

University presidentIndeed, William seemed

to think he could endureas the president of theUniversity of Massachu-setts even after theGlobe’s Shelley Murphyobtained and wrote abouthis grand jury testimony.A few weeks after her sto-ry ran in December 2002, Isaw Bulger at a UMass-Lowell event. He hadshown up, uninvited, ap-parently hoping for an ac-knowledgment from Gov.Mitt Romney, who insteadavoided him like theplague. But the event gaveme a chance to ask this:Had Bulger rethought hisstance that he had no obli-gation to help authoritiesfind his brother? Onceagain, William turned andstrode off.

Ultimately, the fedsfound Whitey anyway.We’ll no doubt learnmuch more about his lifeon the lam in the monthsto come. But after years offrustration, today is a dayto celebrate.

(Scot Lehigh can bereached at le-high@globe.com)

COLUMN

Truth next after Bulger arrestBy SCOT LEHIGH

THE BOSTON GLOBE

Bruce Brown, Procterand Gamble’s chief tech-nology officer, discussedthe power of examiningfailure.

“Interestingly, one ofthe best lessons in my ca-reer came from failure.

”I had a boss at the

time who sat down withme and asked me, whatdid I learn from that par-ticular experience? And itwas one of the best exer-cises that I went throughbecause it caused me toreflect.

“It was really rooted in-in P and G terms — wedidn’t put the consumer

first. We were trying todrive global scale of ourbusiness and for mostcompanies driving scaleand achieving a globalbusiness is paramount.But in that case, we prior-itized that over delightingour consumer. And as aresult, we were not suc-cessful.

”That was really in-structive. One, in terms ofalways putting the con-sumer first. And two, inreally creating an environ-ment where people couldlearn from their mistakes.

“I learned more frommy mistake that time thanI’ve learned from many ofmy successes.”

Finding success despite failureTHE WASHINGTON POST

AUSTIN — Texas law-makers started the yearpromising to make hardchoices to solve the largestbudget shortfall in thestate’s history. They deliver-ed one speech after anotherabout not "kicking the can"down the road.

Yet that’s exactly whatthey did.

Gov. Rick Perry signed abudget that was balancedonly through accountingmaneuvers, rewritingschool funding laws, ignor-ing a growing populationand delaying payments onbills coming due in 2013.

It accomplishes, however,what the Republican major-ity wanted most: It did notraise taxes, took little fromthe Rainy Day Fund andshifted any future deficitsonto the next Legislature.

Those are key talkingpoints for Perry, as hespeaks to the conservativefaithful around the countryand considers a run forpresident in 2012. Many Re-publican lawmakers havecomplained privately, andDemocrats publicly, thatPerry has heavily influen-ced the session to makesure nothing passed thatwould hurt a potential cam-paign.

States across the nationfaced major budget short-falls this year, but none asbig as Texas. While mostlegislatures chose to raisetaxes and fees along withmaking cuts, Texas tea par-ty activists put enormouspressure on the Republi-cans, who control everybranch of state govern-ment, to manage the $27billion shortfall throughcuts alone. That included$7.8 billion to health andhuman services.

Republicans crowedabout their budget accom-plishment. Perry, who hastouted his budget-cuttingprowess as he flirts withrunning for president, de-clared victory.

"I am proud Texas willcontinue to live within itsmeans while encouragingjob creation and maintain-ing essential services," saidPerry, who claims thatkeeping taxes low helpscreate jobs.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurstbragged that the $80.6-bil-lion, two-year budget willcut state governmentspending by $15 billioncompared to the previous

budget."It’s all smoke and mir-

rors and misdirection,"said state Rep. GarnettColeman, D-Houston."There’s no way this is abalanced budget. It’s bil-lions short of where Texasis supposed to be on Med-icaid and education."

Much of the overall sav-ings came through cuts touniversity and state agencybudgets, but the bulk of itcame from accountingsleight-of-hand and puttingoff the biggest problemsuntil lawmakers come backin 2013.

In Texas, the electedstate comptroller — cur-rently a Republican — cancertify the budget is bal-anced if the spending doesnot exceed the revenuesshe expects over the nexttwo years.

The first accountingshift was to delay a $2.3 bil-lion payment owed to pub-lic schools in 2012-2013 byone day, so that the billisn’t technically due until2014, thereby going into thenext budget. The new bud-get also assumes there willbe no growth in the num-ber of school children inTexas, even though it isone of the fastest-growingstates in the nation. Criticssay the state will shortschool districts $2 billionthat way.

Lawmakers also decidedto rewrite the laws that de-termine how Texas paysfor public education, sincethe Legislature could notafford what the law man-dated. They slashed $4 bil-lion in what will be thefirst cut in per-studentspending in Texas sinceWorld War II. Districtsmust either lay off thou-sands of teachers and in-crease class sizes, increaselocal property taxes orboth.

Difficultdecisions get2-year delay

By CHRIS TOMLINSONASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN ANTONIO — Gov.Rick Perry received a tep-id response when he ad-dressed the National Asso-ciation of Latino Electedand Appointed Officials onThursday, joking about thepronunciation of a Hispan-ic appointee’s last nameand frequently staringblankly at the audiencewhen they failed to re-spond to his conservativeapplause lines.

In his defense, Hispanicpoliticians had earlier spo-ken passionately againsthis policies, deriding themas hurtful to Hispanics.Perry chose to ignorethose topics and insteadtouted his appointments ofthe first Hispanic womento serve as secretary ofstate and to both of thestate’s highest courts.

But a joke about howperfect it was to appoint

Jose Cuevas to the TexasAlcoholic Beverage Com-mission because his namesounds like Jose Cuervo —a brand of tequila — fellflat. Perry struggled to re-gain his confidence as hedescribed Texas as a landof opportunity.

“You have a role modelyou can look up to, some-one who proves that anyobstacle can be overcome,”Perry said. “That is espe-cially true for a Hispanicchild in Texas.”

Perry is considering arun for president and hasmade an effort in recentmonths to attend nationalHispanic events, such asthe convention that openedThursday in San Antonio.But there was no mentionof any national aspirationsduring his speech here,which focused on low tax-es, limited regulations andrestrictions on lawsuits.

“We do what we can tomaintain an economic cli-

mate that attracts busi-nesses and industries look-ing to expand, that need torelocate,” he said.

Democratic Mayor Ju-lian Castro derided the lat-est legislative session andPerry’s emergency bills, as“the most anti-Latinoagenda we’ve seen in morethan a generation, withoutshame.”

The state’s longest-serv-ing governor has tried towalk a fine line betweenappealing to Texas’ grow-ing Hispanic population —now 48 percent — andrightwing groups thathave demanded tougherstances on immigrationand voter identificationlaws. Perry declared billsrequiring a photo ID tovote and mandating thatlocal police to enforce fed-eral immigration laws asemergency items.

Both measures haveprovoked angry reactionsfrom Hispanic groups. Po-

lice chiefs and sheriffsoverwhelmingly objectedto the immigration en-forcement measure. His-panic groups say both lawswill lead to greater voterintimidation and profilingagainst Hispanics.

The politicians and pub-lic policy professionalswere unimpressed withhis stock-speech toutingthe state’s business-friend-ly climate. Perry oftenstopped for applause andheard only the clink offorks on plates as hestared out at the crowd, astark contrast to the jubi-lant reception he’s re-ceived at recent Republi-can events. Many in theaudience had never heardof him before.

The organization re-leased a study predictingthat 12.2 million Latinoswill cast a ballot in the2012 presidential election,representing a 26 percentincrease from 2008.

Demonstrators protest the presence of Gov. Rick Perry at the 28th annual National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Offi-cials conference on Thursday, in San Antonio.

Photo by Darren Abate | AP

Latino group unhappy with PerryBy CHRIS TOMLINSON

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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PAGE 6A Zentertainment SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2011

World Wrestling Enter-tainment Hall of FamerDusty Rhodes is hostingSunday’s Smackdown!event at the Laredo Ener-gy Arena.

Rhodes, who is alsoknown as “The AmericanDream,” was born in theLone Star State, in Austin.Rhodes was a popularwrestler back when theWWE was known as theWorld Wrestling Federa-tion.

He’ll be the official hostof Sunday’s event, whichstarts promptly at 5 p.m.

The LEA doors willopen at 4 p.m.

Several superstars ofWWE are coming for thenon-televised show.

Presented by K-Mart,the intense action will fea-ture a world heavyweightchampionship match:Randy Orton vs. Chris-tian. Other matches willshowcase Sin Cara vs. TedDiBiase Jr., the son of“The Million DollarMan.”

Jackson vs. Barrettrematch

Also, Kane will battleagainst Sheamus, andEzekiel Jackson will de-fend his IntercontinentalChampionship againstWade Barrett.

It’s a rematch from lastSunday’s match, during

which Jackson beat Bar-rett for the championshipbelt.

Other Smackdown!wrestlers who will be inthe ring include CodyRhodes, Daniel Bryan,Mark Henry, Natalya and

The Great Khali, amongothers.

Tickets range from $15to $60, plus facility fees.

(Emilio Rábago III maybe reached at 728-2564 orby e-mail at eraba-go@lmtonline.com)

World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton bodyslams his opponent, Sheamus, during a recent match. Orton will defend his beltagainst Christian, the wrestler he defeated back in May for the championship.

Photos © 2011 World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Special to the Times

SMACKDOWN! BACKAT LEA SUNDAY NIGHT

By EMILIO RÁBAGO IIITHE ZAPATA TIMES

After an eight-year ab-sence, the South Texas Col-lectors Expo returns to theGateway City this week-end.

Slated for Sunday, from10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the La-redo Civic Center, the expowill have a variety of col-lectibles for sale.

Collectible vendors aremaking the trip from SanAntonio, Corpus Christi,the Rio Grande Valley, Nue-vo Laredo and other sur-rounding areas to offerfans many items, includingcomic books, comic bookrelated collectibles, andgaming cards, such as Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic the Gather-ing, Pokemon, and Naruto.

“We already have greatstores here, but this willbring a different variety toLaredo,” said Marco Jalo-mo, the event’s organizer.“We want to bring back avariety of collectibles to La-redo.”

The last time the SouthTexas Collectors Expo washeld in Laredo was Decem-ber 2003.

“I was a collector backin the day and decided toreturn now that my kidsare older,” Jalomo said.

For sports enthusiasts,the Collectors Expo willhave plenty of items suchas sports cards, jerseys,helmets, sneakers and box-ing gloves.

Ferguson Ink, one of thevendors, will have a varietyof autographed memorabi-lia, including hard-to-findDallas Cowboys memorabi-lia.

“I know there will be aframed Michael Jordan au-tographed jersey,” Jalomosaid.

Prices for the items canrange from a couple of dol-lars to thousands of dollars.

Collectible chess setswill be available, includingthemed sets of Star Wars,The Civil War, The TexasRevolution, among others

An anime/manga sec-tion will have rare itemsfrom the anime world. TheAnime Club from UnitedHigh School will be hostinga Cos-play contest. Entryfee for the Cos-play contestis $5.

“We’re giving away doorprizes every hour,” Jalomosaid. “People will get a tick-

et when they pay the ad-mission.”

Admission for the eventis $2.

(Emilio Rabago III maybe reached at 728-2564 or bye-mail at erabago@lmton-line.com)

South Texascollectors Expo

returns this SundayEVENT WILL FEATURE COMIC BOOKS,

SPORTS JERSEYS AND RARE ITEMSBy EMILIO RÁBAGO III

THE ZAPATA TIMES

‘Rapunzel’ is nextLittle Theatre playThe Laredo Little Theatre an-

nounced that this year’s traditionalsummer children’s play will be “LetYour Hair Down Rapunzel.”

The musical is based on thebook written by Karen Boettche-Tate,and the music and lyrics are byScott DeTurk.

Performance dates are set for Ju-ly 13, 14 and 15, at 8 p.m. On Satur-day, July 16, performances will be at3 p.m. and at 8 p.m.

There will be one final perform-ance, a matinee slated for 3 p.mSunday, July 17.

Members of the cast includeBrandon Garza, Carolina Ramirez,Rebekah Rangel, Marco Vela, SimoneLiddell, Nicolas Peña, Jose RobertoVillarreal, Robert Garza, Rebecca Ra-mirez, Alison Guzman, Vielka Gutier-rez, Lauren Enriquez, Victor Gutier-rez, Sebastian Luna, Ever Peña andKyara Carrillo.

Although light and humorous, theplay conveys a very important mess-age: Just because someone looks alittle different is no reason why theyshould be shunned or treated differ-ently.

For more information, call 723-1342.

Syndicate-X reunites,plays Saturday

The rockers of Syndicate-X are

reunited once again to perform theirset — a mix of in-your-face music,heavy lyrics and wild antics.

The band is also celebratingSNAP’s birthday. SNAP is the band’sbassist.

Playing with Syndicate-X atEcylpse Grill and Lounge will be spe-cial guests Bones, Division BlackNoise, Dead Air, Rebel Soul andCorpse Kin.

The reunion event is Saturday,beginning at 9 p.m. at Ecylpse, 611Shiloh, Ste. 13.

The event is free for those 21and up.

LULAC No. 14 plans4th of July FiestaOn Monday, July 4, LULAC Coun-

cil No. 14 will host the 4th of JulyFiesta at Alexander Station and Lakefrom 1 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Admission will be free. The fiestawill feature kayak and canoe races, afishing contest, a hot dog cook-off,food vendors, arts and crafts, com-mercial vendors, music and muchmore.

The night will cap off with a rare-ly-seen fireworks display on the wa-ter. The fireworks are sponsored byIBC Bank, Southern Distributing andA.B.C.T. Construction.

The entrance for Alexander Sta-tion is at the intersection of McPher-son and University Boulevard.

For information, call LULAC No.14 at 286-9055.

— The Zapata Times

COMING UP

SÁBADO 25 DE JUNIOLAREDO — Pase la

tarde en el Planetario LamarBruni Vergara y explore “TheZula Patrol: Under the Weat-her” a las 5 p.m., “Earth,Moon, and Sun” a las 6p.m. y Pink Floyd’s “Dark Si-de of the Moon” a las 7p.m. Entrada general: 5 dó-lares.

LAREDO — UmanoAché y La Mata se presen-tan en vivo en Rio GrandePlaza Hotel hoy a partir delas 6:30 p.m. Costo: 5 dóla-res, incluyendo uso de alber-ca.

LAREDO — Syndica-te-X (Snap’s Metal B-Day) apartir de las 8 p.m. de hoyen Eclipse Bar, 611 Shiloh.Costo: 5 dólares. Invitados:Division Black Noise, Bones,Dead Air/Rebel Soul & Cor-pse Kin .

NUEVO LAREDO —Desfile de carretas a partirde las 9 a.m., teniendo co-mo salida Obregón y Bulevar15 de junio, para circular porAvenida Guerero hasta Re-forma, girando a la izquierdasobre Paseo Colón hasta elBulevar Adolfo Ruiz Cortines.Terminará en el Lienzo Cha-rro, atrás de Expomex.

NUEVO LAREDO —Moto Fest, Rally TurísticoNuevo Laredo 2011 y Verbe-na Popular a partir de las 1p.m. en el Centro Histórico.

NUEVO LAREDO— Fes-tival Infantil “El Ferrocarril yNuevo Laredo” a las 2 p.m.en Estación Palabra.

DOMINGO 26 DE JUNIOLAREDO — Maratón

de corte de cabello, de 9a.m. a 4 p.m. en CHI Aca-demy, 1713 Del Mar Blvd.Corte a 5 dólares. A benefi-cio de Isaac y Ruth Martí-nez, dos niños que luchancontra el cáncer. Informes al(956) 242-8354.

LAREDO — Hoy es laSouth Texas Collectors Expoen el Laredo Civic Center apartir de las 10 a.m.. Habrárevistas, tarjetas de colec-ción y recuerdos deportivos,entre otras cosas. Más infor-mación con Marco Jalomo al337-5192.

LAREDO — “WWESmackdown World Tour” sepresenta hoy en LaredoEnergy Arena a las 5 p.m.Costos desde 15 dólareshasta 60, más la cuota delas instalaciones. Adquierasu boleto en la taquilla deLEA.

LUNES 27 DE JUNIOLAREDO — Durante el

Día Nacional para Examenesdel VIH, se ofrecerán exame-nes gratuitos de 9 a.m. a 5p.m. en el Departamento deSalud de la Ciudad de Lare-do, 2600 Cedar, de maneragratuita.

MARTES 28 DE JUNIOLAREDO — Amigos

del Agente Especial del ICEJaime Zapata invitan al tor-neo de boliche a las 5:30p.m. en Jett Bowl. La fechade registro concluyó el 22de junio.

NUEVO LAREDO —Conferencia “Héroe de Naca-taz” por el profesor FelipeSaldívar Rodríguez a las 7p.m. en Auditorio de Esta-ción Palabra.

NUEVO LAREDO —Hoy se presenta la obra deteatro “Como si fuera estanoche”, dirigida por GerardoVillezca, a las 8 p.m. en elTeatro Lucio Blanco de laCasa de la Cultura.

SÁBADO 2 DE JULIOLAREDO — Intocable

y Eli Young Band se presen-ta hoy en Mesquite Fest2011 en LIFE Grounds a par-tir de las 5 p.m. Boletos enpreventa a 15 dólares.

LAREDO — Iron SkullLive a las 11 p.m. en ColdBrew Rock & Metal Bar,4520 San Bernardo, Suite18.

Agendaen Breve

Zfrontera PÁGINA 7ASÁBADO 25 DE JUNIO DE 2011

En Nuevo Laredo, Méxi-co, alrededor de 700 policíaspreventivos municipalesfueron retirados de sus fun-ciones desde el martes 21de junio por la noche, y ah-ora son 200 elementos delEjército Mexicano y de laSecretaría de Seguridad Pú-blica de Tamaulipasquienes vigilan las calles deésta y 21 ciudades más enla entidad.

La semana pasada, elSecretario Técnico del Con-sejo de Seguridad Nacional,Alejandro Poiré, dijo que lapresencia de militares enlos mandos policiales de Ta-maulipas permanecerá almenos por un año, en tantonuevos elementos civiles seintegren a la corporación ycumplan la regla nacionalde seguridad.

“Este apoyo extraordina-rio a Tamaulipas será cor-respondido con un esfuerzosimilar en el reclutamientoy renovación de la policía”,dijo Poiré.

Desde el martes elemen-tos militares arribaron alas bases de seguridad pú-blica en las 22 ciudades,

confirmó en comunicado deprensa el Gobierno de Ta-maulipas.

En Abasolo, Altamira,Camargo, Díaz Ordaz, ElMante, González, Guerrero,Hidalgo, Jiménez, Madero,Matamoros, Mier, MiguelAlemán, Nuevo Laredo, Pa-dilla, Reynosa, Río Bravo,San Fernando, Soto la Ma-rina, Tampico, Valle Her-moso y Victoria, los solda-

dos procedieron a concen-trar a los patrulleros yexigirles la entrega de susarmas.

Los agentes, quienes fue-ron desarmados y concen-trados en sus bases, sin de-recho al uso de las patrul-las, también deberánsometerse a exámenes deprofesionalización y con-fianza.

El Presidente Municipal

de Nuevo Laredo, BenjamínGalván Gómez confirmó eljueves por la tarde que per-sonal militar se encuentraal mando de la vigilanciade la ciudad y aclaró queuna vez que los policíassean certificados podríancontinuar laborando en laprevención del crimen.

“Fue un acuerdo, estuvi-mos reunidos con el gober-nador Egidio Torre Cantu,

los 43 alcaldes de Tamauli-pas”, dijo Galván. “Ellos(los soldados) se encuen-tran vigilando (y) veremosmejoría de seguridad en laciudad”.

Galván dijo desconocerque sucederá con losagentes que incumplan elordenamiento federal y es-tatal.

El martes el GobernadorTorre Cantú encabezó enCiudad Victoria una reu-nión con los 43 alcaldes dela entidad, el Procurador deJusticia Estatal, BolívarHernández; el Secretario deSeguridad Pública Estatal,Rafael Lomelí y el Secretar-io General de Gobierno,Morelos Canseco Gómez,donde, tras firmar un con-venio para apoyar la estruc-tura de seguridad, se aun-ció el arribo de 2,290 ele-mentos militares.

En Nuevo Laredo, du-rante la administración delPresidente Daniel Peña Tre-viño (2005-2007), policíasmunicipales fueron acuar-telados, desarmados e in-vestigados.

Al concluir investiga-ciones por parte del Gobier-no Federal, varios agentesfueron despedidos.

CONVENIO ESTADO-FEDERACIÓN ASIGNA SOLDADOS A SEGURIDAD PÚBLICA

Llegan militares; salen policíasPOR MIGUEL TIMOSHENKOV

TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

Soldados del Ejército Mexicano son captados vigilantes en la esquina de Avenida Guerrero y Héroe deNacataz, a una cuadra y media de la comandancia de policía de Nuevo Laredo, México.

Foto por Miguel Timoshenkov | The Zapata Times

A fin de rescatar delrezago a habitantesde las áreas rurales

de 42 municipios de Ta-maulipas, la Secretaría deDesarrollo Social (SEDE-SOL) presentó una seriede propuestas ante mediosde comunicación reunidosen Ciudad Victoria, Méxi-co.

La titular de la SEDE-SOL, Dinorah BlancaGuerra Garza dijo que sepasará del asistencialismoal crecimiento de las per-sonas a través de la estra-tegia RETOS (Regiones Es-

tratégicas para el TrabajoOrganizado y Sustentable),que parte de la superacióndel rezago educativo y lacapacitación en proyectosproductivos.

Guerra Garza explicóque 171 comunidades ru-rales de 42 municipios delEstado son consideradasáreas naturales de trabajoque agrupan localidadesde menor población que seabastecen de servicios.

“Esos lugares, consid-erados regiones estratégi-cas, serán fortalecidos ensu infraestructura socialbásica para contribuir aldesarrollo social de las

familias de las zonas ru-rales circunvecinas”, dijoGuerra. “El apoyo integralabarca educación, salud,capacitación laboral, usode tecnologías rurales pa-ra producción alimenticiae infraestructura socialbásica”.

Aseguró que esto per-mitirá una cobertura de3,196 localidades, entre lasque se encuentran 269 demuy alto rezago social,mil de alto y 555 de mediorezago, según las cifras delConsejo Nacional de Po-blación (CONAPO).

Además se contempla lahabilitación de Telecen-

tros Comunitarios, en losque se involucrará a lasorganizaciones de la socie-dad civil y cuyo objetivo esacercar a los habitantes delas áreas rurales a espa-cios donde puedan super-ar el analfabetismo, con-cluir sus estudios y unacarrera profesional.

Fortalecer la identidady evitar la migración esotro de los objetivos delGobierno del Estado quele dará cobertura a seis re-giones: Fronteriza, Vallede San Fernando, Centro,Altiplano, Mante y Sur, asícomo otras 12 zonas espe-cíficas.

SEDESOL

SERVICIOS ESTATALES

La Secretaria de Desarrollo Social, Dinorah Blanca Guerra Garza realiza una presentación acerca de la estrategia RETOS (Regiones Es-tratégicas para el Trabajo Organizado y Sustentable), en Ciudad Victoria.

Foto de cortesía | Gobierno de Tamaulipas

Estrategia favorecerá a sectores vulnerablesESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

CIUDAD VICTORIA —Ante inquietudes y deman-das que han sido expuestaspor productores agrícolas,ganaderos, de pesca y acua-cultura, autoridades dierona conocer propuestas yacuerdos durante la Segun-da Sesión Ordinaria delConsejo Estatal para el De-sarrollo Rural Sustentable.

El Secretario de Desar-rollo Rural, Jorge AlbertoReyes Moreno reconocióque este año ha sido degrandes retos para la gentede campo ante eventos cli-matológicos como fueronlas heladas y ahora la pro-longada sequía, pero dijoque estas situaciones exter-nas fuera de control de losproductores, se han sabidoenfrentar y salir adelante.

La dinámica de la sesiónconsistió en que los coordi-nadores de las comisionesde trabajo expusieran losacuerdos propuestos a in-formar o fueran validadospor el Consejo Estatal parael Desarrollo Rural Susten-table y turnados a la SA-GARPA para su apoyo.

En ganadería algunosfueron:

Autorización de siem-bra con OGM en su fase pi-loto.

Intervención de SA-GARPA para promover quese adecue el Artículo 4Transitorio de la Iniciativade Ley del PROCAMPO.

Apoyo de 750.000 pe-sos para productores queadquieran equipos agríco-las durante el ejercicio2011y que dejaron de perci-bir el subsidio para el die-sel.

Mantener el apoyo del100 por ciento al productorpara cubrir el costo de laprima de coberturas deprecios a productos come-rcializados bajo el esquemade Agricultura por Contra-to.

Incluir como proyec-tos susceptibles de apoyodentro del ProgramaApoyo a la Inversión enEquipamiento e Infraes-tructura, ComponenteAgrícola, el concepto deequipamiento e infraes-tructura para la produc-ción de abono orgánico através de lombricultura.

TAMAULIPAS

Sesiónatiende

retosTIEMPO DE ZAPATA

ZAPATA SE RECUPERA POCO A POCO

Foto por Eric Gay | Associated Press

Joe Padilla posa con un pez que atra-pó en el Lago Falcon, el 8 de junio enZapata. El turismo disminuyó drástica-mente en la sección de la presa sobreel Rio Grande, que comparten Texas y

Tamaulipas, después que el 30 de sep-tiembre un americano fuera presum-

iblemente asesinado por piratas mexi-canos. Pese a que el lado mexicano

del lago continúa controlado por la vio-lencia, negocios de Zapata han estado

volviendo a recuperarse lentamente.

DETROIT — Expensesin the financially strug-gling Detroit PublicSchools would be cut byabout $230 million with 853jobs axed and employeesforced to take a 10-percentpay cut under a $1.2 billionbudget proposed by the dis-trict’s state-appointed emer-gency financial manager.

A draft of the budgetwas released Thursday. Italso calls for $200 million tobe lopped off the district’s$327 million budget deficitthrough the sale of long-term bonds. Another $48million in purchased andcontracted service cuts alsoare planned.

The district has about4,400 teachers, and finan-cial manager Roy Robertshas said most of their jobswill be spared.

But across-the-board jobcuts will include school ad-ministrators, clerical andprofessional staff, counsel-ors, teacher aides and cen-tral office supervisors.

“This budget will re-quire us to live within ourmeans while supportingthe educational plan that’s

been put in place,” Robertssaid in a news release. “Wemust elevate the schools interms of academics, per-formance and providing asafe environment for chil-dren. We have to build afirst-rate system of schoolsthat parents choose to sendtheir children to.”

Pre-kindergarten pro-grams will be expanded.Class sizes would dropfrom 33 to 30 students infourth and fifth grades andfrom 38 to 35 in sixththrough 12th grades.

The class size in kinder-garten through third gradewould remain at 25 stu-dents, while pre-kindergar-ten classes would still have18 students.

The budget is based on66,360 general and specialeducation students. Thedistrict had 74,000 studentsthis past school year, butits enrollment has been de-clining steadily.

School board PresidentAnthony Adams warnedthat past efforts to balancethe district’s budget andwipe out the deficit didn’tpan out.

“For the last two yearsit’s been the same story,”Adams said.

Detroit schools emergency financial manager Roy Roberts toursMarcus Garvey Academy in Detroit on May 16. About $230 millionin expenses and 853 jobs will be cut under a budget proposed byRoberts.

Photo by Carlos Osorio/file | AP

Detroit schoolseye pay cut, lossof 853 workers

By COREY WILLIAMSASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN — Making itthrough some medicalschools in Texas couldtake less time and becheaper for future doctors.

Six University of Texascampuses are partneringon plans to shorten thetime it takes to earn abachelor’s degree, a medi-cal degree or both.

A pilot program for se-lect freshmen could beginin 2013 at UT-Austin, plusat campuses in Dallas, SanAntonio, Brownsville, ElPaso and Edinburg, theAustin American-States-man reported Tuesday.The Transformation in

Medical Education pro-gram, or TIME, and hasbeen seeded with $4 mil-lion from UT regents.

The goal is to link un-dergraduate schooling tophysician education tomake medical school moreefficient and increase thenumber of Texas doctors,said Dr. Kenneth Shine,the UT System’s executivevice chancellor for healthaffairs.

“Medical education, ingeneral, takes too long,costs too much, it’s redun-dant, and it also doesn’tnecessarily prepare peoplefor practice in the 21stcentury,” Shine said.

About 20 of the 135 U.S.

accredited medical schoolsoffer some sort of shortcutto graduation, accordingto the American Associ-ation of Medical Colleges.A similar program beganthis month at Texas TechUniversity in Lubbock.

A student can skip thefourth year of medicalschool and receive a year’sworth of scholarships, cut-ting the average four-yeardebt of $150,000 in half,said Dr. Ron Cook, interimchairman of family medi-cine at Texas Tech.

UT-Austin’s plan wouldinvolve 60 freshman un-dergraduates with recordsof high academic achieve-ment. All would be guar-

anteed slots in medicalschool at UT Southwest-ern in Dallas or the UTHealth Science Center atHouston if they maintaingood grades plus abide byother standards still beingdefined, said David Laude,a senior associate dean atUT-Austin.

Another 60 freshmenwould be added in thespring, according toLaude.

The plan is to cut ayear from the bachelor’sdegree, reducing the over-all time to finish collegeand graduate from medi-cal school from eightyears to six or seven,Laude said.

UT med schools mull cutsASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI — The achieve-ment gap between Hispan-ic and white students isthe same as it was in theearly 1990s, despite twodecades of accountabilityreforms, according to datareleased by the U.S. De-partment of Education onThursday.

Performance on the Na-tional Assessment of Edu-cational Progress showsthe gap narrowed by threepoints in fourth- andeighth-grade reading since2003, a reduction research-ers said was statisticallysignificant. But the overalldifference between themremains more than 20points, or roughly twograde levels.

“Hispanic students arethe largest minority groupin our nation’s schools.But they face grave educa-tional challenges that arehindering their ability topursue the Americandream,” Education Secre-tary Arne Duncan said.

The data comes as Con-gress struggles to reform

No Child Left Behind, thebroad, encompassing actPresident George W. Bushsigned into law in 2002.The law put a renewed fo-cus on minority students,requiring states to developtests that would show howwell they and other stu-dents were performing.

Data previously releasedon black students showswhile significant gainshave been made over thelast two decades, the gapwith white students re-mains wide.

Researchers say the im-pact of No Child Left Be-hind on the achievementgap is difficult to assessbecause it affects all stu-dents and is just one ofmany factors that wouldinfluence their success.However, long-term datashows the sharpest dropsin the achievement gapwere seen in the 1980s, aperiod in which gainsfrom the civil rights move-ment, like higher levels ofmaternal education andbetter jobs for black fam-ilies, were seen.

After that, the achieve-ment gap between white,

black and Hispanic stu-dents largely increased be-fore narrowing again atthe end of the 1990s.

Jack Jennings, presi-dent of the nonprofit Cen-ter on Education Policy,said No Child Left Behindit is a factor.

“Students are doing bet-ter, because both whiteand Latino students aregoing up in test scores,and black students aswell,” Jennings said. “It’snot a downward spiral. It’sa situation where we’vemade progress, we justwish we could make moreprogress faster.”

The law required statesto develop tests and setgoals to bring students toproficiency in math andreading. It also requiresinterventions — at theirmost severe, school clo-sures — if students repeat-edly failed to meet thosebenchmarks.

“I would say it’s not somuch the fault of the ac-countability system,” saidAmy Wilkins, vice presi-dent for government af-fairs at The EducationTrust. “I think of the ac-

countability system as athermometer. It tells youwhere you are, but it’s notthe thermostat that’s goingto drive change.”

Sandy Kress, whoserved as an education ad-viser to President GeorgeW. Bush in the passage ofNo Child Left Behind in2001, said there is evidencethat accountability practic-es have had a positive im-pact on student perform-ance, including recentCensus data that shows ahigher percentage ofyoung Hispanic adults fin-ishing high school. Thenumber attending a two-year college has also dou-bled over the last decade.

“Consequential account-ability led to dramaticgains for students, dramat-ic gains, including Hispan-ics,” Kress said.

The report showed thegap between fourth-gradeHispanic and white stu-dents was 21 points inmath in 2009. At gradeeight, the gap rises to 26points. The gap was simi-larly wide in reading — 25points in fourth grade and24 in eighth.

Achievement gap stays wideBy CHRISTINE ARMARIO

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Benilde Bustamante Riv-era, born Feb. 6, 1923,passed away Monday, June20, 2011, at her residence inZapata.

Ms. Rivera is preceded indeath by her husband, Fer-nando Rivera; parents: Ro-berto and Isabel P. Busta-mante; brothers Adolio Bus-tamante, RodolfoBustamante and RobertoBustamante; and sisters Elo-dia Bustamante and MariaS.B. Vela.

Ms. Rivera is survived byher children: Fernando (Yo-landa) Rivera, Elodia R.(Jose Luis) Vazquez, Bal-domero (Dolores) Rivera, El-va Nelia R. (Jose Luis)Guevara, Miguel Angel (Per-la) Rivera, Jose Rolando(Maria de Jesus) Rivera,Amiga y fiel compañera,Maria del Socorro Hernan-dez; 21 grandchildren; 26great-grandchildren; broth-ers Alonzo (Yolanda) Busta-mante and Adolio (Elvira)Bustamante; sister-in-law,Criselia Bustamante; sis-ters: Isabel B. (Ramiro) Gua-jardo and Elvia B. (JoseManuel) Valadez; and by nu-merous nephews, nieces,family and friends.

Honorary pallbearerswere: Carlos D. Guevara,Jaime Rivera, Jesús Rivera,Joey Guevara and CiscoHernández.

Pallbearers were: JoséLuis Vazquez Jr., GerardoVazquez, Baldomero Rivera

Jr., José Luis Guevara Jr.,Fernando Miguel Rivera,Miguel Ángel Rivera Jr., Jo-sé Rolando Rivera Jr. andAguinaldo Hernández.

Visitation hours wereheld Tuesday, June 21, 2011,from 6 to 9 p.m. with a ros-ary at 7 p.m. at Rose GardenFuneral Home.

The funeral processiondeparted Wednesday, June22, 2011, at 9:45 for a 10 a.m.funeral Mass at Our Lady ofLourdes Catholic Church.Committal services followedat Zapata County Cemetery.

Funeral arrangementswere under the direction ofRose Garden Funeral Home,Daniel A. Gonzalez, funeraldirector, 2102 Highway 83,Zapata.

BENILDE BUSTAMANTE RIVERA

EL PASO — A youngwoman who says she lefther post as police chief inher Mexican hometownand is seeking U.S. asylumbecause of death threatscalls herself “sad and an-gry” after a policewomanfrom her hometown waswounded by assailants.

Marisol Valles Garcia,21, fled nearly four monthsago from the small bordertown of Praxedis G. Guer-rero, where she had beenpolice chief since October.The criminology studenthad made internationalheadlines when she tookthe post that had been hardto fill after her predecessorwas tortured and beheaded.

Her attorney, CarlosSpector, said Valles Garciahas “a well-founded fear ofpersecution” because ofWednesday’s attack on thefemale officer. Mexican offi-cials say the officer and herhusband and child werestabbed in their home dur-ing a robbery, not an assas-sination attempt.

“What happened to myfellow policewoman couldhave happened to me. If itdidn’t, it’s because I amhere with my family. ButI’m nervous this could hap-pen to more people, to po-lice officers,” Valles Garciasaid at a news conferenceFriday.

Valles Garcia asked forU.S. asylum, claiming shefears for her life becauseshe has “denounced wide-spread corruption in alllevels of government inMexico,” said Spector.

Mexicans asking for asy-lum face an uphill battle.The U.S. received nearly19,000 asylum requestsfrom Mexico since 2005, butgranted asylum to just 319

petitioners between 2005and 2010.

Drug violence has trans-formed the township ofPraxedis G. Guerrero froma string of quiet farmingcommunities into a lawlessno-man’s-land only about amile from the Texas border.Between 1995 and 2005, ithad a steady population ofabout 8,500 inhabitants.Five years later, slightlymore than 4,500 people livethere. Two rival gangs —the Juarez and Sinaloadrug cartels — are battlingover control of its single

highway, a lucrative drug-trafficking route along theTexas border.

After taking office,Valles Garcia started re-ceiving death threats. Shesaid that when she appliedfor the job, it didn’t crossher mind she’d be a target— particularly after public-ly vowing not to go afterthe drug cartels that con-trol the zone bordering ElPaso county.

“I didn’t believe I was adanger for the ‘narcos,’ wewere not going after them.We told them in (news) con-

ferences that we would notmess with them,” saidValles Garcia, who advocat-ed a community police ap-proach for her town, target-ing problems like domesticviolence and leaving thedrug war to federal policeand the army.

Still, threats started com-ing.

“I just didn’t want towait for them to call meone day and say: ‘We’rewaiting for you outside.”’

Garcia said in a smalltown like Praxedis, it’s nothard to spot strangers withbad intentions. Her officerswould constantly call toalert her of suspicious carsdriving around.

“One day they parkedjust outside the office,that’s when I thought Iwould not last that day. Iwent to my parents andsaid: ‘Ma, I don’t want to behere anymore’ and thenand there we planned it, inthat instant I took mypurse, a diaper for my sonand next thing we knew wewere here, asking for asy-lum.”

She, her husband andson along with her parentsand two sisters fled thatday.

She now believes themedia attention that shebrought to her town andthe drug trade there waswhat angered the cartels.Still, she does not regrether time as police chief.

“I wanted to do some-thing for my municipality,for my son.”

She has to wait until herMay 2013 court date to stateher case, Spector said.

“It’s hard to be in acountry that is not yourown, without work, withouta house. You have to de-pend on your relatives, askfor rides everywhere. It’s adifficult life situation.”

Chief who fled Mexicodecries attack on police

By JUAN CARLOS LLORCAASSOCIATED PRESS

Marisol Valles, 20, former police chief in Praxedis G. Guerrero in Chi-huahua, Mexico, speaks Friday in El Paso during a press conference.Valles, who said she left her post as police chief in her Mexicanhometown because of death threats, plans to speak out againstdrug-related violence in her country as she seeks U.S. asylum.

Photo by Victor Calzada/El Paso Times | AP

WASHINGTON — Strug-gling to break a perilousdeadlock, President BarackObama took direct controlFriday of national debt-limitnegotiations with both Re-publicans and Democrats.With the White Housewarning the nation’s eco-nomic stability is at stake,it’s one of the most severetests yet of Obama’s presi-dency.

The key disagreement isover taxes. Democrats, in-cluding Obama, say a majordeficit-reduction agreementmust include tax increasesor the elimination of taxbreaks for big companiesand wealthy individuals. Re-publicans are demandinghuge cuts in governmentspending and insistingthere be no tax increases.

Absent an agreementthat cuts long-term deficits,Republicans say they willnot vote to increase the na-tion’s borrowing, which willexceed its $14.3 trillion limiton Aug. 2. The administra-tion has warned that if Con-gress does not raise the debtceiling, it could mean thefirst U.S. financial default inhistory and send economicshockwaves worldwide.

Discussions led by Vice

President Joe Biden thatwere designed to trim about$2 trillion from long-termdeficits abruptly stalled thisweek, leading Obama tostep in Friday and summonthe top Senate leaders to theWhite House.

On Monday morning,Obama and Biden plan tomeet with Senate MajorityLeader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,and in the early evening hewill sit down with SenateRepublican leader MitchMcConnell of Kentucky.McConnell and HouseSpeaker John Boehner haverepeatedly said that no dealcan include tax hikes.

Amid an economic slow-down, persistently high un-employment and a loomingdeadline for action, the ne-gotiations will challengeObama’s ability to forge acompromise that allows allsides to claim victory.

Obama restated his posi-tion to Boehner in personand to McConnell by phoneon Wednesday, officials said.On Thursday, the two Re-publicans who had been ne-gotiating with Biden —House Majority Leader EricCantor, R-Va., and Sen. JonKyl, R-Ariz. — abandonedthose talks.

Ultimately, those discus-sions would yield only somuch.

Obama steps intodebt-limit talks

By JIM KUHNHENNASSOCIATED PRESS

The grand opening ofthe Zapata County Mu-seum of History, 805 MainStreet, will take place at 9a.m. on Saturday, July 9.

After a brief ceremonyand symbolic ribbon cut-ting, escorted group tourswill be provided in Englishand Spanish.

The museum got its starta few years ago when resi-dents engaged in strategicplanning for Zapata Countywith two goals in mind:

To diversify the localeconomy

To improve the qualityof life of the community

Among the ideas set for

in the brainstorming ses-sions was to create a dy-namic, proactive Chamberof Commerce that wouldaggressively energize thebusiness community intopromoting attractions inZapata County to the out-side world.

Falcon Lake was at thetop of the list, but the morethe idea was talked about,the more convinced leadersbecame that there neededto be greater depth to theactivities available to leng-then the stays for visitors.

“Putting heads on beds”would not only enahnce ho-tel tax revenues, but withlonger stays in town therestaurants, grocery stores,gift shops and gas stations

would hear ringing cashregisters.

Ideas began to flow: well-manicured parks withmanicured lawns, tree-linedwalking paths, bicycletrails, playground equip-ment, swimming pool com-plexes, welcoming signs atthe entrances to the citiesand the town, a well-stocked library, a highereducation center and a mu-seum. County governmentshared this same visionand gave these ideas its fullsupport.

Less than five years later,the Zapata County Mu-seum of History has be-come a reality. Patterned af-ter many of the Smithso-nian National Museums in

Washington, D.C., the mu-seum has a comprehensivestory line beginning withthe geological developmentof the region to the nativeanimals and plants to thehuman imprint. Local his-tory unfolds through narra-tives and graphics and isenhanced with artifacts do-nated or placed on loan bylocal residents, many ofwhom are descendants oforiginal settlers.

Museum board membersdecided an exhaustivestudy would be made of ac-tual local archives ratherthan dependence on tradi-tional historical sources.

(Hildegardo E. Flores isthe curator of the ZapataCounty Museum of History)

Museum to open on July 9By HILDEGARDO E. FLORES

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stronger as a drought hasgiven visitors access toonce hard-to-reach shoreareas teeming with bass, ti-lapia and other fish.

Falcon Lake borders por-tions of Mexico’s Tamauli-pas state, which is engulfedby a turf battle between theGulf Cartel and Los Zetas.Both are fighting the Mex-ican military.

On May 8, Mexican navaltroops patrolling theircountry’s side of the lakediscovered a staging areafor smuggling marijuanainto Texas by speedboat ona spit of land that becomesan island when the water ishigh. A gunbattle ensued,killing one sailor and 12 al-leged Zetas.

Many locals say such in-cidents are all too commonsince the Mexican navy re-cently stepped up patrolson its side of Falcon Lake.Zapata County Sheriff Sigi-fredo Gonzalez ticked offexamples from that sameweek that weren’t widelycovered in the media, in-cluding a heavy gunbattleon May 12 and a Mexicanhelicopter that shot a drugsuspect three days later.

Those shootouts andHartley’s slaying were inMexican waters, and vio-lence so far has been con-tained to that country’sside of bluish-green watersstretching 25 miles longand 3 miles across. Butmany fishing fanatics areheading to Mexico’s part ofthe lake, anyway, sayingthe chance to reel in bassthat grow larger than 10feet outweighs fears abouta drug war that has killedmore than 34,000 people inMexico since 2006.

“Everyone says, ‘Juststay out of Mexico.’ But wego over there anyway, andit’s no problem,” said LeviMesser, a 26-year-old whorecently drove 6.5 hours tohit Falcon Lake. “Youmight see a few less peoplethan before, but there’s stilllots.”

A stone’s throw from Za-pata’s municipal boat rampis a sign with red-and-blacklettering proclaiming:

“Warning: Crossing intoMexico Could Be Danger-ous.” Nearby, a smallersign reminds boaters to re-port all suspicious activity,this one bearing the sealsof the Texas attorney gen-eral’s office and the U.S.Border Patrol.

Gonzalez erected bothsigns two months ago.“People can ignore them ifthey want,” he said. “Butwe could potentially have asituation where someonegoes to Mexico to fish andhas a problem, and wecan’t go get them.”

Hartley’s wife Tiffanysaid her husband was shotin the head by Mexican pi-rates after the couple jet-skied past buoys markingthe end of U.S. territory tovisit a historic Mexicanchurch. His body hasn’tbeen recovered.

In the wake of that shoot-ing, a national fishing tour-nament scrapped plans tocome and two longtimefishing guides quit due tolack of business. Anotherguide, Jim Edwards, said ofthe 17 trips he had sched-uled for last October, allbut five canceled, and threeof those only went aheadafter he agreed to stay in

Texas waters. Things gotworse as the year drew to aclose.

Paco Mendoza, presidentof the Zapata CountyChamber of Commerce,said that while tourism hasyet to fully recover, hoteloccupancy rates for week-ends, when Falcon Lake at-tracts the most anglers, arenow up 30 to 40 percentsince the doldrums follow-ing Hartley’s shooting.

“A lot of people don’treally realize how safe it ishere until they actuallycome and see for them-selves,” Mendoza said.“We’re working towardhaving our image repaired,but it’s a slow process.”

Edwards has recentlyfished within sight of the

church the Hartleys werevisiting. “The fishing isbetter than it ever hasbeen,” he said. “And that’sbringing people back.”

The owner of anotherguide service, Jim Behn-ken, said that since Febru-ary, he’s only had two dayswhere he wasn’t fully book-ed. He was with visitorsfrom Kansas, fishing inMexican territory themorning of Hartley’s shoot-ing. The outing went sowell the group headed backto Mexican waters thatsame evening — despitewhat had happened.

“It’s a very big lake, andif you don’t go looking fortrouble, you won’t find it,”Behnken said.

Speedy Collett is a lodge-owner and guide who had abrush with Mexican pi-rates even before Hartley’sslaying. In April 2010, hewas guiding anglers whowere approached by armedmen after they went ashoreon the Mexican side of Fal-con Lake to take pictures.The assailants took thememory card from the dig-ital camera of one visitorand checked Collett’s phoneto ensure he hadn’t calledanyone running drugs inthe area.

“When they figured outwe weren’t a threat, theylet us go,” he said. “Theytold us ‘go fish and mindyour own business.’”

That’s what Collett’sbeen doing ever since, andhe said his lodge and guideschedule are full again.

“We’re in recovery, butit’s fragile,” he said. “And ifsomething else happens,we’re dead.”

FISHERMEN Continued from Page 1A

A warning sign is seen at a ramp on Falcon Lake on June 9. Tourismdropped off sharply on the dammed section of the Rio Grande thatstraddles the Texas-Mexico border after Sept. 30, when an Amer-ican jet-skier was presumably shot and killed by Mexican pirates.

Photo by Eric Gay | AP

country illegally andhave broken laws.

Press release“The results of this op-

eration underscore ICE’songoing focus on arrest-ing those convicted crimi-nal aliens who prey uponour communities, andtracking down fugitiveswho game our nation’simmigration system,”ICE Director John Mor-ton stated in a news re-lease.

“This targeted enforce-ment operation is a directresult of excellent team-work among law enforce-ment agencies who sharea commitment to protectpublic safety.”

Laredo and Zapata fallunder the area of respon-sibility of San Antonio.

ICE spokeswoman NinaPruñeda said the sevenpeople in Laredo and onein Zapata could face fed-

eral charges for illegal re-entry after being previ-ously deported.

Others arrested did notfollow an immigrationjudge’s ruling and decid-ed to stay in the country.They chose not to leave,making them fugitives,according to ICE’s stan-dards, Pruñeda said.

All people were turnedover for prosecution.

If convicted, the arres-tees could serve three ormore years in federalprison, Pruñeda said.

The operation involvedmore than 500 ICE agentsand officers, assisted bythe U.S. Marshals Service,the U.S. Diplomatic Secu-rity Service, U.S. Customsand Border Protection,the U.S. Postal InspectionService and state and lo-cal law enforcement agen-cies.

(César G. Rodriguezmay be reached at 728-2568 or cesar@lmton-line.com)

ARRESTS Continued from Page 1A

charged or reprimandedin response to the inci-dent, according to thelawsuit. George Altgelt,an attorney for Butter-field, said his client noti-fied his superiors at thefire department and thecounty attorney’s officeof the incident.

Helping patientCourt records state

Butterfield and anotherfirefighter were assistingwith an aggressive pa-tient when he allegesthat Gonzalez beganstriking the patient.When Butterfield steppedin front of the patient, hesaid Gonzalez struck himand threatened him. Gon-zalez allegedly repeatedthe threat several min-utes later.

The lawsuit, which wasfiled March 21, asks for

damages for medical ex-penses as well as physi-cal pain and mental an-guish.

Insurance firmZapata County Attor-

ney Alfonso Figueroasaid the lawsuit was re-ferred to the county’s in-surer, Trident InsuranceServices.

He said the county hasan obligation to notifythe insurer immediatelyin the case of a lawsuit.

“If it is covered in thepolicy, then they jumpright in and protect theinterest of the county,” hesaid. “We’re in such anearly stage of the litiga-tion that there’s not real-ly anything I could add.”

(Andrew Kreighbaummay be reached at 728-2538 or akreigh-baum@lmtonline.com)

LAWSUIT Continued from Page 1A

Sports&OutdoorsSATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2011 ON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COM

The Mexican-American war is about to kickoff, 16decades after the original conflict between SamHouston and Santa Anna, in a hopefully blood-less battle.

The two CONCACAF soccer superpowers won theirway into the much anticipated Gold Cup final, takingplace at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., at 8 p.m., forthe fourth time out of 10 Gold Cups. The two adjacentarchrivals enter the third straight championship match.The pair split to last two meetings, El Tri won 5-0 in 2009and the Yanks won 2-1 in 2007.

The winner of tonight’s match wins the right to repre-sent CONCACAF in the FIFA Confederations Cup in

2011 CONCACAF GOLD CUP

Jamaica goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts can’t stop a goal by United States’ Clint Dempsey during the second half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal onSunday at RFK Stadium in Washington. The U.S. won 2-0.

Photo by Alex Brandon | AP

Mexico’s Javier Hernandez leaps over Honduras’ goalie Noel Valladares who savesa shot on goal during the second half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal onWednesday in Houston.

Photo by Dave Einsel | AP

THE NEWBATTLE FOR LOS ANGELESU.S. faces Mexico forsoccer glory tonight

By ADAM GEIGERMANTHE ZAPATA TIMES

See GOLD CUP PAGE 2B

LAREDO – The start of the high schoolvolleyball season is a few months away,but the Lady Hawks are diligently workingtoward putting together another banneryear by hitting the road every week, upHighway 83, to play at the Laredo Boysand Girls Club summer volleyball league.

Zapata is the only 3A school playingamong the local Laredo 5A schools, but thesize of the school has not deterred the La-dy Hawks from picking up two victories infive league games.

The victories came against Martin andUnited South, but the Lady Hawks haveposted losses against United, Nixon andAlexander, Laredo’s three playoff teamslast year.

While the victories are a positive steptoward the ultimate goal of hitting the dis-trict season with the determination to de-fend their 32-3A title, Zapata coach RosieVillarreal sees this as an opportunity forher team to start gelling together.

“This is the time for the girls to startknowing each other on the court,” Villar-real said. “The wins and losses are notreally what I look at right now; it’s thecommunication that they have on thecourt.”

As per UIL rules that prohibit highschool coaches to coach their team out of

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Ballersstaywith

gameLady Hawks

take on 5A foesBy CLARA SANDOVAL

THE ZAPATA TIMES

See VOLLEYBALL PAGE 2B

DALLAS — Eventually,Jordan Hamilton or an-other guy taken late inthe first round of thisyear’s NBA draft willblossom into a qualityplayer, perhaps even anAll-Star.

The Dallas Mavericksdon’t want to wait.

Fresh off their firstchampionship, the Maver-icks are determined tostay on top. So they gaveup the uncertainty andpotential of a draft pickfor a known commodityin Portland guard RudyFernandez.

“He’s a guy that canstep right in and help usright away,” said DonnieNelson, Dallas’ presidentof basketball operations.“The experience factorwas the thing thatbrought it over the top. ...There’s less risk involved.He’s NBA playoff battle-

NBA DRAFT

Mavs want to win nowDraft trade gets

establishedFernandez

By JAIME ARONASSOCIATED PRESS

The Dallas Mavericks traded both their draft picks, 26th and 57thoverall, for Rudy Fernandez (5), of Spain.

Photo by Matt Slocum | AP

See MAVERICKS PAGE 2B

SAN ANTONIO —George Hill grew up want-ing to play for his home-town Indiana Pacers. Hewas a high school and col-lege star in Indianapolis,and just last month, deco-rated his torso with a gianttattoo in the shape of Indi-ana.

Yet Hill on Friday didn’tsound like being tradedhome was exactly a dreamcome true.

“It hurts when you feellike you have a lot of fam-ily, but at the same time Iknow the Spurs love me asa person,” Hill said.“They’re a great organiza-tion. It’s just a better busi-ness decision for them andfor myself.”

Although beloved bySpurs coach GreggPopovich — who saw Hillas a future star of the fran-chise — San Antonio dealttheir backup point guardto the Pacers in Thurs-

Hill heads homeafter Spurs trade

By PAUL J. WEBERASSOCIATED PRESS

The Pacers have traded first-round pick Kawhi Leondard to theSpurs for George Hill.

Darren Abate | AP

See SPURS PAGE 2B

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season, Villarreal sits inthe stands and watches asa spectator and does notdo any of the coaching.

But she sees a vastamount of potential in thefuture of the Lady Hawksas they sometimes lookspectacular during sum-mer league play, often re-mind her of the work thatmust be put in still.

The Lady Hawks willbe looking to see who canstep up to fill that voidleft by Mrs. Everythingand District MVP BrandiKing, who graduated inMay.

With five returning let-termen – Shelby Bigler,Jackie Salinas, EstellaMolina, Kristina De Leonand Abby Aguilar – Vil-larreal must find playersthat will complementthem on the court.

The summer league isthe opportunity for juniorvarsity and freshmenplayers to show that theycan handle the demandsof varsity ball and beready for volleyballtryouts during the monthof August.

Zapata will be lookingfor a new setter and a fewback row players to fillout the roster. This is alsothe time for players tostart campaigning forstarting jobs with their

play on the court, but theultimate test will comeduring those early weeksduring the volleyball sea-son.

The Laredo summervolleyball league is com-ing to a close in June, butfuture Lady Hawk playerscan start working towardcontinuing the playoff tra-dition that has been es-tablished under Villar-real.

Villarreal will be hold-ing a volleyball camp forfifth graders through in-coming freshmen duringthe last week of July.

Time and location willbe coming during thenext few weeks.

(Clara Sandoval can bereached at sandoval.cla-ra@gmail.com)

VOLLEYBALL Continued from Page 1B

“This is thetime for thegirls to startknowing eachother on thecourt,”ZAPATA COACH ROSIEVILLARREAL

tested. It was kind of aperfect storm for us.”

At 26, Fernandez is old-er than a rookie but stillyounger than most of theMavericks.

With three years in theNBA, he knows how theleague works. Add theyears the Spaniard hasplayed internationally, andhe’s even more of a veter-an.

Most of all, the Mavslike that the 6-foot-6, 185-pound Fernandez is big-ger and more athletic thanmost of their shootingguards. He’s shown he canplay 20-plus minutes agame, get to the rim andmake 3-pointers. He hasn’tdone it consistently,though, which is why theTrail Blazers were willingto deal him for a late first-round pick.

“He’s a guy we’ve hadour eye on for a while,”Nelson said. “It was kindof right place, right time.”

Fernandez has averaged9.1 points over 24.1 min-utes in his career. Hemade 40 percent of his 3sas a rookie, but his accu-racy has dipped every sea-son.

A change of scenery, anda new coaching scheme,could juice up his num-bers. So could a change inrole: starter.

DeShawn Stevenson wasthe primary starter atshooting guard last seasonand in the playoffs. He’s afree agent, though, andthe Mavs have other prior-ities, primarily trying tokeep Tyson Chandler, J.J.Barea and Caron Butler.Fernandez would have tobeat out other guys al-ready on the roster, but hewill certainly be in themix.

There’s also a catch tothis starting job. Thebackup, Jason Terry, islikely to play more min-utes, especially duringcrunch time. Thus, Fer-nandez could averageabout the same minuteshe had in Portland, buthe’d have a bigger role ona better team.

No wonder his first re-action was a tweet filledwith exclamation points:“So happy to be in the bestteam in the nba!!!dallas!!!”

His excitement is a plusconsidering he was finedtwice last summer forcomments detrimental tothe league — $25,000 inAugust, then $50,000 in Oc-tober, all over talk aboutbeing traded, includingthreats of leaving the NBAand returning to Spain.

“I think young guyssometimes take a while tofigure things out, certain-

ly guys from Europe,” Nel-son said. “You’ve got theAmerican way or NBAway of doing things. So Ithink there’s some learn-ing curve there. Some-times it’s just opportunity.... We’re hopeful that it’sanother case of that.”

The bottom line for Dal-las was improving its ros-ter without giving up anyof the players who helpedthem knock off the MiamiHeat in the finals. Ofcourse, Fernandez willtake up a roster spot,which could mean wavinggoodbye to Stevenson orPeja Stojakovic.

“Again, it’s a combina-tion of getting our back-court a little bit more ath-letic, a little bit more scor-ing punch,” Nelson said.“He’s an underrated de-fender — he’s better thanyou think. He’s a big-timeathlete. He’s able to breakdefenses down. We likethis over taking a youngguy that might pan outand might not.”

He has a friendly con-tract, too.

Fernandez is signed forthe upcoming season, plusthere’s a team option forthe following year. WithTerry going into the finalyear of his deal, Fernan-dez has a year to showwhether he can become a

big piece of the Mavericks’future.

Dallas also has its lasttwo draft-day acquisitionsto consider at shootingguard: Rodrigue Beauboisand Dominique Jones.

Beaubois was thought tobe a key to the team’s fu-ture before being injuredand ineffective this pastseason. Jones saw moreaction in the D-Leaguethan in the NBA, andwasn’t active in the play-offs.

Although the Trail Blaz-ers recently fired theirgeneral manager, guys inthe front office knew theMavs liked Fernandez.Talks heated up in recentdays, culminating in anintricate draft-day swap.

Dallas spent both itspicks on players Portlandsaid to take: Hamilton atNo. 26 and Tanguy Ngom-bo at No. 57. However, theBlazers immediately in-cluded Hamilton in a dealwith Denver, and Ngombowas believed to be on themove, too.

The Mavs also cameaway with the rights toFinnish guard Petteri Ko-ponen, who is expected toplay a fourth straight yearin Italy. Nelson said theMavs will ask him nextsummer about coming tothe NBA.

MAVERICKS Continued from Page 1B

day’s NBA draft in ex-change for Indiana’s first-round pick, forward KawhiLeonard of San Diego State.

The trade gives the Spursmuch-needed size and thePacers a scoring guard likethey went into the drafthoping to land.

Now instead of a rookie,the Pacers add a young vet-eran who spent his firstthree NBA seasons playingbehind Tony Parker and es-tablished himself as one ofSan Antonio’s best perime-ter defenders.

Moving to Indiana fig-ures to promote Hill into apotential starter on ayoung Pacers team that in-cludes Darren Collison andPaul George in the back-court.

One of Popovich’s recur-

ring complaints about Hillwas that he too frequentlyhad to remind him to stopbeing so deferential whileplaying with three All-Stars with multiple cham-pionships — Parker, TimDuncan and ManuGinobili.

Hill won’t have that prob-lem in Indiana. At just 25,Hill is practically a provenveteran on one of theNBA’s youngest teams.Danny Granger, at 28, wasthe oldest of Indiana’sstarters by the end of last

season. “You have to realize Indi-

ana already has theiryoung core,” Hill said. “I’malready coming in with agreat point guard in Colli-sion, a great shootingguard in Danny Grangerand a big in Roy Hibbert.You already have so manypeople there that have al-ready made a name forthemself.

“Me fitting in, I don’tthink it’s going to betough.”

The Pacers, coming off

their first playoff trip infive seasons, furthershowed their commitmentto their young core Fridayby picking up the 2012-13team options on Collison,George and Tyler Hans-brough.

Pacers general managerLarry Bird said the teamtalked with the Spursabout Hill the past fewyears.

Hill averaged 11.6 pointslast season and was oftenon the floor during closegames in the final minutes

despite coming off thebench. Popovich felt Hillwas among the NBA’s mostimproved players in hissecond year, though Hill’sprogress seemed to stall attimes last season.

Drafted 26th overall outof IUPUI in 2008, Hill be-came another late gem theSpurs mined from deep inthe draft. But after a 61-winseason ended in the firstround to the youthful Mem-phis Grizzlies, the Spursneeded bigger players morethan a third guard.

In addition to the 6-foot-7Leonard, the Spurs also re-ceived two Slovenian bigmen in the deal with Indi-ana: Davis Bertrans, Indi-ana’s 42nd pick, and Era-zem Lorbek, a second-round pick from 2005.

Hill said it was toughgetting the call Thursdaynight from Popovich, whoused to call Hill his favoriteplayer.

“I kind of look at Pop asa father figure. I’m sure ev-eryone knows that and I’msure he probably looks atme as a son,” Hill said. “Itwas tough to really talk tohim, with him getting ridof me and me leaving. But Italked to him today alsoand it was very good. Yousee the emotions on bothends.”

SPURS Continued from Page 1B

The Pacers, coming off their first playoff trip in five seasons, furthershowed their commitment to their young core Friday by picking up the2012-13 team options on Collison, George and Tyler Hansbrough.

several daunting disap-pointments. Panama de-feated them 2-1 in Group Cfor the Stars and Stripes’first ever loss in the groupstages and supernovastriker Jozy Altidore hasbeen scratched for four tosix weeks with a strainedleft hamstring after theninth minute of a 2-0 winover Jamaica.

“This is a competitivetournament,” coach BobBradley said on Wednes-day. “Honestly, every(game) has been tough.The games come quicklyand there is a lot of travel.We knew coming in that itwould be this way, and weare lucky to have our vet-erans that have led us toanother final. All our fo-cus is now on the match(tonight)”

As Bradley enters hisfifth year in charge and anew World Cup cycle, hehas utilized this tourna-ment to play USA’s youth-ful up and comers.

Jermaine Jones, SachaKljestan, Eric Lichaj,Maurice Edu, Chris Won-dolowski, Juan Agudeloand then now-injured Alti-dore have never earned aGold Cup appearance be-fore this year’s run, whileinternational adolescentsensation Freddy Adu hasnot played for the nationalteam since the ’09 GoldCup.

Altidore’s injury has setup potential playing min-utes for Adu (22), who wasrevered as the next bigthing as a 14 year old, hasbeen relegated to theTurkish second divisionbut served as a game-win-ning spark on Wednesday.

“(Adu) has been withthe national team a goodnumber of times,” Bradleysaid. “Some of those times

icans, but their suffocatingdefense has only allowedtwo goals through fivegames, returning the Red,White and Blue to its sev-enth final.

“Now we find ourselvesin the finals,” Clint Demp-sey said Wednesday. “Inyour career, you don’t getthis opportunity verymuch and the more youplay in, the more chancesyou have to get (trophies)and success.”

Veteran leaders LandonDonovan (Los Angeles,MLS), Dempsey (Fulham,EPL), Tim Howard (Ever-ton, EPL) and captain Car-los Bocanegra (Saint-Etienne, French Ligue 1)have guided the teamthrough a tournament thatthey claim hasn’t beentheir sharpest.

The Yanks have re-mained resilient despite

Houston on Wednesday,the capacity crowd of 70,627 was dominated by thegreen of El Tri’s jerseysand “Mex-i-co” chantsshook the building to itsfoundation.

“I don’t believe our fanshave suffered (through ourtougher games),” de laTorre said. “It has justbeen harder work. Youhave to get your workdone to get your result. Wealways respect our fansand feed off their sup-port.”

Heating upThe Americans are ster-

eotyped to be soccer illiter-ates, but Gold Cup historyand the most recent WorldCup beg to differ. TheYanks haven’t overpower-ed opponents like the Mex-

Brazil as a warm-up to the2014 World Cup.

The reciprocation ofboth Mexico and the U.S.’sprogress through thegroup stages, quarterfinalsand semifinals could notbe more obvious.

Defending their goldEl Tri’s solar system of

soccer superstars boast ex-perience in the globe’selite leagues including Ja-vier “Chicharito” Hernan-dez (Manchester United,EPL), Giovani dos Santos(Tottenham, EPL), Aldo deNigris (Monterrey, Prime-ra Liga de Mexico), teamcaptain Rafael Marquez(New York, MLS), and Hec-tor Moreno (AZ Alkmaar,Dutch Eredivisie).

The stout lineup thatcoach Jose Manuel de laTorre tends to began CON-CACAF’s crown-jeweltournament blazing oppo-nents – defeating both ElSalvador and Cuba 5-0 –before slowing slightlywith a 4-1 trumping of Cos-ta Rica. But El Tri’s is see-ing either feast or famineas their reoccurring clichéfor this competition, withfatigue as the most blatantculprit.

“This team has donewell in its regeneration,”de la Torre said Wednes-day. “They are tired, butthat is usual in a tourna-ment like this. Our playersare very well trained andprofessional.”

The Mexicans have onlyscored four times sincetheir initial 14 goals, witha 2-1 victory over Guate-mala and a 2-0 overtimewin against Honduras onWednesday night.

“Our team has workedhard to try and find scor-

ing spaces,” de la Torresaid. “The fact that wehaven’t scored as much isa testament to the oppos-ing defenses. We’ve hadchances to score in regula-tion, but sometimes theydon’t go in. Things happenlike that.”

El Tri claims three ofthe tournament’s top-10scorers, Chicharito (7), DeNigris (4) and AndresGuardado (2), all while theteam has been forced touse Alfredo Talavera ingoal after first-choice Guil-lermo Ochoa’s banned-sub-stance suspension. Talave-ra has only allowed twoopposing balls to find hisnet through his spectacu-lar Gold Cup run.

The Mexicans’ fan sup-port has been overwhelm-ing as El Tri defends its ti-tle, and it’s guaranteed tobe tonight as well. In

didn’t go as well as hehoped, but I think he hasmatured. When you see aplayer go to the second di-vision in Turkey to keephis career alive, that tellsyou something about hischaracter. You can tell,when he got the chance toplay here again, he appre-ciates it and he has earnedit.”

He entered late in thesecond half in the semifi-nal against Panama andconsequently opened thefield, feeding Donovan ona well-timed run leading toDempsey’s goal and theUSA’s 1-0 win.

Donovan hasn’t startedthe Yanks’ last two games,yielding the wing positionto 22 year old Lichaj and25 year old Kljestan and al-lowing them to earn inval-uable experience. Donovanhas come in as a substi-tute later in games, but of-ten imposing game-decid-ing effects. He has takenthree shots and is tied forthe team lead in assists(two) with Michael Bra-dley.

“(Donovan) has playednonstop and consistentlyat the top level for a longtime,” Dempsey said. “Heis a guy that you alwayswant next to you in a biggame. He is a game chang-er, no matter if he starts orsubs in.”

The Yanks will surelystick with what hasworked since that embar-rassing first loss to Pana-ma. Bob Bradley is expect-ed to start Agudelo andAlejandro Bedoya up frontand then rely on combus-tible second-half subs likeDonovan or Adu to sparkthe squad and put Demp-sey in position to build onhis team-leading threegoals.

GOLD CUP Continued from Page 1B

USA’s faithful fans cheer on the Yanks at Reliant Stadium in Houston on Wednesday night as the USAwon the semifinal match against Panama, 1-0.

Photo by Clara Sandoval | The Zapata Times

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4B THE ZAPATA TIMES Sports SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2011

PARIS — When historybooks are written, thisshould go down as theweek when FIFA’s paper-thin last scraps of dignityand credibility witheredand died.

Because this was theweek that world football’sgoverning body exposed it-self: It professes to “zerotolerance” of corruptionbut, from its actions thisweek, “zero scruples” ap-pears closer to the truth.

This May, football offi-cials called to a meeting inthe Caribbean were offeredbrown envelopes stuffedwith $40,000 in $100 notesand told not to breathe aword. We know this be-cause some but not all theofficials later blew thewhistle.

FIFA investigated. Itsconclusions, leaked thisweek, were that the pay-

ments seem to have beenbribes and that two of itsmost senior and influentialexecutives — FIFA vicepresident Jack Warner andAsian football chief Mo-hamed bin Hammam —were allegedly neck-deepin the dirt.

Evidence, FIFA said,was “comprehensive, con-vincing and overwhelm-ing.” Bin Hammam wantedSepp Blatter’s job as FIFApresident. For that, heneeded football officials’votes. From FIFA’s report,it appears he was ready topay for them.

Warner, one of football’smost powerful men, alleg-edly used his clout andcontacts to act as bin Ham-mam’s facilitator. FIFA’s re-port accused him of ar-ranging the May 10-11meeting at a hotel on theCaribbean island of Trini-dad and of condoning thepayoffs.

If FIFA put football’s in-terests first, Warnershould have been banishedas an example to others,packed off in disgrace,good riddance.

FIFA’s report even sug-gested as much.

“Corruption affects thevery core of sports and isto be considered as nothingless than life-threateningfor sports and sports or-ganizations. Thus, if thereis considerable suspicionthat offenses related to cor-ruption might have beencommitted, immediate ac-tion is imperative,” it said.

“FIFA has a direct andpressing interest in bar-ring the persons concernedfrom sports immediatelyand effectively,” it added.“In this regard, FIFA andthe FIFA Ethics Committeeadhere to a zero toleranceapproach.”

You can almost hearWarner laughing. He walk-

ed away, resigning thisweek from football dutiesand taking with him hissecrets from 28 years in-side the most discreditedgoverning body in sports.Whatever knowledge War-ner may have of any mis-deeds within FIFA, the“football tsunami” of em-barrassing revelations thathe threatened to unleash,he can now keep for him-self.

Good deal for Warner,an insult for football. War-ner is not banned fromfootball stadiums or fromcontacting buddies stillworking in the game, offi-cials who owe him theirjobs and may still do hisbidding. It seems, althoughFIFA’s press office won’toutright confirm or denythis, that Warner may evenstill be eligible for his FIFApension, payable for asmany years as he servedon the executive committee

— 28. The biggest scandal is

that FIFA waved off War-ner with kind words ofthanks, saying his footballwork was “appreciated andacknowledged.” FIFA’sstatement completely omit-ted mention of its own re-port, which it was sittingon, that accused him ofknowing about, facilitatingand condoning the allegedbribery in the Caribbean.Nor did it recall the 2006World Cup ticket scam forwhich Warner’s family wasfined, or the other allegedfinancial misdeeds thatcritics linked him to overthe years.

FIFA closed its ethicsprobe of Warner. And be-cause Warner is no longerinvolved in football, FIFAsaid it no longer has anyauthority to investigatehim. That may be true, butFIFA surely didn’t need togo the extra mile and state,as it so obligingly did, thatWarner’s “presumption ofinnocence is maintained.”

FIFA hasn’t been so for-giving with others, like Mi-

chel Zen-Ruffinen, Blatter’sformer right-hand manforced out for crossingswords with his boss a dec-ade ago. Last November,FIFA declared Zen-Ruffi-nen “persona non grata”after he told reporters thatcountries bidding for theWorld Cup were secretlytrading votes.

So why was Warner ac-corded such a face-savingsend-off? Out of fear thathe might, if dealt withstrictly, pull down others inFIFA, too?

More worrisome is whyWarner and bin Hammamapparently felt safe thatthey wouldn’t get into trou-ble for the alleged briberyin May and that officialsoffered wads of cashwouldn’t double-crossthem. Does that suggestthat, in the past, officialssimply took the money?And is this how FIFA pres-idential votes are won?

These are questionsWarner no longer needs toanswer.

How can that be zero tol-erance?

FIFA’s zero tolerance is 100 percent jokeBy JOHN LEICESTERASSOCIATED PRESS

SEPP BLATTER: FIFAPresident, made azero tolerance pol-icy for corruption

MOHAMED BIN HAM-MAM: Asian foot-ball chief, alleged-ly bribed officials.

JACK WARNER: For-mer FIFA VP, re-signed after alle-gations of bribery.

COMMENTARY

With training camps set toopen in another month, NFLowners and players will resumenegotiations next week, hopingto build on recent talks, twopeople familiar with the discus-sions told The Associated Presson Friday.

While each side has acknowl-edged progress in the four-month-old lockout, a new col-lective bargaining agreementisn’t imminent. One of the twopeople who spoke on conditionof anonymity said conferencecalls are being set up to discussvarious issues, but not the ma-jor one of splitting revenues.

The person said that was be-ing negotiated “face to face.”

The two people declined tobe identified because the meet-ings were confidential.

The sides completed twodays of talks at a beachfront re-sort in Hull, Mass., on Thurs-day. On hand were NFL Com-missioner Roger Goodell, own-ers John Mara of the New YorkGiants, Jerry Richardson of theCarolina Panthers, Clark Huntof the Kansas City Chiefs, Rob-ert Kraft of the New EnglandPatriots and Dean Spanos ofthe San Diego Chargers.

NFLPA executive directorDeMaurice Smith also was pre-sent along with several players,including Jeff Saturday of theIndianapolis Colts, Tony Rich-ardson of the New York Jetsand Domonique Foxworth ofthe Baltimore Ravens.

“Someone asked me whetherI was optimistic,” Smith said.“I think we’re both optimisticwhen we have the right peoplein the room. We know we’retalking about the right issuesand that we’re working hard toget it done.”

Previous meetings took placein suburban Chicago, New Yorkand the Maryland shore.

Once the owners and playerscan agree on how to divide rev-enues — $9.3 billion last year —other issues such as a rookiewage scale, benefits for retiredplayers, and player health andsafety could fall in line quickly.Still, it’s almost July, and train-ing camps are scheduled toopen late next month. The firstpreseason game is Aug. 7 atCanton, Ohio.

This week, two teams — theRavens and Jets — said theywould train at their regular-season facilities and not out oftown. Baltimore canceled itscamp at Winchester, Md., andNew York did the same for Cor-tland, N.Y.

“With all the variables pre-sented by this unique offsea-son, we felt it was best for theJets that we hold our trainingcamp here at our practice facil-ity,” general manager MikeTannenbaum said Friday.

Also this week, league own-ers were briefed on a plan thatwould give the players just un-der 50 percent of total income.An off-the-top expense credit ofabout $1 billion that went tothe owners would be eliminat-ed.

NFLmakes

progressBy BARRY WILNERASSOCIATED PRESS

WIMBLEDON, England —Head bowed, Andy Roddicktrudged off Centre Court, hispurple Wimbledon towel drag-ging along the turf.

As the three-time runner-upat the All England Club headedfor the exit, he passed some kidsclamoring for an autographfrom their front-row perch. Rod-dick paused and tossed his blue-framed racket underhand.Thanks to his latest earlier-than-anticipated Grand Slamloss, the American won’t beneeding it next week.

The eighth-seeded Roddickdeparted quickly Friday, beaten7-6 (2), 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the thirdround by unseeded Feliciano Lo-pez of Spain. Lopez served spec-tacularly well, hitting 28 aces,and finally got the better of the2003 U.S. Open champion afterlosing all seven previous match-es they played.

Roddick turns 29 in August,and he was asked whether, asthe years go by, one particularlydepressing thought creeps intohis mind: He might never winWimbledon.

“Well, sure. You’re human. Imean, of course it does,” he re-plied. Then, speaking directly tothe reporter, Roddick added:“You know, you may never getyour favorite job, either — no of-fense to your current employer.”

Roddick lost to Roger Federerin the 2004, 2005 and 2009 finals— 16-14 in the fifth set of thatlast one — but only made it asfar as the fourth round last year,and second round in 2008.

“What do you do? You keepmoving forward until you de-cide to stop,” Roddick said. “Atthis point, I’ve not decided tostop, so I’ll keep moving for-ward.”

He hasn’t been past the quar-terfinals at any of the past sevenmajor tournaments; he with-drew from the French Open inMay because of a right shoulderinjury, but said he’s healthy atthe moment.

That, in part, is why Roddickfigured he’d make a deep run atthe grass-court Grand Slamtournament.

“He gears a lot of his year forWimbledon. It’s a tough loss,”said Roddick’s coach, Larry Ste-fanki. “He’s disappointed. Verydisappointed.”

It didn’t help that Lopez wasnearly perfect, conjuring up 57winners and eight unforced er-rors.

“Unbelievable,” Lopez said.“When I came back in the lock-er room, my coaches told me. Iwas surprised that I didn’t missanything, almost.”

Because of rain, only two oth-er third-round men’s matchesfinished Friday: No. 4 AndyMurray moved forward in hisbid to give Britain its first malechampion at Wimbledon since1936, beating Ivan Ljubicic 6-4,4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) with the help of abehind-the-back, between-the-legs trick shot under the CentreCourt roof; and No. 17 RichardGasquet of France beat SimoneBolelli of Italy 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Mur-ray plays Gasquet next.

Roddick is the highest-seededman out of the tournament sofar. Two of the top three womenalready are gone: No. 2 VeraZvonareva, the runner-up atWimbledon and the U.S. Open in

2010, was eliminated by No. 32Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria6-2, 6-3 Friday, less than 24 hoursafter No. 3 Li Na, the FrenchOpen champion, lost.

Pironkova reached the semifi-nals last year, when she upsetfive-time Wimbledon championVenus Williams, and they’llhave a rematch in the fourthround next week. Williams over-powered 76th-ranked Maria JoseMartinez Sanchez of Spain 6-0,6-2 on Court 1.

“I’m in the next round. That’smy main goal, regardlesswhether I play amazing, wheth-er I play halfway decent. Doesn’tmatter,” Williams said. “It’s justabout finding a way to win.”

Looking ahead to facing Pi-ronkova, Williams said: “Lastyear, you know, I think I just gotunhappy with how I was play-ing, and I let that affect mygame. This year, I won’t let thathappen.”

Another past Wimbledon win-ner, Maria Sharapova, struggledat the start against 17-year-oldLaura Robson of Britain beforerighting herself to win their sec-ond-round match 7-6 (4), 6-3, hershot-accompanying shrieks asloud as ever.

Sharapova trailed 4-1 early,then fell behind 4-2 in the tie-breaker, before taking the set’slast five points, closing it with a108 mph service winner against2008 Wimbledon junior cham-pion Robson.

“She was much more aggres-sive than I was in the begin-ning,” Sharapova said. “Butthen I just kind of got myrhythm a little bit and startedplaying better.”

Top-seeded Caroline Woz-niacki also won a delayed sec-ond-round match, as did 2007 fi-nalist Marion Bartoli. Defend-ing champion Rafael Nadal’smatch was among several in thethird round stopped because ofrain Friday evening.

Having saved two set pointsagainst Gilles Muller of Luxem-bourg, the top-seeded Nadalcame back to take the opener 7-6(6), despite slipping behind thebaseline and tumbling to hisknees. At the ensuing change-over, Nadal asked to see thetrainer for treatment.

But play was suspended be-fore the start of the second set,then called off for the day atabout 7 p.m. Shortly thereafter,Nadal walked out of the clubwithout any noticeable hitch inhis gait.

It has rained on four of thefirst five days of competition,but the tournament press officesaid there hasn’t been consider-ation given to scheduling match-es for the middle Sunday, tradi-tionally a day off at Wimbledon.Saturday’s forecast calls for achance of rain in the morning,but dry weather in the after-noon.

In three second-round men’s

matches held over from Thurs-day, 18-year-old Bernard Tomicof Australia, the youngest manleft, defeated Igor Andreev ofRussia 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1; No. 11Jurgen Melzer of Austria beatDmitry Tursunov of Russia 6-3,2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1); and No. 7 Da-vid Ferrer of Spain finished offa 6-7 (6), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 come-back victory over 19-year-oldRyan Harrison of the UnitedStates.

Harrison credited Roddickwith being a mentor.

“He’s helped me deal with ev-ery situation I’ve faced, as far asall the new stuff I haven’t expe-rienced myself yet,” Harrisonsaid. “He’s made himself availa-ble to ask him any questions,whether or not it’s about tennis,life, priorities, whatever. I canask him and talk to him aboutanything, which has been agreat help to me.”

Roddick never got comfort-able against the 44th-ranked Lo-pez, who played his usual clas-sic grass-court style, chargingthe net whenever possible, a tac-tic that carried him to the Wim-bledon quarterfinals in 2005 and2008.

While Lopez is one win awayfrom returning to the quarterfi-nals, Roddick heads home. He’llhave much more time than hewanted to work on his gameahead of the July 8-10 Davis Cupquarterfinals between his U.S.team and Lopez’s Spain.

Roddick can’t win WimbledonBy HOWARD FENDRICH

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Andy Roddick, of the U.S., returns a shot to Spain’s Feliciano Lopez at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wim-bledon on Friday.

Photo by Alastair Grant | AP