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Two men who smuggled13 people via Falcon Lakewere indicted this week,according to court docu-ments.

On Tuesday, Benito Cruzand Jesus Eleazar Garcia-Bautista were chargedwith one count of conspir-

acy to transport undocu-mented people and twocounts of attempt to trans-port undocumented peoplefor money.

Each man could spendup to 10 years in prison ifconvicted.

Garcia-Bautista alleged-ly agreed to talk to Home-

ZAPATA COUNTY

Human smuggling chargesTwo men indicted for transporting 13

undocumented people via Falcon LakeBy CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ

THE ZAPATA TIMES

See FALCON LAKE PAGE 12A

A man from Harlingencould serve up to 10 yearsin federal prison if he’sconvicted for smugglingpeople in the San Ygnacioarea, records state.

On Tuesday, a grandjury charged Steve Casaswith one count of con-

spiracy to transport un-documented immigrantswithin the United Statesand two counts of attemptto transport undocument-ed people for financialgain.

Casas allegedly admit-ted to the smuggling at-tempt.

Harlingen man attempted totransport immigrants in San Ygnacio

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZTHE ZAPATA TIMES

See SAN YGNACIO PAGE 12A

A couple was indictedTuesday for transportingpeople who had enteredthe country illegally,court records state.

A grand jury chargedJacob Casares and Vivia-na Yvette Gonzalez withone count of conspiracy

to transport undocument-ed people within the Unit-ed States and two countsof transport undocument-ed people for financialgain.

If convicted, the couplecould face up to 10 yearsin prison.

Casares and Gonzalez

Grand jury indicts couple, both face10 year sentences for immigrants

By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZTHE ZAPATA TIMES

See COUPLE PAGE 12A

More boots on theground and fewer supervi-sors to oversee them:That’s what the head of theUnited States Border Pa-trol Union told a congres-sional committee is neededfor the understaffed andoutgunned federal agencygrappling with the threatthat violence south of theRio Grande will spreadnorth.

Some advocacy groupsaren’t so sure. They pointto the increase in allegedabuse and corruption atthe hands of Border Patroland Customs and BorderProtection agents whentheir numbers were nearlydoubled from about 10,800in 2004 to 21,400 in 2013.

About 18,160 agents arestationed on the Southwestborder from the Gulf ofMexico to the Pacific, in-cluding about 1,785 in theLaredo sector and 3,065 inthe Rio Grande Valley sec-tor, according to statisticsfrom the Department ofHomeland Security. The ElPaso Sector, which in-cludes New Mexico, isstaffed with about 2,520,while the Del Rio and BigBend sectors have 1,540and 590, respectively.

The agency doesn’t needto redouble its ranks, Na-

BORDER PATROL

5,000moreagentsneeded

Union head saysthreat persists

By JULIÁN AGUILARTHE TEXAS TRIBUNE

See BORDER PAGE 12A

HOUSTON — Ali Al Su-dani did not know whowanted to kill him. In thechaos of southern Iraq in2004, anyone could becomea target: translators, jour-nalists, teachers. Al Suda-ni even knew a barberwho was assassinated. Sowhen he started to receiveanonymous threats, heknew he had to leave hisjob translating for the Brit-ish army.

A mechanical engineerby training, Al Sudanisigned up to translate forthe British in Maysan, hishometown about 120 milesnorth of Basra. Localsworking with coalitionforces became targets forassassination. After sever-al years translating for theBritish and for the Coali-tion Provisional Authority,Al Sudani took a transla-

UNITED NATIONS

REFUGEES FLOCK TO HOUSTON

Giup Nguyen, far right, sells rau muong, a common Vietnamese vegetable, and other food items in the parking lot at the Thai XuanVillage on Aug. 2 in Houston. The state health services department reports that nearly 40 percent of Texas’ refugees land in HarrisCounty. A Catholic priest and Vietnamese refugee sought to create a refuge for Vietnamese escapees in the 1970s and with commu-nity support, purchased this complex in the 1980s creating a Vietnamese village where about 1,000 Vietnamese residents live.

Photo by Gary Coronado/Houston Chronicle | AP

County takesmore thanany other

By ANDREW KRAGIEHOUSTON CHRONICLE

See REFUGEES PAGE 12A

AUSTIN The unemploymentrate for Texas slipped to 4.1 per-cent in August — the state’s low-est jobless level since January2001, the Texas Workforce Com-mission reported Friday.

Last month’s jobless rate com-pares to a nationwide unemploy-

ment figure of 5.1 percent. State-wide unemployment held steadyin June and July at 4.2 percent,according to commission figures.

The Austin-Round Rock andMidland areas had the lowest un-employment in Texas last monthat 3.2 percent. The McAllen-Edin-burg-Mission region had thestate’s highest jobless rate at 7.9

percent, a TWC statement said.Leisure and hospitality led all

major industries in Texas with anexpansion of 5,900 jobs in August.The professional and business ser-vices industry added 4,000 posi-tions over the month, the commis-sion said.

“The increase in jobs for keyindustries in August, such as the

addition of 3,200 positions in theconstruction industry, and the de-cline in the unemployment rate tothe lowest point in 14 years, dem-onstrates the resilience andstrength of the Texas economy,”said Andres Alcantar, commissionchairman.

TEXAS

Unemployment lowers to 4.1 percentASSOCIATED PRESS

See UNEMPLOYMENT PAGE 12A

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TAMIU Lamar Bruni Vergara

Planetarium shows. 2 p.m.: AccidentalAstronaut; 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures;4 p.m.: Extreme Planets; 5 p.m.: LedZeppelin. General Admission is $4 forchildren and $5 for adults. Admissionis $4 for TAMIU students, faculty andstaff. Matinee Shows are $1 less. Call956-326-DOME (3663).

LCC presents “Dog Sees God:Confessions of a Teenage Blockhed.” Ablockhead begins to question the af-terlife during this coming-of-age dra-ma. Adult audiences. General admis-sion is $7 and $5 for seniors and stu-dents. Guadalupe and Lilia MartinezFine Arts Center Theater, West EndWashington Street.

“Screenings for Cancer” present-ed by Dr. Mohensen Ghadimi-Mahani,oncologist, from 3–4 p.m. at the Lare-do Public Library on McPherson Roadand Calton Road.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21Chess Club meets at the LBV–

Inner City Branch Library from 4–6p.m. Free for all ages and skill levels.Basic instruction is offered. Call Johnat 795-2400, x2521.

The Elysian Social Club will berecognized at Laredo City Hall by May-or Pete Saenz at 5 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22TAMIU Lamar Bruni Vergara

Planetarium shows. 6 p.m.: ExtremePlanets; 7 p.m.: Stars of the Pharaohs.General Admission is $4 for childrenand $5 for adults. Admission is $4 forTAMIU students, faculty and staff. Call956-326-DOME (3663).

Take the challenge and climbthe Rock Wall. Free. All participantsmust bring ID and sign release form.4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at LBV–Inner CityBranch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Call795-2400, x2520.

New York-based jazz bassistMarcos Varela brings his talents andmusical finesse to Laredo CommunityCollege for a concert at 7:30 p.m. atthe Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez FineArts Center on West End WashingtonStreet. The performance will featureclassic and original jazz music selec-tions, including a mix of well-loved La-tin American and Brazilian jazz hits.Admission is free and open to thepublic.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24Spanish Book Club meets from

6-8 p.m. at the public library on Cal-ton Road. Call Sylvia Reash at 763-1810.

TAMIU Lamar Bruni VergaraPlanetarium shows. 6 p.m.: ExtremePlanets; 7 p.m.: Stars of the Pharaohs.General Admission is $4 for childrenand $5 for adults. Admission is $4 forTAMIU students, faculty and staff. Call956-326-DOME (3663).

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TAMIU Lamar Bruni Vergara

Planetarium shows. 2 p.m.: AccidentalAstronaut; 3 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures;4 p.m.: Extreme Planets; 5 p.m.: LedZeppelin. General Admission is $4 forchildren and $5 for adults. Admissionis $4 for TAMIU students, faculty andstaff. Matinee Shows are $1 less. Call956-326-DOME (3663).

Relive the exciting music, dance,film, and theater performances fromLCC’s 2nd annual Rio Grande Arts Fes-tival during the upcoming WinnersShowcase. From 7:30 p.m. to midnightat the Guadalupe and Lilia MartinezFine Arts Center theater on West EndWashington Street. This night featuresaward-winning performances by thisyear’s Rio Grande Arts Festival Win-ners. General admission is $10. Seniorcitizens and students with a valid IDare $5.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27All you can eat spaghetti lunch

sponsored by the United MethodistMen. From noon to 1:30 p.m. at Fel-lowship Hall, First United MethodistChurch, 1000 Guadalupe at 1220McClelland. No admission fee.

Crochet Club of the First UnitedMethodist Church will hold their an-nual pre-holiday sale from noon to1:30 p.m., Fellowship Hall, FUMC. Inconjunction with the Spaghetti Lunch.No admission fee; public invited.

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CALENDARASSOCIATED PRESS

Today is Saturday, Septem-ber 19, the 262nd day of 2015.There are 103 days left in theyear.

Today’s Highlight in His-tory:

On September 19, 1985, theMexico City area was struckby a devastating earthquakethat killed at least 9,500 people.

On this date:In 1777, the first Battle of

Saratoga was fought duringthe Revolutionary War; al-though British forces succeed-ed in driving out the Ameri-can troops, the Americans pre-vailed in a second battle thefollowing month.

In 1796, President GeorgeWashington’s farewell addresswas published.

In 1881, the 20th presidentof the United States, James A.Garfield, died 2 1⁄2 months afterbeing shot by Charles Guiteau;Chester Alan Arthur becamepresident.

In 1915, vaudeville perform-er W.C. Fields made his moviedebut as “Pool Sharks,” a one-reel silent comedy, was re-leased.

In 1945, Nazi radio propa-gandist William Joyce, knownas “Lord Haw-Haw,” was con-victed of treason and sen-tenced to death by a Britishcourt.

In 1955, President Juan Pe-ron of Argentina was oustedafter a revolt by the army andnavy.

In 1959, Soviet leader NikitaKhrushchev, visiting Los An-geles, reacted angrily upon be-ing told that, for security rea-sons, he wouldn’t get to visitDisneyland.

In 1960, Cuban leader FidelCastro, in New York to visitthe United Nations, angrilychecked out of the ShelburneHotel in a dispute with themanagement; Castro ended upstaying at the Hotel Theresa inHarlem.

In 1970, the situation come-dy “The Mary Tyler MooreShow” debuted on CBS-TV.

In 1995, The New YorkTimes and The WashingtonPost published the manifestoof Unabomber Ted Kaczynski,which proved instrumental inidentifying and capturing him.

Ten years ago: North Ko-rea pledged to drop its nuclearweapons development and re-join international arms trea-ties, but its leaders backped-aled the next day, demandingcivilian nuclear reactors fromthe U.S.

Five years ago: The BP oilwell at the bottom of the Gulfof Mexico was declared “effec-tively dead” by retired CoastGuard Adm.

One year ago: PresidentBarack Obama signed legisla-tion authorizing the militaryto arm and train moderateSyrian rebels fighting IslamicState militants in the MiddleEast.

Today’s Birthdays: Au-thor Roger Angell is 95. HostJames Lipton (TV: “Inside theActors Studio”) is 89. ActressRosemary Harris is 88. For-mer Defense Secretary HaroldBrown is 88. Actor RandolphMantooth is 70. Former NFLrunning back Larry Brown is68. Actor Jeremy Irons is 67.Celebrity chef Mario Batali is55. Country singer TrishaYearwood is 51. “TonightShow” host Jimmy Fallon is41. TV personality Carter Oos-terhouse is 39. Folk-rock sing-ers-musicians Sara and Tegan(TEE’-gan) Quin are 35. Ac-tress Danielle Panabaker is 28.

Thought for Today: “Donot let yourself be tainted witha barren skepticism.” — LouisPasteur, French scientist (1822-1895).

TODAY IN HISTORY

SAN ANTONIO — Bowe Bergdahl said hewalked away from his post in Afghanistansix years ago hoping to spark a massivesearch and get the attention of a general sohe could discuss what he felt were problemswith his unit’s leadership, the officer wholed the investigation of the Army sergeant’sdisappearance testified Friday.

Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dahl told the packedcourtroom at Fort Sam Houston in San An-tonio that Bergdahl felt the problems were sosevere that they put his platoon in danger,but that Bergdahl’s concerns were found tobe unsubstantiated.

Dahl said Bergdahl planned to head fromhis post to the forward operating base rough-ly 19 miles away. He expected to arrive aftera search had been launched and thought this

would create a “PR event” that might get ageneral to listen to him speak about theproblems.

“He felt it was his duty to intervene,” saidDahl, who later added that he doesn’t thinkBergdahl should go to prison.

Bergdahl was captured by the Taliban af-ter leaving his post on June 30, 2009, and washeld until last year, when he was exchangedfor five Taliban commanders being held atthe U.S. detention center at GuantanamoBay, Cuba. His commanding officers in Af-ghanistan testified Thursday about the gru-eling 45-day search for Bergdahl, saying itput other soldiers in danger.

Military prosecutors charged Bergdahl inMarch with desertion and misbehavior be-fore the enemy. Dahl was among those calledby Bergdahl’s lawyers to testify at his Article32 hearing.

AROUND TEXAS

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, left, and defense lead counsel Eugene Fidell, center, look on as Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dahl is ques-tioned during a preliminary hearing to determine if Sgt. Bergdahl will be court-martialed, Friday, at Fort Sam Houston, Tex-as. Bergdahl, who left his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years, is charged with desertion.

Illustration by Brigitte Woosley | AP

Bergdahl trial continuesBy JUAN A. LOZANOASSOCIATED PRESS

Texas widow, her daughtercharged in fatal shooting

CLIFTON — Police havecharged a Texas man’s widowand his stepdaughter with mur-der after he was shot in 2007 anddied four years later.

Hendricks says police inMarch 2007 responded to reportsof a violent family fight. Investi-gators later determined JohnWesley Frizzell, who was shot inthe head, attempted suicide.Frizzell required nursing homecare and died in January 2011.

Convicted rapist gets 70years, gave victim giftsMcKINNEY — A North Texas

man has been sentenced to 70years in prison for raping awoman after he gave her giftsand thought she owed him some-thing in return.

Felipe DeJesus Blanco, of Pla-no, was convicted of aggravatedsexual assault in the April 2014attack. DNA evidence tied 33-year-old Blanco to the victim.

Towering Big Tex set upfor State Fair of Texas

DALLAS — The toweringgreeter at the State Fair of Texashas been set up for next week’sopening of the annual expo inDallas. Crews using a crane onFriday lifted the 55-foot Big Texcharacter into place, completewith his 95-gallon hat, at FairPark. Big Tex last year got a newoutfit, with a navy blue shirt fea-turing patches of red on thechest and shoulders and whitestars.

Day care operator chargedin infant girl’s death

TEXAS CITY — A SoutheastTexas day care operator has beencharged with criminally negli-gent homicide in the May deathof an infant girl.

Divina Archie is charged overthe death of 3-month-old AmaniBall of La Marque.

Texas City police say the babystopped breathing while at Ar-chie’s in-home day care.

South Texas man gets lifeterms for killing wife, son

BROWNSVILLE — A SouthTexas man must serve life inprison for the 2014 shootingdeaths of his wife and their 4-year-old son at the family’shome. Donald Edward Pierce ofBrownsville pleaded guiltyThursday to two capital murdercounts.

A judge then sentenced Pierceto life in prison without parolein a case Brownsville police havesaid involved domestic violence.

Agents at bridge seizenearly $1.3M in cocaineEL PASO — Agents at a bor-

der crossing in West Texas haveseized nearly $1.3 million worthof cocaine hidden in an SUV’sspare tire.

U.S. Customs and Border Pro-tection officials in El Paso onThursday announced a womanfrom Mexico has been detainedon drug smuggling charges.

— Compiled from AP reports

Protests continue overConfederate flag ban

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. —Protests continued Friday over awestern Virginia high school’sban on Confederate flags dis-played on clothing and cars, butno more students were suspend-ed for the violating the policyand one student said he’s consid-ering legal action.

A group of roughly 40 peoplegathered near the school Fridaymorning and flew Confederateflags from their cars and trucks.They called on the administra-tion to reverse its policy a day af-ter roughly 20 students were senthome for refusing to take offtheir Confederate flag gear be-fore entering the school.

US officials to stopscreening for Ebola

NEW YORK — Travelers en-tering the U.S. from Liberia willno longer be screened for Ebola.

U.S. officials said Friday thatthe screening will end Mondayfor passengers from Liberia. Butthe screening and monitoringwill continue for travelers fromGuinea and Sierra Leone.

The screening of travelersfrom the three West African na-

tions began last October whenthe countries were in the midstof the worst Ebola epidemic inworld history. But the epidemichas waned. Health officials thismonth said the Ebola virus is nolonger spreading in Liberia.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION

Christiansburg High School student Sam Sheppard, left, displays a Confederateflag while fellow student Andrew Love displays another flag in a shopping centerparking lot after being suspended from school in Christiansburg, Va., Thursday.

Photo by Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times | AP

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Local and State THE ZAPATA TIMES 3A

DALLAS — Downtown Dallas’new KPMG Plaza tower is allbusiness during the day, with itsconservative blue-gray glass ex-terior.

But as soon as the sun goesdown, the Arts District high-riseis ready to party with an eye-popping lightshow.

The Dallas Morning News re-ports LED strips on the exteriorof the 18-story Ross Avenuebuilding flash snippets of classicmovies to light up the northeastcorner of downtown.

“The character of our down-town skyline is definitely chang-ing,” said lighting designer ScottOldner, who did the display onthe building. “For the most part,the industry doesn’t know thelimits of where we can go.”

Over the last decade, Dallascommercial buildings havedonned an increasingly elabo-rate wardrobe of high-tech light-ing systems.

“It’s a good time for our busi-ness, and keeping up with theworkload is a challenge,” Oldnersaid. “Most of the time we arebrought in by an architect thatunderstands the power of light-ing.

“Lighting brings emotion andspirit and character.”

Dallas’ love affair with down-town building lights goes backalmost a century.

In the 1920s and early 1930s,the city’s first skyscrapers, in-cluding the art deco Tower Pet-roleum Building on Elm Streetand the Davis Building on MainStreet, used colored lights tostand out.

By the time the flying redhorse was installed atop theMagnolia Building in 1934, light-ing displays were de rigueurdowntown.

In the 1970s, Reunion Towermade headlines with its light-show ball. And the 72-story Bankof America Plaza was outlinedwith 2 miles of green lightswhen it opened in 1985.

One Arts Plaza was the first touse a large LED display when itdebuted a decade ago.

But the latest generation ofLED exterior lights is going waybeyond simple outlines or spot-lights.

Dallas’ huge Omni hotel dom-inates the south side of the sky-line with its nightly light shows.

“The building can take on acompletely different character atnight when most buildings tendto go away,” said Scott Lowe of

architect 5G Studio Collabora-tive, which designed the down-town convention hotel. “Archi-tects have always been intriguedwith the idea of a building as asign — more like a graphic.

“The intent of the Omni is ob-vious — it’s a beacon for thecity’s convention business, and itwants to attract attention.”

Lowe said that falling equip-ment costs and increased flexi-bility and durability are makingexterior LED lights even moreattractive to building designers.

5G Studio is designing a Fris-co hotel tower that will also fea-ture LED displays on the out-side. “We are planning the light-ing system as an integral part ofthe concept design,” he said.

“I don’t think this trend isclose to being played out by anystretch of imagination,” Lowesaid. “We are just on the fore-

front of it.”Developers always looking to

distinguish their properties areembracing the technology.

Granite Properties made useof the first LED display in Up-town on its 17Seventeen McKin-ney tower.

“It’s been quite a good amen-ity in a city like Dallas that likesbright lights,” said Granite chiefoperating officer Greg Fuller.“We use the lighting every day,and most of the time it’s white.”

But the building sports red,white and blue on IndependenceDay. And the tower sometimesswitches to team colors for localsports events.

“We also get requests for spe-cial occasions,” Fuller said. “Oc-casionally, we will change it forone of our tenants for their com-pany colors.”

KPMG Plaza’s motion picturedisplays are a new twist for theLED lights.

“We wanted to do somethingspecial since it’s in the Arts Dis-trict,” said project designer Ed-die Abeyta of architect HKS. “Wedidn’t want to create a Vegaslight show, but something moresophisticated and more meaning-ful to its location.

“We are displaying classicblack-and-white movie clips,”Abeyta said. “The impact theproperty has at night is prettycool — it’s a unique approach.”

Abeyta said installing an LEDsystem for the exterior of thebuilding was always part of theplans for the new tower.

“The building is a very sim-ple, clean glass box,” he said.“We are trying to push the enve-lope a little bit and maximize thearchitectural experience.”

Bright choices light Dallas skylineBy STEVE BROWN

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

In this photo taken on Monday, the Goodwill logo is illuminated on the Omni DallasHotel the night before Goodwill’s 2015 First Annual Lunch, in Dallas. Over the lastdecade, Dallas commercial buildings have donned an increasingly elaborate war-drobe of high-tech lighting systems.

Photo by David Guzman/The Dallas Morning News | AP

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DALLAS — A judge in Texashas been publicly reprimanded forquestioning whether a 14-year-oldgirl was really a rape victim.

The State Commission on Judi-cial Conduct issued the reprimandthis month for Dallas County dis-trict Court Judge Jeanine How-ard, The Dallas Morning News re-ported.

Howard presided over the caseof Sir Young, who was convicted

last year in the 2011 sexual assaultof a classmate while at school.Howard sentenced Young, whowas 18 at the time of the assault,to five years of probation and 45days in jail. She also sentencedhim to community service at arape crisis center, which raisedsafety concerns by center staffers.

In a May 2014 interview withthe newspaper, Howard said thegirl “wasn’t the victim sheclaimed to be.”

The commission wrote that the

judge’s comment “undermined thepublic’s confidence in her impar-tiality and independence by de-fending her rulings in the press,giving rise to a legitimate concernthat she would not be fair or im-partial in other sexual assaultcases.”

Another judge took overYoung’s case following Howard’scomments, and imposed stricterprobation rules.

Howard could ask the chief jus-tice of the Supreme Court of Tex-

as to review the commission’s de-cision to publicly reprimand her.The commission also ordered thejudge to undergo four hours ofeducation with a mentor.

Howard released a statementThursday saying she hadn’t decid-ed how to proceed legally, butwanted “to assure the citizens ofDallas County that I will continueto work hard every day to pro-mote the proper and fair adminis-tration of criminal justice in mycourt, just as I have done for the

last eight and a half years.”Young, now 22, remained jailed

without bond Friday after prose-cutors last month filed a motion torevoke his probation. Young alleg-edly did not abide by require-ments including reporting to pro-bation officers, finding a job, at-tending sex offender treatmentand paying his legal fees.

Online jail records do not listan attorney for Young, who couldremain on probation or be sen-tenced to up to 20 years in prison.

Judge reprimanded in rape case of 14-year-old girlASSOCIATED PRESS

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Thirty-two years ago,on Sept. 17, we were mar-ried in the CathedralBasilica of Saints Peterand Paul. What a mo-mentous gift that nextweek we will get to expe-rience Pope Francis cele-brating Mass at thissame exact location.

In fact, we were alsoboth present along theparkway in 1979 whenPope John Paul II cele-brated Mass there, al-though at that point wehad not yet met.

This place of serenityhas become a special onein our marriage and ourlives that we now get toshare with the world.

Strong unionOurs is a Catholic

marriage and one thatthrives at a time whenthe subjects of religionand marriage dominatemuch of our public dis-cussions. But it is exactlythis base of faith that hasmade our marriage sostrong and allowed it toendure for 32 years.

Many might think ithas been a road pavedwith only happy times inorder to still be flourish-ing. Not so. While we cer-tainly have experiencedmany joyful times, we’vealso had a good deal ofchallenges, as well.

We’ve faced thesetrials only by virtue ofour faith and a commit-ment to God’s mission oflove — and to our mar-riage, which serve as areflection of that. It hasgiven us the strength tobelieve in our union andcontinue forward. Andit’s for this very reasonwe are grateful PopeFrancis is coming herefor the World Meeting ofFamilies to remind ourcity and our world thatstrong marriage andfamily life is, indeed, pos-sible.

In his inaugural Massin March 2013, PopeFrancis commented onthe role of Joseph, who isthe protector of Mary, Je-sus and the Church.

When we took our ownvows, we dedicated our-selves to become one inGod, and like Joseph, tobe protectors of mar-riage, our future family,our faith and ourChurch.

Of course we hoped forfruitfulness, good times,health, the best life hadto offer and for a long lifetogether. Yet it really wasa leap of faith, as we didnot know what the futurewould bring.

As Pope Francis hassaid about those embark-ing on their newlyformed oneness, “Thecouple does not knowwhat joys and painsawait them. They are set-

ting out, like Abraham,on a journey together.That is what marriage is.Setting out and walkingtogether, hand in hand,putting yourselves in theLord’s powerful hands.”

And that we did.Pope Francis calls for

married couples (and allpeople) to be “constantlyattentive to God, open tothe signs of God’s pres-ence and receptive toGod’s plans, and not sim-ply to his own.”

When our first child,our daughter Ariella,was stillborn after a fullpregnancy, it was toughto see anything positivein the world, let alonesee God’s presence.

We felt as though wehad been abandoned andalmost lost our faith.How could something soprecious be given so free-ly and then suddenly,harshly taken away?

Yet we worked throughthis with the help of ourCatholic faith, and al-though many couplesbreak apart after justsuch an event, we stayedtogether.

More childrenWe were subsequently

blessed with two moregifts, our daughter Gian-na and our son Vincenzo.Today we consider our-selves a family of fivewith one angel in heavenand two on earth.

As a Christian couple,we know the dilemmasand fears of modern life:how to ensure our chil-dren get a good educa-tion, how to help ourfamilies when they arein crisis, how to takecare of a sick parent, andhow to be present in ourchildren’s lives, all whilediligently working full-time jobs and somehowstill having time as acouple.

Life is hard, and ittakes its toll on a mar-riage. Yet that toughnessthat has brought us clos-er together to work as ateam, to see God’s pres-ence in each day. It iswhen we forget this thatthings go awry and wemust get ourselves backon track.

We honestly cannotsay what our marriagewould look like withoutour Catholic faith, God’spresence, or our sharedsacrament. We may havejust given up after eachdevastation rather thanclinging to our vows inChrist. But we cannotimagine a different fam-ily life or marriage thanthe perfect and imperfectone we have had for 32years.

How blessed we arethat Pope Francis’ visitallows us to rediscoverthis blessing anew — andfor his invitation to therest of the world to em-brace it, as well.

COMMENTARY

Faith keepsthis couple

togetherBy ADA AND GIULIANO SPIGONARDO

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICYCLASSIC DOONESBURY (1985) | GARRY TRUDEAU

For almost seven years,since December 2008, theFederal Reserve has beenholding its key interestrate near zero; and Thurs-day, the Fed announced itwould keep it there atleast a little while longer.

This is contrary tomany hints of an impend-ing rate rise the Fed hasdropped over the years,the clearest of which wasthe goal it announced —way back in December2012! — to raise rateswhen the unemploymentrate fell to 6.5 percent, atarget reached 16 monthsago.

Fed Chair Janet Yellenassured the public Thurs-day that a one-quarterpercentage point hike isstill likely by the end of2015, but at this point, onecould be forgiven for won-

dering if the Fed will evermuster enough confidencein the economy’s capacityfor self-sustaining growth.

To be sure, there wasno particular urgencyabout a rate hike, notwith-standing the expectationsthe Fed had repeatedlyfueled. Though the econo-my grew 2.25 percent inthe first half of the yearand unemployment is just5.1 percent, labor-forceparticipation remainssubpar and, most impor-tant, inflation is still wellbelow the Fed’s target of 2percent. Under the cir-cumstances, the U.S. econ-omy can hardly be said tobe overheating.

What’s striking aboutthe Fed’s decision,though, is that interna-tional factors, rather thandomestic ones, tipped thebalance. Specifically, Yel-len acknowledged that the

Fed “focused particularly”on the slowdown in Chinaand its spillover effectssuch as lower oil pricesand trouble for variousemerging markets.

She expressed “con-cern” about the “deftness”of Chinese policy, whichin recent months has in-cluded an officially or-chestrated stock marketboom, followed by a bustand partial bailout, aswell as a disruptive cur-rency devaluation in Au-gust. Indeed, Yellen wasunder pressure from boththe International Moneta-ry Fund and the WorldBank not to roil the inter-national waters by raisingrates; the latter institu-tion’s chief economistwarned a rate hike couldspark “panic and turmoil”in emerging markets.

She did as they suggest-ed, if not explicitly be-

cause they suggested it.There are benefits, includ-ing to Americans, to keep-ing rates at zero a whilelonger, as long as inflationremains negligible.

Among those benefitsare more affordable mort-gages and car loans,which should bolster still-weak domestic demand.But there are risks, too,such as the formation ofasset bubbles and thesheer loss of credibilitythe Fed suffers every timeit flirts with a new inter-est rate policy and thendoesn’t deliver.

The latter risk mayhave been compounded bythe Fed’s so openly ac-knowledging that its deci-sions are subject to thevagaries of China’s eco-nomic “rebalancing,” andthe nontransparent policyprocesses in Beijing uponwhich that depends.

EDITORIAL

China’s apparent role inFed’s policy isn’t good for US

THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON — ScottWalker and his campaignteam must have hadWednesday night’s GOPdebate at the Ronald Rea-gan Presidential Librarycircled on the calendar ev-er since he turned in a de-cidedly forgettable effortat the first gathering of2016 candidates back inAugust.

Amid his sliding pollnumbers — he fell from 10

percent to 2 percent overthe past month in onesurvey — the debate of-fered Walker a perfectchance to counter the“he’s fading” narrativethat had taken hold in therace.

Which makes his flatand largely nonexistentperformance all the moretroubling for him. Despitea relatively central loca-tion (next to Jeb Bush,two podiums down fromfront-runner DonaldTrump), the Wisconsin

governor struggled tostand out. His best line —“We don’t need an appren-tice in the White House.We have one right now”— came in the debate’sfirst minutes, after whichWalker seemed to shrinkfrom the stage. He had theleast screen time of anycandidate.

In the wake of the de-bate came whispers thatWalker needed to dosomething drastic — likejettison members of hissenior staff — to show

that he could reversecourse. He insisted heneeded to do no suchthing (always the kiss ofdeath) and said no one ex-cept reporters had askedhim about it. Neverthe-less, he pulled back frommost early-voting statesThursday and vowed to fo-cus on Iowa.

Scott Walker, for fallingdown rather than break-ing through, you had theworst week in Washing-ton. Congrats, or some-thing.

WORST WEEK IN WASHINGTON

Walker had little debate timeBy CHRIS CILLIZZA

THE WASHINGTON POST

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Entertainment THE ZAPATA TIMES 5A

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —Most people know Jewel’srags-to-riches story —growing up on an Alaskanhomestead, getting discov-ered as a homeless teen ina California coffee shop,going platinum on her de-but album, “Pieces of You,”a folksy anthem in thegrunge era.

But as she reveals in hernew memoir, “Never Bro-ken,” and a companion al-bum, “Picking Up the Piec-es,” her story didn’t have afairytale ending.

“I’ve always been verytransparent as an artist,”said the 41-year-old singer.“I’ve been known through-out my career to share alot. But I think people willbe quite surprised by whatis in the book. Honestly, Ithink the biggest setbacksI faced were after I becamefamous.”

Difficult and sometimespainful family relation-ships led her to becomemostly independent as ateenager, crafting herskills in bars and coffeeshops. She writes that herfather was physically andverbally abusive to her andher brothers, which she at-tributes to his drinkingand his own personal trau-ma. They have since recon-ciled.

“I think that anybodythat reads the book won’tconsider this a salaciousbook, but it is incrediblyforthright,” Jewel said.“My dad gave me permis-sion. ... My dad grew up inan abusive household. Mydad became abusive. ...What are cycles of abuseand what kinds of conver-sations can we have inAmerica about emotionalpatterns?”

She also details how hermother took control of herfinances and subsequentlyled her into debt despiteselling millions of albums,according to the book. Thetwo stopped talking in2003. The final chapters ofthe book describe her ro-mance with champion ro-deo cowboy Ty Murray.

In this Sept. 10 photo, Jewelposes for a portrait to promoteher latest album, "Picking Upthe Pieces," at The Standard inNashville, Tenn.

Photo by Donn Jones/Invision | AP

Jewelreleasesmemoir,album

By KRISTIN M. HALLASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — If we look totelevision for more than entertain-ment — and let’s face it, we do —then Sunday’s Emmy Awards cere-mony will have something for ev-eryone.

The masterful storytelling of tel-evision’s second golden age right-fully will be center stage, with lead-ing contenders including “Game ofThrones,” “Orange is the NewBlack” and the final season of“Mad Men.”

But growing pressure on mediato reflect American diversity, andEmmy voters’ response, will be acrucial part of the ceremony aswell. The transgender comedy“Transparent” is up for top honors,and two black actresses are hopingthey can break the white-only holdon a major category.

The digital-revolution vanguardwill be out in force, as Amazon’s“Transparent” and Netflix seriesincluding “House of Cards” and“Orange is the New Black” gnawaway at the prestige awards thatfor decades were the exclusive do-main of broadcast networks and ca-ble channels.

That was until just two yearsago, when Netflix muscled its wayin with “House of Cards” and “Ar-rested Development.”

Record-keepers may find muchto occupy themselves with thethree-hour ceremony airing 7 p.m.Zapata time Sunday on Fox. AndySamberg (currently of “BrooklynNine-Nine,” formerly of “SaturdayNight Live”) is the host.

“Game of Thrones,” or “GOT,”the shorthand used by devotees ofthe HBO hit, could become the rarefantasy series to capture the topdrama award in its fifth nomina-

tion. Eight-time nominee JonHamm of AMC’s “Mad Men” gets alast shot at a trophy for his por-trayal of a midcentury man in cri-sis.

The tea leaves and odds are intheir favor, said Tom O’Neil, whoseGold Derby website handicaps Hol-lywood awards and other events.

“The theme of this year’s Em-mys is that, finally, ’Game ofThrones’ will win. Finally, Jon

Hamm will win. This could be oneof the most popular Emmys everbecause of fan favorites prevailing,”O’Neil said.

A “Game of Thrones” victory, afollow-up to the 2005 best-dramawin by another genre series, thesci-fi saga “Lost,” would keep “MadMen” from earning its fifth trophyand setting a record as most honor-ed drama ever.

But other award breakthroughswould carry far greater weight.

Viola Davis, who stars as a cut-throat attorney in ABC’s “How toGet Away With Murder,” and TarijiP. Henson, unyielding matriarchCookie in Fox’s hip-hop family dra-ma “Empire,” are vying to be thefirst black woman to claim top dra-ma acting honors.

“I gotta win! I gotta win for his-tory!” an exuberant Henson saidwhen asked about the prospect dur-ing an “Empire” panel last May.

That an African-American ac-tress has yet to receive the award isoffensive, said Gabourey Sidibe,who plays Becky on “Empire.”

But “no matter what happensEmmy night, no matter what hap-pens for another 100 Emmy nights,the work that both Taraji and Violado is undeniable,” Sidibe said Tues-day. “They are powerhouses andthey are amazing people, and theywill forever win, whether they winthat night.”

Something for everyone at EmmysBy LYNN ELBER

ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this image released by HBO, Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen appears in ascene from “Game of Thrones.” Clarke is nominated for an Emmy Award for out-standing supporting actress in a drama series for her role on the show. The 67th an-nual Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Photo by Helen Sloane/HBO | AP

LOS ANGELES — Ittook a decade for Bill Pradyto bring his dream of amockumentary-style sitcompeopled by Muppets to tele-vision.

When Muppets ownerWalt Disney Co. finallyagreed this year, Pradyquickly encountered hisnext key constituency: thepuppets’ adoring fans,whose congratulations tothe producer came with astern warning.

“‘Listen, these were a ve-ry important part of mychildhood, and if you doanything to screw it upwe’ll never forgive you,”’Prady recalled being ad-monished by everyone fromhis sister to strangers.

“‘We’re going to be watch-ing. Best of luck!”’

The moment of truth ar-rives at 7 p.m. Zapata timeTuesday with the debut ofABC’s “The Muppets” star-ring Kermit, Gonzo, FozzieBear, Animal and the ever-

fabulous Miss Piggy.She’s the host of a talk

show produced by on-again,off-now boyfriend Kermitwith a staff that sets its ownstandard of professionalism.Despite that, “Up Late WithMiss Piggy” attracts guests

that include Josh Groban,Laurence Fishburne andReese Witherspoon and hascaught the eye of a docu-mentary film crew.

They’ve got plenty to cov-er: star tantrums (Piggy, ofcourse), office romances(Kermit and an ABC mar-keting executive, Denise,who happens to be a pig; helikes pigs, the frog con-cedes) and the Muppets’ off-set lives (Fozzie meets hishuman girlfriend’s parentsand encounters blatant spe-cies-ism).

The show aims for hu-mor that can be appreciatedon both adult and kid levels,its producers say, with agentle reminder that theseMuppets, save for Kermit,never mixed with their tam-er “Sesame Street” relativesthat include Cookie Mon-

ster and Elmo.The jokes aimed at

grown-ups likely will goover a child’s head. Exam-ple: When the staff gathersfor a meeting, house bandmember Zoot jumps up andintroduces himself in appar-ent accordance with rehabprotocol. No, he’s told, it’snot THAT kind of meeting.

“The Muppets” is thecrew’s first regular prime-time TV gig since the short-lived “Muppets Tonight”aired in 1998, and it comesmore than three decades af-ter the 1976-81 success of“The Muppet Show.”

The puppets haven’t beenidle, of course, making TVmovies and specials — in-cluding one with Lady Gaga— and big-screen hits “TheMuppets” (2011) and “Mup-pets Most Wanted” (2014).

‘The Muppets’ return in mockumentaryBy LYNN ELBER

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Muppet characters, shown from left, are Miss Piggy, Pepe The KingPrawn, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, background center, Scooter,Janice, Kermit the Frog and Floyd Pepper.

Photo by Bob D’Amico/ABC | AP

CLÍNICA GRATUITAHands & Feet Medical

Missions del Baptist StudentMinistries, y el UTMB Healthinvitan a una Clínica para Cui-dado de la Salud gratuita elsábado 26 de septiembre de10 a.m. a 4 p.m. en ZapataCounty Pavilion, 23rd Ave. yGleen St. Se ofrecerán consul-tas físicas para niños y adul-tos, consultas de terapia físicay ocupacional, revisiones de lavista y anteojos gratuitos, me-dicamentos, revisiones de pre-sión arterial y de glucosa. Enel marco del Proyecto Cuida-do Infantil se ofrecerán segu-ros gratuitos para armas, y lacampaña nacional de recep-ción de medicamentos. Infor-mes en el (956) 728-0210.

MISS ROMA 2015La Cámara de Comer-

cio de Roma invita a alumnasdel 10o, 11o y 12o grado enRoma High School a partici-par en el certamen de belleza‘MISS ROMA 2015’. La fechalímite de registro es el lunes21 de septiembre. Pida infor-mes llamando a Blanca Ruizal 956-849-1411 o en 956-844-1428, de lunes a viernesde 8 a.m. a 5 p.m.

CLASES DE INGLÉSROMA — Se ofrecen

clases de inglés, gratuitas, pa-ra principiantes y avanzados.El espacio es limitado. Pidainformes en el (956) 984-6270.

CIERRE CONSULADOSEl viernes 9 de octu-

bre, debido a una actualiza-ción de los sistemas consula-res, las operaciones consula-res de la embajada de EU enla Ciudad de México y losnueve consulados en toda laRepública Mexicana, permane-cerán cerrados al público. Ciu-dadanos estadounidenses querequieren asistencia de emer-gencia deben llamar al 867-714-0512 extensión 3128 de 8a.m. a 5 p.m., o al 867-727-2797 después de horas de ofi-cina.

ACTIVIDADES EN PUERTOISABEL

5a Pachanga Anual enel Parque se realizará el sába-do 3 de octubre, de 5 p.m. a1 p.m., en Washington Park,156 W. Madison St. Entradagratuita. Ganancias beneficia-rán a las mejoras de los par-ques en Puerto Isabel.

Lightouse Market Dayse realizará el sábado 10 deoctubre, de 9 a.m. a 4 p.m.Entrada gratuita. Habrá ma-nualidades, comida y módulosde información. Además ha-brá el especial de $1 de en-trada a todos los museos du-rante todo el día.

Celebración del Día delos Muertos se realizará del10 al 31 de octubre, en hora-rio de 4 p.m. a 11 p.m. en317 E. Railroad Ave. Habrámúsica, baile, vendedores, ex-hibiciones, actividades, músicay concursos de disfraces.

Recepción para Artistasde la Galería se realizará elviernes 30 de octubre, de 5p.m. a 8 p.m. en los Museosde Puerto Isabel y en la Bi-blioteca Pública de Puerto Isa-bel. El evento es abierto a lacomunidad y se les invitaasistir disfrazados. Se ofrece-rán refrigerios por el Día delos Muertos y Halloween.

DESFILEROMA — El Roma Fest

Parade, con el tema “250 Ye-ars of Culture and Heritage”será el domingo 11 de octubrea partir de las 3 p.m. La ali-neación de participantes seráen Nix Street (detrás del Citi-zens State Bank). Los contin-gentes continuarán hasta USHwy 83 (Garcia St.). Interesa-dos en participar puede lla-mar al Ayuntamiento de laCiudad de Roma en el (956)849-1411. Entrada es de 10dólares para empresas y gra-tis para organizaciones sin fi-nes de lucro.

Ribereñaen Breve

Cuatro hombres y una mujer fue-ron acusados formalmente esta se-mana en cortes, en tres casos inde-pendientes.

En el primer caso, el martes, Be-nito Cruz y Jesús Eleazar García-Bautista fueron acusados con uncargo de conspiración para trans-portar a personas indocumentadasy dos cargos por intento para trans-portar a personas indocumentadas,a cambio de dinero.

Supuestamente García-Bautistaaceptó hablar con agentes especia-les de Investigaciones de SeguridadNacional, en relación al incidente.

“Garcia-Bautista atestiguó queBenito Cruz y él supuestamente te-nían que guiar a un grupo de perso-nas a través de la maleza”, indica laquerella criminal presentada el 24de agosto.

El intento de contrabando ocu-rrió el 19 de agosto.

Agentes de la Patrulla Fronterizade EU respondieron a reportes deposibles inmigrantes ilegales en elsector de Siesta Shores.

Agentes respondieron a un área ydescubrieron huellas que los lleva-ron hasta el Lago Falcón. Agentesalegan que los inmigrantes desem-barcaron de una lancha y corrieronhacia la maleza, indican archivos.

San YgnacioEl martes, un gran jurado acusó

a Steve Casas con un cargo de cons-piración para transportar inmigran-tes indocumentados dentro de losEstados Unidos y dos cargo de in-tento para transportar personas in-documentadas para obtener ganan-cia financiera.

Supuestamente Casas admitió elintento de contrabando.

“Casas declaró que sabía que es-taba transportando (personas indo-cumentadas), y que se le iban a pa-gar 800 dólares para transportar a(las personas indocumentadas) des-de Weslaco, Texas, al Siesta Motelen Laredo, Texas”, indica la quere-lla criminal presentada el 28 deagosto.

Autoridades federales dijeron queel caso se desarrolló el 26 de agosto

cuando un patrullero del Departa-mento de Seguridad Pública de Te-xas detuvo a una GMC Yukon, mo-delo 2001, por tener una luz poste-rior defectuosa. Autoridades dijeronque descubrieron que Casas estabatransportando seis inmigrantesquienes se encontraban de manerailegal en el país.

El oficial entregó a Casas una ci-ta para comparecer por no proveerlicencia de conducir y le dio una ad-vertencia por la luz posterior delfreno defectuosa, antes que agenteslo arrestaran.

Un favorUna pareja fue acusada el martes

por transportar personas quieneshabían entrado de manera ilegal alpaís, indican archivos de la corte.

Un gran jurado acusó a Jacob Ca-sares y Viviana Yvette González conun cargo de conspiración paratransportar personas indocumenta-das en el interior de Estados Unidosy dos cargos de transportar perso-nas indocumentadas para gananciafinanciera.

Casares y González fueron arres-tados el 27 de agosto tras que oficia-les del Departamento de SeguridadPública de Texas realizaran variasdetenciones viales simultáneas.

Agentes de la Patrulla Fronterizade EU respondieron como apoyo.Agentes dijeron que una ChevyEquinox, modelo 2010, conducidapor Casares tenía a tres personasquienes habían cruzado de formailegal la frontera, indica la querellacriminal presentada el 31 de agosto.

Agentes dijeron que otro oficialdetuvo a un Saturn Aura XR, mode-lo 2007, por exceso de velocidad, lacual era conducida por González.Una investigación reveló que laEquinox estaba registrada bajo elnombre de González.

En declaraciones posteriores alarresto, Casares dijo que los tres in-migrantes se le acercaron mientrasestaba en McDonald’s y le ofrecieron60 dólares por llevarlos a Zapata.

González dijo que ella desconocíaque Casares estaba transportandoinmigrantes. Ella supuestamente de-claró que le había prestado la Equi-nox a Casares para que pudiera ir ala escuela.

CORTE

Acusación formalPOR CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ

TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

PÁGINA 6A Zfrontera SÁBADO 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2015

ZCISD conmina a estudiantes y la comuni-dad en general a celebrar una vida libre dedrogas durante la Semana del Listón Rojo quese llevará a cabo del 23 al 31 de octubre.

La Semana del Listón Rojo representa uncompromiso a nivel nacional para incremen-tar la atención sobre drogas en las escuelas.En 1986 el Congreso declaró a Octubre como elMes Nacional para Prevención de las Drogasen reconocimiento de la mayor participaciónciudadana en los programas para prevencióndel abuso de sustancias.

El tema nacional para el Listón Rojo esteaño es “Respect Yourself. Be Drug Free”. (Res-pétate a ti mismo. Sé libre de drogas).

Por medio de honrar la historia acerca delsacrificio del agente de la DEA Enrique “Kiki”Camarena, los estudiantes portaran listonesrojos con frases de una vida libre de drogas ydecorarán puertas y pasillos de la escuela.

“El público meta es el distrito escolar, los es-tudiantes de las escuelas primaria, secundariay preparatoria, además que esperamos llegar alos integrantes de la comunidad que aún noasisten a la escuela”, indicó Zapata County In-dependent School District en un comunicadode prensa.

El distrito también conmina a realizar do-naciones. Fondos que sean donados serán uti-lizados para la compra de regalos por el ListónRojo para estudiantes en ZCISD.

Las donaciones pueden ser enviadas a Com-munity in Schools, con atención a NormaGonzález. Puede contactarla en el 956-765-8389ext. 1050 o escribiéndole a ngonza-lez1@zcisd.org

ZCISD

AnuncianSemana delListón Rojoen escuelas

ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

Samuel M. Lozano abrela saga de compositores quehan encontrado inspiraciónen Tamaulipas. Su prestigioes gracias a numerosos y tí-picos corridos, como “Larielera”, por ejemplo. Bohe-mio y excéntrico, cierto díaaborda el ferrocarril a labocana del río Pánuco.

Ahí, corriendo el año1922, reparte hojas impre-sas con versos que entonade propia voz por las calles,guitarra en ristre. Aquel es-treno alcanza resonancia:“¡Tampico hermoso! ¡Ohpuerto tropical!/ tú eres lagloria de todo mi país/ y

por doquiera de ti me he deacordar, / con tus tesoros alpobre haces feliz…”.

Así, con ingredientes ta-maulipecos por vez primera“Tampico hermoso” descri-be y ensalza las característi-cas del entorno nacional.

Al transcurrir el SigloXX los acordes rancherosmantienen espacios indis-putables, pero ritmos nove-dosos ganan y ensanchansimpatías entre la audien-cia, de gustos cosmopolitas.

Distinguiéndolo un sin-cretismo que maneja lacumbia y el rock, Rigo To-var dirige el grupo “CostaAzul” e inicia carrera artís-tica. Empírico, proviene delos estratos sociales menosfavorecidos en la fronteracon EU. En 1972 concluyebalada para el terruño, quecausa furor: “A orillas delrío Bravo hay una linda re-

gión, / con un pueblito quellevo muy dentro del cora-zón: / mi Matamoros queri-do, nunca te podré olvidar,/ mi Matamoros del al-ma…”.

Reutiliza la fórmula JoséSierra Flores. Doctorado enmedicina y prolífico compo-sitor, en pleno cacicazgoquinista exalta a la metró-poli petrolera de Méxicocon lo que Rafael RamírezHeredia considera “bonito[…] huapango” en 1979. “Yosoy de Ciudad Madero, soymaderense, / y soy vecinodel mar, / la brisa me da defrente/ cuando me pongo acantar…”, interpreta laRondalla Tamaulipeca, quecosecha aplausos y vítoresdomésticos.

Surgen entretanto letrasque aluden de paso al esta-do, si bien varios munici-pios las vuelven símbolos

de identidad. En CiudadVictoria, capital de Tamau-lipas, sucede con “El cueru-do”. Obra de Lorenzo Bar-celata y Francisco SánchezFlores, la presentan duran-te una asamblea del PartidoSocialista Fronterizo, queusufructúa Emilio PortesGil. “Yendo de Tula a Jau-mave/ me encontré con unranchero, / iba en su cuacoretinto, / todo vestido decuero. / Le pregunté pa’dónde iba/ y haciéndose elremolón, / voy pa’ Victoria,me dijo, / a darle vueltas ami amor…”, oyen los dele-gados en 1926.

De Cuco Sánchez, detrásviene “El mil amores”. Sedifunde mediante homóni-ma película, que el taquille-ro Pedro Infante protagoni-za en 1954. Gustosos, los co-terráneos del autor decidenadoptar la melodía, pues

arranca: “De Altamira, Ta-maulipas, / traigo esta ale-gre canción, / al son delviejo violín/ con jaranascanto yo…”.

Tampoco faltan composi-ciones extranjeras que dealgún modo remiten a para-jes del rumbo. Mencione-mos sólo la “Canción deMargaret”. Escrita hacia1927 por el francés PierreDumarchey, alias PierreMac Orlan, retoma sórdida-mente las goteras del sures-te tamaulipeco: “Sí, enTampico se fueron mis pri-maveras. / […] En ese co-chino país, donde el aire en-venena, / donde la mari-huana te empuja alhastío…”. Dicha balada“Eréndira” se incluye enpelícula de 1983.

(Con permiso del autor se-gún fuera publicado en LaRazón, Tampico, Tamps.)

COLUMNA

Tamaulipas es ‘musa’ de compositoresNota del Editor: El autor

escribe acerca de la músicadedicada a las regiones deTamaulipas.

POR RAÚL SINENCIO CHÁVEZESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

Hoy sábado 19 de sep-tiembre se celebra el30 Aniversario delsismo de 1985 en la

Ciudad de México, a la vez queel nacimiento del Día de laProtección Civil.

Por tanto, durante el trans-curso de la semana se llevó acabo la Semana Nacional deProtección Civil con varias ac-tividades realizadas en los mu-nicipios de Abasolo, Aldama,Altamira, Antiguo Morelos,

Ciudad Victoria, Díaz Ordaz,Jaumave, Jiménez, Llera, ElMante, Mier, Nuevo Laredo,Matamoros, Padilla, Valle Her-moso, Villagrán, Soto la Mari-na, San Fernando, Tampico,Reynosa y Madero.

El objetivo de las activida-des fue fortalecer la preven-ción y atención ante sinies-tros, indica un comunicado deprensa del Gobierno de Ta-maulipas. Agrega que se busca“salvaguardar la integridad fí-sica de la sociedad en centrosde trabajo de los tres órdenes

de gobierno e iniciativa priva-da”.

De acuerdo al programa es-tablecido por la CoordinaciónGeneral de Protección Civil,durante toda la semana se pro-gramaron simulacros paraevacuación ante incendios. Seesperaba una participación to-tal de 39.600 trabajadores lostres órdenes de gobierno, de 21dependencias y empresas, tansolo en Ciudad Victoria, Méxi-co. En cada municipio de laentidad se programaron dife-rentes acciones.

ANIVERSARIO

19 DE SEPTIEMBRE

Simulacros fue una de las varias acciones desarrolladas por personal de las Direcciones de Protección Civil en Ta-maulipas, a fin de celebrar la Semana Nacional de la Protección Civil, cuyo aniversario es el 19 de septiembre.

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 National THE ZAPATA TIMES 7A

NEW YORK — A derelictNaval hospital that treatedsoldiers from the Civil Warthrough World War II is thesite of an art installationthat deals with the woundsof war and the human pow-er of healing.

Conceptual artist BettinaWitteVeen said it took fiveyears to secure the Brook-lyn Navy Yard site for her“When We Were Soldiers —once and young” exhibition,which opens Saturday.

“I basically perceive thebuilding and my artwork asone,” she said.

It is the first time an art-ist has been allowed to usethe building, preserved as atime capsule of another eraand boarded up for decades.The Navy Yard, whichserved as a major militaryshipbuilding site for morethan 200 years, was decom-missioned in 1966. The 300-acre campus has evolved in-to a bustling urban industri-al park. Its largest tenant,Steiner Studios of film andtelevision, plans to restorethe hospital over the nextseveral years and turn it in-to a major media-technolo-gy center along with othernearby historic buildings.

“The public has neverhad a chance to see thebeauty of this building,”said Doug Steiner, chair-man of Steiner Studios.“The building is so integralto her art. ... I can’t distin-guish between the two.”

WitteVeen, who was bornin Germany and lives inNew York City, said thecracked walls, shatteredwindowpanes and wornstate of the building serveas a metaphor for her work.She has traveled around theworld photographing thebeautiful landscapes oncedestroyed by war.

Indeed, it is easy to envi-sion the soldiers who once

occupied the former treat-ment rooms that line a longwhite plaster-wall corridorof the first floor.

Here, WitteVeen focuseson how combat affects thesoldier. She groups her colorphotos with black-and-whitearchival images that she hasreworked using a complexprocess that “quiets” thepicture and directs the view-er’s gaze toward the sub-ject’s face.

“You don’t just see themissing limb or prosthesis;you see this intelligent hu-man being. You get a senseof the personality,” she said.

WitteVeen has deliberate-ly placed these images in aroom near a broken innerstaircase propped up withpoles and sealed off by glass— as a metaphor for the am-putees pictured next door.

There are rooms with im-ages of weapons and the in-juries they inflict; of war ro-bots and drones; and ofbravery and compassion bynurses and soldiers carry-ing and bandaging thewounded.

The installation contin-ues in the basement, whereit focuses on industrial war-fare’s effects on civilians.

A portrait of an anony-mous woman raped whenshe was 12 hangs in an emp-ty prison cell — anotherweapon of warfare that dev-astates lives and communi-ties, WitteVeen said.

Elsewhere, there’s a walk-in altar inspired by achurch in Berlin, Germany,a tranquil space for reflec-tion with soft music byBach in the background.

The last room features aseries of panoramic photo-graphs of a garden in Cri-mea, Ukraine. The picturesare bright and colorful, buton closer inspection a rust-ed barbed wire also appears.

“A wound can become ascar, but it can heal and per-mit a blooming life,” shesaid.

Old hospitalbecomes partof art display

By ULA ILNYTZKYASSOCIATED PRESS

FORT WORTH — Whentwo rival motorcycle gangsclashed outside a Texasrestaurant, the violencetook many forms — hand-guns, knives, clubs, brassknuckles. After the meleewas over, nine bikers weredead, their bodiessprawled on the pavement,surrounded by blood andshell casings.

Four months after theshootout, authorities havereleased almost nothingabout the gunfight beyonda vague initial descriptionof a brawl that spiraledout of control.

But evidence reviewedby The Associated Pressnow confirms that thegunfire included roundsfired by police that hit bik-ers, though it isn’t clearwhether those rifle shotscaused any of the nine fa-talities.

The AP reviewed morethan 8,800 pages of evi-dence related to the May11 confrontation, includingmany police reports thatoffered the best insight yetinto how the shootout un-folded. Reporters alsoviewed dash-cam videoand photos and listened toaudio interviews.

Investigators have of-fered scant details aboutwhat sparked the fight orhow the gunfire playedout, and no one has beencharged with any of thedeaths.

The trove of evidence —expected to be presented toa grand jury — includesdashboard video of peoplefleeing the scene whileshots ring out, audio of po-lice threatening to shootpeople if they rise fromthe ground and photos ofbodies lying in pools ofblood in the restaurantparking lot.

The gunfire eruptedshortly before a meeting ofa coalition of motorcycleclubs that advocates ridersafety. Waco police wereaware of the potential forviolence and assigned 16officers to watch over thegathering. State policewere also present.

Many witnesses, includ-ing bikers and waitressesat the Twin Peaks restau-rant, told police that theshooting began after aBandido rider hit a pros-pective member of the Cos-sacks with his motorcycle.A fistfight ensued, fol-lowed by several minutesof shooting, according tothe evidence reviewed bythe AP.

Bikers and drivers canbe seen on video fleeingthe restaurant parking loton foot and in vehicleswhile officers carrying ri-fles run to the scene. Asshots pop off in the back-ground, an officer swearsrepeatedly.

Back in June, Waco Po-lice Chief Brent Stromansaid three officers fired atotal of 12 shots, but policehave never said whetherthose bullets struck any-one, fatally or otherwise.

Officer George Vrailwas assigned to a specialdetail to cover the meetingand wrote in a 724-page in-cident report that he sawtwo officers during theshootout who “had multi-ple suspects down on theground.”

The officers told himthey had been “engaged”by gunfire as they got outof their marked police car.Both of them returned fireand “struck multiple sus-pects with their patrol ri-

fles.”In his portion of the in-

cident report, officer KeithVaughn wrote that anoth-er officer spotted a manshooting into the crowdand told Vaughn that hefired one round “to stopthe individual from shoot-ing anyone else.”

Police and prosecutorshave said that there is vid-eo footage that shows Ban-didos and Cossacks shoot-ing at one another. The APhas reviewed video fromTwin Peaks and an adja-cent restaurant, but nei-ther shows clearly who isshooting at whom.

At least 20 people weretreated for gunshotwounds and other injuries.

Waco police spokesmanPatrick Swanton declinedto comment on the evi-dence, citing a gag orderin the criminal case of oneof the bikers. Media organ-izations, including the AP,have gone to court to fightthe order, which they con-tend is overly broad andunconstitutional.

According to the inci-dent report, a separate Wa-co police investigation intothe police shootings wasunderway as of July 20.The Bureau of Alcohol, To-bacco, Firearms and Ex-plosives is conducting bal-listics analyses. ATFspokeswoman NicoleStrong declined to com-

ment.Following the shooting,

177 people were arrestedand held for days or weekson $1 million bonds oncharges of engaging in or-ganized criminal activity.But no one has been in-dicted, and it remains un-clear whose bullets struckthe dead and wounded.

Also unclear is when agrand jury will hear theevidence, which has beenshared with criminal de-fense attorneys.

More than 430 weaponswere recovered from thecrime scene, including 151guns, according to the in-cident report. Many weap-ons were taken from bik-ers. Others were recoveredfrom vehicles, bushes out-side the restaurant andthe men’s bathroom,where two pistols werefound in toilets, photosshow.

Authorities did notknow exactly what to dowith the large number ofweapons and “just startedlaying them on the groundaway from the suspects,”officer Joshua Fischerwrote in a report.

After the shootingceased, an officer asked ev-eryone with a weapon toraise a hand, according tothe incident report. Nearlyeveryone did.

The bikers were takento the Waco conventioncenter for processing andwere told on the way thatthey were going to be in-terviewed as witnesses, ac-cording to a 430-page Tex-as Department of PublicSafety report that corrobo-rates what arrested bikershave told AP.

But prosecutors decidedlate that night to arrestthe majority of those de-tained.

District Attorney AbelReyna and his staff toldauthorities at the conven-tion center that anyonewearing a patch, clothingor insignia that indicatedsupport for the Bandidosor Cossacks should becharged with engaging inorganized crime, accord-ing to the report.

Reyna did not returncalls seeking comment.

AP: Police shot bikers

Authorities investigate a shooting in the parking lot of the TwinPeaks restaurant in Waco. Police shot bikers in the deadly shoot-out that erupted last spring outside a Texas restaurant, though itremains unclear if their bullets caused any of the nine fatalities.

Photo by Jerry Larson/file | AP

By EMILY SCHMALLASSOCIATED PRESS

8A THE ZAPATA TIMES National SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

BOSTON — A motherhas been arrested and herboyfriend is charged withmurder in the death of a lit-tle girl whose body wasfound inside a trash bag ona Boston Harbor island thissummer, a prosecutor saidFriday, after a monthslongcampaign to learn thechild’s identity.

Suffolk District AttorneyDaniel Conley said he au-thorized a murder chargefor Michael McCarthy, 35,and the girl’s mother, Ra-chelle Bond, 40, is under ar-rest for accessory to murderafter the fact.

“At just shy of three yearsold, Bella Bond was a trueinnocent,” Conley said at anews conference announc-ing the charges.

“This child, whose veryname means beauty, wasmurdered,” he said.

House Speaker RobertDeLeo, D-Winthrop, saidBond and McCarthy areblaming each other for thegirl’s death.

“It appears as though itwas a situation of the boy-friend who was involvedand apparently, I think,

mother and boyfriend sortof blaming each other interms of who harmed thechild.”

Conley said McCarthywas being treated at a Bos-ton hospital for a medicalcondition unrelated to thecase.

Both Bond and McCarthyare due to be arraigned onthe charges Monday.

The discovery of the girl’sbody sparked a massive so-cial media campaign. With-in two weeks, a compositeimage of the chubby-cheeked, brown-eyed girlhad reached an estimated 47million people on Facebook.

Despite the widespreadpublicity, a text tip line andbillboards with the girl’s im-age, investigators were frus-trated for months as theytried to figure out who shewas and how she died. Theygot their big break afterBoston police received a tipand a search warrant wasexecuted Thursday at Ra-chelle Bond’s apartment.

Officials from the state’schild protection agency saidthey had contact with Bellatwice, for four months in2012 and three months in2013. In both cases, officialsdescribed the involvement

as “support for neglect,”and the cases were laterclosed.

Between 2001 and 2006,the Department of Childrenand Families terminated pa-rental rights for two of hermother’s older children.One of the children wasadopted by her maternalgrandmother; the other wasadopted by someone outsidethe family, officials said.

Rhonda Mann, a spokes-woman for the ExecutiveOffice of Health and HumanServices, said the agencyhas been working with lawenforcement for severalmonths in an effort to helppolice identify the girl.

“Now that we know hername, the story is no lesstragic. DCF has not had anopen case with this familyfor over two years, but didhave brief involvement withBaby Bella as an infant,”she said in a statement.

Because the case involv-ing Bella had been closed, itwas not among cases DCFexamined after the discov-ery of the remains on DeerIsland, the agency said.

The girl’s body was foundJune 25 inside a trash bagon Deer Island in Winthropby a woman walking a dog.

Conley would not say spe-cifically how her body gotthere, but implied that hermother placed her there. Hesaid evidence investigatorsuncovered led them to “havea good faith basis” to chargeher with being an accessoryafter the fact to murder.

After her body wasfound, police immediatelyappealed to the public forhelp in identifying the girl.Using photos of her re-mains, the National Centerfor Missing and ExploitedChildren created a compos-ite image of what the girlmight have looked likewhen she was alive.

They were flooded withtips, which led authoritiesto check on the well-being ofdozens of little girls but didnot lead them to Baby Doe’sfamily.

Conley would not com-ment on how the girl died,but said more informationmay be released whenMcCarthy and Bond are ar-raigned Monday. There wereno obvious signs of traumato her body. An autopsy per-formed by the state medicalexaminer’s office did notimmediately determine themanner or cause of herdeath.

Mom arrested, boyfriend faces murder chargeBy DENISE LAVOIEASSOCIATED PRESS

This Suffolk County Massachusetts District Attorney flyer includes acomputer-generated composite image depicting the possible like-ness of a young girl whose body was found on June 25.

Photo by Suffolk County District Attorney/file | AP

DENVER — A Denverman accused of eating mar-ijuana-infused candy hebought at a legal pot shopand then killing his wifewhile she described herhusband’s erratic behavioron a 911 call has changedhis plea to not guilty by rea-son of insanity.

Richard Kirk, 49, ischarged with first-degreemurder in the shootingdeath of his wife, Kristine,44, in April 2014. Defense at-torneys have suggested thatKirk was so impaired by“Karma Kandy Orange Gin-ger” that he may not haveintended to kill her.

The shooting stoked con-cerns about the effects of

the marijuana snacks,which have become popularsince the state legalized rec-reational marijuana stores.Colorado lawmakers lastyear tightened regulationson edible marijuana, re-sponding to the Kirk caseand the death of a collegestudent who jumped from ahotel balcony after eating apotent marijuana cookie.

Just before she was shot,Kristine Kirk told dispatch-ers that her husband wasacting more drunk than vi-olent, crawling through abedroom window and cut-ting his legs on brokenglass. But prosecutors ar-gue he had the wherewithalto remember the code to alocked gun safe and pressthe weapon to his wife’shead.

Kirk pleaded not guiltyin March. He has since got-ten a new attorney, who didnot respond to questionsabout the plea change. Itwas unclear what role mari-juana would play in his de-fense.

But willful drug and alco-hol use cannot be the basisfor an insanity defense inColorado, where a defend-ant is considered legally in-sane if he or she was somentally ill at the time of acrime as to be incapable oftelling right from wrong.

Experts will have to con-sider Kirk’s behavior in thedays, weeks and monthsleading up to and followingthe shooting, said StevenPitt, a forensic psychiatristwho has worked on sanitycases but isn’t involved

with Kirk’s case. His mentalhealth history likely will al-so come into play.

“The substance-use piecemay or may not be a redherring,” Pitt said. “At theend of the day, he’s not go-ing to be found insane be-cause of some edible mari-juana he ingested. If he’s le-gally insane, it will bebecause he has a mentaldisease or defect that is sep-arate and apart from hissubstance use, which result-ed in him being unable toappreciate the wrongfulnessof his conduct.”

Kirk will be evaluated atthe Colorado Mental HealthInstitute in Pueblo before a

hearing scheduled for Dec.17.

On the 911 call, KristineKirk said her husband wasparanoid and hallucinatingafter eating pot candy hebought at a recreational potshop. Dispatchers heard thewoman beg her husbandnot to retrieve a gun from asafe. Then they heard agunshot, and the line wentquiet.

The couple had threeyoung sons, who werehome at the time of the kill-ing.

Colorado now has strict-er potency limits on edi-bles. By next year, the stateis expected to require each

edible to be stamped“THC,” for the drug’s psy-choactive ingredient.

Denver police DetectiveTroy Bisgard testified dur-ing Kirk’s preliminaryhearing last year that theonly substance found inKirk’s blood was THC. Thedetective said Kirk’s THClevels were relatively low.

The couple’s marital andfinancial problems were es-calating, and Kristine Kirkwas covered by a $340,000life insurance policy, Bis-gard said. She had recentlytold friends she had grownafraid of her husband be-cause they had been fight-ing so much.

Man pleads insanity after eating pot, killing wifeBy SADIE GURMANASSOCIATED PRESS

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10A THE ZAPATA TIMES International SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

TOKYO — Japan’s par-liament has approved con-tentious legislation that en-hances the role of the coun-try’s military by looseningpost-World War II con-straints, as the ruling blocdefeated opposition parties’last-ditch effort to block avote.

The upper house’s ap-proval in the early hours ofSaturday makes the legisla-tion into law, reinterpretingJapan’s constitution andfundamentally changingthe way it uses its military.Opponents say it violatesJapan’s constitution andputs the country at risk ofbecoming embroiled inU.S.-led wars.

The legislation hassparked sizeable protestsand debate about whetherJapan should shift awayfrom its pacifist ways toface growing security chal-lenges. Rallies have spreadacross the nation especiallyafter the ruling parties ap-proved the bills in July inthe more powerful lowerhouse.

Japan’s military cannow defend its allies evenwhen the country isn’t un-der attack — for the firsttime since the end of theWorld War II — and workmore closely with the U.S.and other nations. Japanwill also be able to partici-pate more fully in interna-tional peacekeeping, com-pared to its previous, most-ly humanitarian, missions.

“The legislation is neces-sary in order to protect thepeople’s lives and theirpeaceful livelihood, and itis to prevent a war,” PrimeMinister Shinzo Abe toldreporters after the passageof a total of 11 bills — onerelated to internationalpeacekeeping and a pack-age of 10 others designed toallow Japan’s military todefend its allies in an ac-tion called “collective self-defense.”

Dozens of constitutionscholars, lawyers and otherlegal experts have joinedprotests, saying the legisla-tion allowing Japan to useforce to settle internationaldisputes violates its U.S.-drafted postwar constitu-tion that renounces a rightto wage war.

China said it and otherAsian neighbors are closelywatching the vote becauseof Japan’s wartime aggres-sion.

“We demand that Japangenuinely listen to just ap-peals from both at homeand abroad, learning fromhistorical lessons and ad-hering to the path of peace-ful development,” ChineseForeign Ministry spokes-man Hong Lei told a regu-lar news briefing Friday.

Previous postwar gov-ernments had all made thenotion of collective self-de-fense unconstitutional. ButAbe’s Cabinet last year de-cided to allow it by unilat-erally adopting a new in-terpretation of the constitu-tion, instead of formallyrevising the charter, sayingit must be adapted to to-day’s increasingly challeng-ing security environment.The constitutional reinter-pretation triggered publiccriticism that Abe’s govern-ment undermined democ-racy. Opponents also saythe change would cause Ja-pan to do more in the bilat-eral alliance with the U.S.

In Washington, leadersof Senate committees over-seeing U.S. defense and for-eign policy welcomed thelegislation’s passage, say-ing it would contribute tointernational peace and se-curity and strengthen theU.S.-Japan alliance.

“We welcome a largerrole for Japan in regionaland global security affairsand look forward to ourcountry working with Ja-pan to implement thesenew measures,” the Repub-lican and Democratic com-mittee leaders said in ajoint statement Friday.

Even though many Japa-nese acknowledge growingsecurity risks and havegrown accustomed to send-ing peacekeepers overseas,many remain wary of agreater military role.Media surveys have consis-tently shown a majority ofrespondents oppose the leg-islation.

“This legislation betraysthe constitutionalism, paci-fism and democracy thatJapan has built over thepast 70 years since the endof World War II,” said Tet-suro Fukuyama, a seniorlawmaker representing themain opposition Democrat-

ic Party of Japan. Opposition lawmakers

chanted “Unconstitution-al!” and “Invalid!” whilecasting a ballot during avote on the bills at the up-per house, which came atthe end of the session.

Since Thursday, opposi-tion parties had pulled outall the stops to delay thevote. They introduced a se-ries of no-confidence mea-sures against governmentministers and parliamen-tary leaders, and made fil-ibuster speeches.

One opposition lawmak-er, Taro Yamamoto, used asnail-paced “cow walk” toshuffle to the podium tovote, while others madedrawn-out speeches, a vari-ation that has becomeknown as the “cowtongue.”

Yamamoto wore a blacksuit and tie with Buddhistprayer beads around hiswrist, as if attending a fu-neral. He kept using “cowwalk” tactic, ignoring re-peated scolding by thehouse president to stop itand heckling from the rul-ing lawmakers criticizinghim.

The maneuvers weredestined to fail, but ate uphours of time requiring de-bate and votes on eachmeasure.

As the drama played outin Parliament, protestersrallied outside for a fifthnight in a row. On Wednes-day, 13 protesters were re-portedly arrested.

Abe’s ruling LiberalDemocratic Party rushedto pass the bills before thestart of a five-day weekendSaturday to avoid a possi-ble swelling of the protests.Abe had promised the U.S.that the legislation wouldbe approved by this sum-mer.

The legislation thatlacks public support wouldface resistance in the fu-ture, said Jeff Kingston, di-rector of Asian Studies atTemple University Japan.

“In a way you can saythat this legislation lackslegitimacy in the eyes ofthe people,” he said. “It’sgoing to be very controver-sial to actually invoke thislegislation to justify dis-patch of troops that obvi-ously most people don’twant. That probably haselectoral consequences.”

A protester shouts slogans as he is surrounded by police officers during a rally against the Japanesegovernment in front of the parliament building in Tokyo, on Friday. Japan’s parliament approved legisla-tion will loosen post-World War II constraints placed on its military.

Photo by Shuji Kajiyama | AP

Japan military getsboost with new bills

By MARI YAMAGUCHIASSOCIATED PRESS

ZAGREB, Croatia —Thousands of migrantswere trapped Friday in avicious tug-of-war as bick-ering European govern-ments shut border cross-ings, blocked bridges anderected new barbed-wirefences in a bid to stem thewave of humanity fleeingconflict and poverty in theMiddle East and Africa.

Asylum-seekers who fledwestward after being beat-en back by tear gas andwater cannon on the Hun-garian-Serbian border justdays earlier found them-selves being returned toSerbia, where their ordealbegan, after Croatia de-clared it could not handlethe influx.

The EU’s failure to finda unified response to thecrisis left this tiny Balkannation, one of the poorestin the European Union,squeezed between theblockades thrown up byHungary and Slovenia andthe unending flood of peo-ple flowing north from Sy-ria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

With more than 17,089migrants arriving in justthree days, Croatian PrimeMinister Zoran Milanovicdeclared that his nation of4.2 million could no longercope and the asylum-seek-ers could not stay.

“What else can we do?”Milanovic said at a newsconference. “You are wel-come in Croatia and youcan pass through Croatia.But go on. Not because wedon’t like you, but becausethis is not your final desti-nation.”

“Croatia has shown ithas a heart,” he said. “Wealso need to show we havea brain.”

Across eastern Europe,barriers to the migrants’passage were thrown up asnations tried to shift theburden of handling the in-flux onto their neighbors,leaving asylum-seekers ev-er more desperate and con-fused.

Croatia declared itselfoverwhelmed and beganbusing migrants to Hun-gary and closing its bordercrossings with Serbia. Slov-enia halted rail service toCroatia and was sendingmigrants back there, whileHungary began buildingyet another razor-wire bor-der fence, this time on itsborder with Croatia.

Caught in the middle ofthis high-stakes game ofhot potato were the massesof miserable men, womenand children who havefound their way to thewealthier European na-tions they wish to settle inblocked at every turn.

“We are seeing the re-sult of haphazard policies,”said Maurizio Albahari, asocial anthropologist at theUniversity of Notre Dameand author of “Crimes ofPeace: Mediterranean Mi-grations at the World’sDeadliest Border.”

“The situation is largelydue to the lack of a coordi-nated approach toward thereception of these displacedpersons.”

Most migrants don’twant to stay in Croatia —only one woman with chil-dren has requested asylum,the country’s foreign min-ister said. Instead, they aretrying to reach WesternEuropean countries likeGermany that have saidthey are welcome.

While Croatia is happyto let people pass through,Hungary and Slovenia sayallowing the migrants tocross their borders wouldviolate European Unionrules.

Croatia is part of the EUbut not a party to theSchengen treaty, which al-lows people to travel freelybetween 26 European coun-tries without showing theirpassports. Slovenia andHungary are treaty mem-bers and say they are pro-tecting Europe’s borders.

Events in the Balkanshave underscored the fail-ures of the EU’s commonasylum policy, which callsfor a “joint approach toguarantee high standardsof protection for refugees.”

Though the EU says“asylum must not be a lot-tery,” scenes from Croatiaon Friday showed it isn’tworking out that way.

“The emergency is beingactively reproduced by therefusal to acknowledge thereality on the ground. Mi-grants and refugees have agoal in mind — to reachGermany, France, the Neth-erlands, Britain, Swedenand so forth,” Albaharisaid.

“Many have gonethrough political violence,exploitation by smugglers,and the peril of crossingthe Mediterranean. Fencesare not only proving futile:They are actively contrib-uting to exasperation andto needless, additional suf-fering for families and vul-nerable persons.”

The finger-pointingamong leaders has becomevicious. Croatia and Hun-gary bickered into thenight, with Croatia sayingthe two countries hadagreed to create a corridorfor the migrants and theHungarian Foreign Minis-try calling that a “purelie.”

Hungary’s foreign minis-ter, Peter Szijjarto, calledthe Croatian prime minis-ter’s handing of the mi-grant crisis “pathetic.”

“Hypocrisy rules in Eu-rope today. No one is say-ing honestly how big achallenge this is,” Szijjarto

told the MTI news agency.“This will not end soon.”

It is also causing tre-mendous strain on rela-tions between neighbors ina region with a volatilepast. Croatia, Serbia andSlovenia are all products ofthe break-up of Yugoslaviain the 1990s. Even beforethe latest crisis, many ef-forts to restore normalcyhave been hard won.

In a sign of the discord,Hungarian authoritiesseized a Croatian train car-rying 1,000 migrants as itcrossed into Hungary, ac-cusing its neighbor of fail-ing to coordinate the trans-port. The train’s conductorwas taken into custody and40 Croatian police officersescorting it were disarmed,said homeland security ad-viser Gyorgy Bakondi.

Hungary denied asser-tions by Croatian officialsthat the transport had beencoordinated by the two gov-ernments. “These peoplewere coming toward theborder without prior con-sultation, without respect-ing official channels,” gov-ernment spokesman ZoltanKovacs said.

The U.N. refugee agencywarned the crisis was be-ing worsened by the con-tradictory national policies.

“The crisis is growingand being pushed from onecountry to another,” saidAdrian Edwards ofUNHCR. “You aren’t goingto solve these problems byclosing borders.”

The human misery wasevident in Croatian townslike Beli Manastir, near theborder with Hungary. Mi-grants slept on streets, ontrain tracks and at a localgas station. People scram-bled to board local buseswithout knowing wherethey were going.

Hundreds of others werestranded Friday on a largeDanube River bridge in theSerbian town of Bezdan af-ter Croatian authoritiesclosed all but one bordercrossing. A large truck lift-ed barriers onto the bridge.The group, which includedmany women and children,stood in a no-man’s land inthe middle in the scorchingheat for hours with littlewater or food.

Finally Serbian author-ities began busing them120 kilometers (75 miles) tothe south, near the Serbiantown of Sid, so they couldenter Croatia illegallythrough unguarded corn-fields.

Europeans eyestopping migrants

By DANICA KIRKA AND DUSAN STOJANOVICASSOCIATED PRESS

Migrants make their way down a highway towards Turkey’s west-ern border with Greece and Bulgaria, near Edirne, Turkey, on Fri-day. The group, which wishes to cross into Europe, were stoppedby Turkish law enforcement before reaching the city center.

Photo by Levent Kulu/Hurriyet | AP

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 THE ZAPATA TIMES 11A

Vidal M. Hernandez, 85,passed away on Monday,Sept. 14, 2015 at Laredo Spe-cialty Hospital in Laredo,Texas.

Mr. Hernandez is preced-ed in death by his sons, Jo-seph James Hernandez andEddy Hernandez.

Mr. Hernandez is sur-vived by his wife, Olivia T.Hernandez; sons, Vidal Her-nandez Jr., Ruben Hernan-dez, Gary James Hernan-dez, Anthony J. Samora, Ed-ward J. Hernandez, JosephJ. Hernandez; daughters,Carmen Y. Garcia, (TerryLee Peña), Tanya M. Samo-ra, Olivia E. Hernandez;grandchildren, Monica Her-nandez, Jacqueline (Pete)Luna, Jason Hernandez, Er-ica Hernandez, Melissa(Nick) Ortiz, Michael Her-nandez, Mark Hernandez,Gary J. Jr. (Maile) Hernan-dez, Benjamin Hernandez,Christopher John Hernan-dez, Robert J. (Jasmin) Her-nandez, Yvette C. Becerra(Alfredo Hernandez, Jr.),Joanna Hernandez (DanielArambula), Daisy G. Garcia(Daniel J. Alaniz), BriannaY. Maldonado (Luis Tovar),Christy E. Hernandez; twen-ty-one great-grandchildrenand by numerous great-great-grandchildren, neph-ews, nieces, other familymembers and friends.

Visitation hours will beheld on Saturday, Sept. 19,2015, from 8 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.with a rosary at 9 a.m. atRose Garden Funeral Home.A Catholic Service will beheld at 10 a.m. at Rose Gar-den Funeral Home.

Committal services willfollow at Zapata CountyCemetery.

In lieu of flowers moneta-ry donations can be made atIBC Acct. 2311268619.

Funeral arrangementsare under the direction ofRose Garden Funeral HomeDaniel A. Gonzalez, funeraldirector, 2102 N. U.S. Hwy 83Zapata, Texas.

VIDAL M. HERNANDEZ

July 2, 1930 – Sept. 14, 201

NEW YORK — Stocks endedmostly lower after a volatile dayas traders tried to figure outwhat was next for U.S. interestrates.

The bumpy trading Thursdaycame after the Federal Reservedecided to keep interest rates lowfor now, citing weakness in theglobal economy and unsettled fi-nancial markets.

Investors did make significantbets on U.S. Treasuries and, for achange, precious metals. The U.S.dollar weakened against its ma-jor currency counterparts as thethreat of higher interest ratesabated.

The Dow Jones industrial av-erage lost 65.21 points, or 0.4 per-cent, to 16,674.74. The Standard &Poor’s 500 index fell 5.11 points,or 0.3 percent, to 1,990.20 and theNasdaq composite index rose 4.71points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,893.95.

The Fed said that while theU.S. job market is solid, there arereasons to be concerned aboutglobal economic growth. FedChair Janet Yellen said a ratehike is still likely this year. TheFed meets again in October andDecember.

“The market got what it want-ed,” said Alan Rechtschaffen, aportfolio manager at UBS. “Themarket had a ’rate rant’ lastmonth and that scared the Fed.”

Interest rates have been nearzero since 2008, when the Feddrastically cut rates in responseto the financial crisis and GreatRecession. The last time the cen-

tral bank actually raised rateswas 2006.

Ultra-low interest rates tend tohelp the stock market becausethey make bonds, CDs and otherincome-producing investmentsless appealing by comparison.They also make it inexpensivefor companies to borrow money

to buy back their own shares,which also sends stock priceshigher.

On the other hand, the Fed hasmade it abundantly clear that thecurrent policy of super-low ratesis an unusual measure intendedto shore up the economy and willeventually be dismantled. Keep-

ing it in place is a signal that theFed believes the economy isn’tquite strong enough to withstandhigher rates. For investors won-dering when interest rate policywill be “normalized,” that meansmore waiting.

“They just need a little moretime. The drumbeat is getting

louder for them to actually raiserates,” said Tony Bedikian, headof global markets at Citizens Fi-nancial Group.

With interest rates not chang-ing soon and inflation in check,investors bought up bonds. Theyield on the U.S. 10-year Treasu-ry note dropped to 2.19 percentfrom 2.30 percent the day before,a large move. The two-year Trea-sury note, which would be moreheavily impacted by highershort-term interest rates, hadeven an even more dramaticmove, dropping to 0.68 percentfrom 0.80 percent.

In precious metals markets,gold and silver saw significantbuying in after-hours trading af-ter the Fed released its state-ment. Gold fell $2 to settle at$1,117 an ounce in regular trad-ing but was up $12.80 to $1,131.80an ounce later. Silver added 10cents to settle at $14.98 an ounce,and gained another 25 cents to$15.13 in extended trading. Cop-per finished unchanged at $2.45 apound in regular trading. It wasup a penny in after-hours trad-ing.

Oil finished slightly lower af-ter the Fed’s comments. U.S.crude fell 25 cents to $46.90 a bar-rel. Brent crude, a benchmark formany international oils importedby U.S. refineries, fell 67 cents to$49.08 a barrel.

In other energy futures trad-ing, wholesale gasoline fell lessthan a penny to $1.376 a gallon.Heating oil slipped 1.17 cents to$1.53 a gallon and natural gas fell1 cent to $2.652 per 1,000 cubicfeet.

Stocks close low after Fed’s decision

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen answers questions during a news conference in Washington, Thursday. The Federal Re-serve is keeping U.S. interest rates at record lows in the face of threats from a weak global economy, persistently low in-flation, and unstable financial markets.

Photo by Jacquelyn Martin | AP

By KEN SWEETASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — TheEnvironmental ProtectionAgency said Friday thatVolkswagen intentionallyskirted clean air laws byusing a piece of softwarethat enabled about 500,000of its diesel cars to emitfewer smog-causing pollu-tants during testing thanin real-world driving con-ditions.

The agency orderedVW to fix the cars at itsown expense. The Ger-man automaker also facesbillions of dollars in fines,although exact amountswere not determined.

The cars, all built inthe last seven years, in-clude the VW Jetta, Bee-tle, Golf and Passat mod-els, as well as the AudiA3. The vehicles all con-tain a device programmedto detect when they areundergoing official emis-sions testing, the EPAsaid. The cars only turnon full emissions controlsystems during that test-ing. The controls areturned off during normaldriving situations, theEPA said, allowing thecars to emit more thanthe legal limit of pollu-

tants.The EPA called the

company’s use of the so-called “defeat device” ille-gal and a threat to publichealth.

“EPA is committed tomaking sure that all auto-makers play by the samerules,” said Cynthia Giles,assistant EPA administra-tor for enforcement andcompliance assurance.

The EPA called on VWto fix the cars’ emissionssystems, but said carowners do not need totake any immediate ac-tion. The violations donot present a safety haz-ard and the cars remainlegal to drive and sellwhile Volkswagen comesup with a plan to recalland repair them, the EPAsaid.

VW, which also ownsAudi, said in a statementit is cooperating with theinvestigation, but de-clined further comment.

The EPA said VW facesfines of up to $37,500 pervehicle for the violations— a total of more than $18billion. No final total wasannounced. California is-sued a separate compli-ance order to VW, and of-ficials announced an in-vestigation by the

California Air ResourcesBoard.

Despite the seriousnessof the violation, the EPAsaid VW will be given “areasonable amount oftime to develop a plan tocomplete the repairs,” in-cluding both the repairprocedure and manufac-ture of any needed parts.

It could take up to ayear to identify correctiveactions, develop a recallplan and issue recall no-tices, the EPA said.

Environmental groupshailed the EPA and Cali-fornia for moving aggres-sively to enforce clean airlaws.

“The charges here aretruly appalling: thatVolkswagen knowingly in-stalled software that pro-duced much higher smog-forming emissions fromdiesel vehicles in the realworld than in pre-saletests,” said Frank O’Don-nell, president of CleanAir Watch, a Washington-based advocacy group.

O’Donnell accused VWof “cheating not just carbuyers but the breathingpublic.” He said thecharges undercut indus-try rhetoric about “cleandiesel” cars.

The Volkswagens likely

perform better with theemissions controls defeat-ed than they do withthem on, said AaronBragman, Detroit bureauchief for the Cars.com au-tomotive shopping and re-search site. Otherwise, hesaid, there would be noreason to have a settingthat turns on the controlsfor tests and turns themoff for regular driving.

“Obviously it’s chang-ing the way the engineoperates somehow thatmay not be pleasing toconsumers,” he said. “Itwould follow that it wouldput it into a very differentfeel in terms of operationof the vehicle.”

But Bragman said oth-er countries may allowdifferent modes for test-ing and normal driving.

The allegations coverroughly 482,000 diesel pas-senger cars sold in theUnited States since 2008.Affected models include:

Jetta (model years2009-15)

Beetle (model years2009-15)

Audi A3 (model years2009-15)

Golf (model years2009-15)

Passat (model years2014-15)

EPA orders Volkswagen recallBy MATTHEW DALYASSOCIATED PRESS

12A THE ZAPATA TIMES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

land Security Investiga-tions special agents regard-ing the incident.

“Garcia-Bautista attestedBenito Cruz and he weresupposed to guide a groupof people through thebrush,” reads the criminalcomplaint filed Aug. 24.

The smuggling attemptoccurred Aug. 19.

U.S. Border Patrol agentsresponded to reports of pos-sible illegal immigrants inthe Siesta Shores neighbor-hood.

Agents responded to thearea and discovered foot

prints that led them to Fal-con Lake. Agents allegedthat the immigrants disem-barked from a boat and rantoward the brush, recordsstate.

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tional Border Patrol Coun-cil President BrandonJudd told the House Com-mittee on Oversight andGovernment Reform lastweek. But he did say thatat least 5,000 more agentsare needed, noting that oneof every five undocument-ed immigrants apprehend-ed in 2014 had a criminalpast.

“I want to be very clearon this, especially giventhe recent incendiary com-ments about who is cross-ing the border and the as-sertions that the border issafer than it has everbeen,” Judd testified. “In2014, ICE deported 177,000convicted criminals. Ofthis number, 91,000 werearrested by the Border Pa-trol trying to illegally re-enter this country.”

Judd also said in the 20years he’s been with theagency, he’s seen a shift instrategy by criminalgroups.

“They would rather risklosing a load of narcoticsto the Border Patrol thanopening fire on agents,” hesaid of the mindset then.“This all began to unravelin 2000 with the emergenceof the drug cartels.”

Wendy Feliz, a spokeswo-man for the National Im-migration Council, a Wash-ington-based, non-partisanthink tank, doesn’t down-play the violence in Mexi-co. But she said more U.S.agents aren’t the answerbecause evidence suggeststhere is no spillover intothis country.

“Cartels are obviouslydangerous and we need todeal with that element, buton this side of the borderEl Paso is one of the safestcities,” she said. “Thereare other ways to interruptthe cartels. It’s not moreenforcement, it’s better en-forcement.”

Feliz said the federalgovernment should followthe recommendations offormer Arizona AttorneyGeneral Terry Goddard,who argued in 2012 thatchasing immigrants anddrugs is a losing fight.State and federal govern-ments should instead focuson seizing cash and analyz-ing wire transfer data tostymie the criminal ele-ments’ efforts, Goddardsaid

Rashly adding thousandsof agents will lead to simi-lar problems the Depart-ment of Homeland Securi-ty’s Office of the InspectorGeneral outlined in 2013,Feliz said. That agency’sreport concluded that amajority of the alleged ex-cessive force cases investi-gated showed violations ofagency standards.

The report added, how-ever, that the hiring surgedidn’t weaken trainingstandards and the amountof time that agents train —about two months — wassufficient.

Judd didn’t address thereport in his testimonyand a spokesman with theU.S. Border Patrol didn’trespond to a request forcomment.

Judd did advocate for areturn to 20-week trainingperiods, which he saidwere scaled back duringthe administration of Pres-ident George W. Bush. Fe-liz said even that was tooshort, and that some mu-nicipal police officers aretrained for six months.

“The agents need it fortheir protection, not just toprotect civil rights,” shesaid.

Judd added that theUnited States Border pa-trol is a “top-heavy organi-zation with far too manylayers of management.” Hesaid there is one supervi-sor for every four agentsand a 10-to-1 ratio could re-turn 1,500 agents to thefield if those supervisorswere reassigned.

Judd’s testimony comesas the federal governmentfaces the threat of anothershutdown. Speculation hasswirled for weeks that in-ternal gridlock could shut-ter the government, atleast temporarily. Whenthe Department of Home-land Security faced a simi-lar threat earlier this year,lawmakers said that 85 per-cent of Border Patrol andCustoms and Border Pro-tection officials would stillreport for duty.

When the governmentshut down for a few weeksin 2013, an estimated 31,300DHS employees were fur-loughed but more than 85percent of all departmentemployees still showed upfor work, the WashingtonPost reported.

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tor job with a Czech non-profit working in Maysan.

The nonprofit promotedhim to project managerand transferred him to Jor-dan in 2008. There, he ap-plied for a U.S. refugee vi-sa. “The rest is history,” AlSudani told the HoustonChronicle, employing oneof the English idioms heuses with gusto.

The American resettle-ment process assigned himto Houston, where he ar-rived in 2009. Every newrefugee works with a localnonprofit that provides fed-erally funded assistancefor about six months; AlSudani was matched upwith Interfaith Ministriesof Greater Houston.

The United States takesthe “lion’s share” of UnitedNations-referred refugeesaccepted for permanent re-settlement. According toU.N. data, between 2010and 2014, the U.S. alone re-settled 71 percent of all ref-ugees.

Out of every 1,000 reset-tled U.N. refugees, morethan 700 come to America.Though all 50 states acceptsome refugees, 75 of those700 find their way to Texas,according to U.S. State De-partment numbers. Andmore of those will come tothe Houston area than toanywhere else in Texas:The state health servicesdepartment reports thatnearly 40 percent of Texas’refugees land in HarrisCounty.

This means that HarrisCounty alone welcomesabout 30 of every 1,000 refu-gees that the U.N. resettlesanywhere in the world —more than any otherAmerican city, and morethan most other nations. IfHouston were a country, itwould rank fourth in theworld for refugee resettle-ment.

The number of refugeesthe United States takes incould swell even further inthe next year after Presi-dent Barack Obama saidlast week that the U.S.would take at least 10,000Syrians displaced by thewar in their country. Thisyear, the U.S. accepted few-er than 2,000.

Al Sudani’s first days in

Houston were not easy. Hecame here without anyfamily members; he knewno one. He had no phoneor Internet to keep himconnected with peopleback in Iraq.

“You miss your family;you miss your friends; youfeel lonely,” he said.

Without family or workto occupy his time, he feltaimless: “I don’t have acar; I’m not working —what am I going to do?”Though he spoke fluentEnglish, he attended thelanguage classes at hisapartment complex. “Ididn’t need them,” he said,“but I wanted to go and dosomething.”

The U.S. resettlementprogram emphasizes earlyemployment; refugees over18 are expected to startworking within weeks oftheir arrival, even if theyhave poor English skills orlittle education. Al Sudanihad fluent English and auniversity degree butknew the recession wouldmake it hard to find work.

“I just wanted to get ajob, even if it (was) inBurger King,” he said. “Iknew it would be betterthan sitting at home.”

He got a job within twomonths but not in a fastfood restaurant. Because ofhis language skills and hisprevious nonprofit experi-ence, Interfaith Ministrieshired him as a caseworkerfor the many Iraqis ontheir way.

Now, after several pro-motions, he supervises theorganization’s refugee ser-vices department. He wel-comes new arrivals to hisadopted homeland.

After six years in Amer-ica, Al Sudani sounds andacts like the quintessentialAmerican. He takes roadtrips. He shoots pool atSlick Willie’s. He likescountry music; he firstheard the genre in Iraqwhen he listened to KennyRogers, though he nowfinds Rogers “cheesy.” Herecently took his girlfriend,a native Alabaman, on aweekend winery tour.

As he talked in a Persianrestaurant near his home,Al Sudani sliced a roastedtomato on his plate. Ira-

nian cuisine shares muchin common with Iraqifood, he said, but he usual-ly prefers Italian. He stilllives in the same modestone-bedroom apartmentthat Interfaith Ministriesarranged for him in 2009.He seems at home here,with sunglasses on hisslightly gelled hair andsome salt-and-pepper stub-ble on the weekend.

After the required five-year waiting period, he be-came a U.S. citizen in No-vember.

“Probably I’m not thehuggiest person,” he said.But when he learned hehad passed the citizenshiptest, “my eyes started towater. ... It was a momentthat some people wait theirwhole lives for.”

Al Sudani takes pride inhis adopted homeland,partly because of its role inresettling refugees. “That’swhy the U.S. is a greatcountry,” Al Sudani said.“It’s not because we havethe most powerful military... It’s because there’s noother country in the worldthat brings more refugeesand welcomes them totheir country.”

A trend stands out inHarris County refugee da-ta. The vast majority ofHouston’s refugees camefrom warm regions: Cuba,Iraq, Congo and Somalia.But the resettlement agen-cies don’t place peoplebased on a preference for ahot, steamy climate.

Houston has been a ma-jor resettlement area forVietnamese refugees andimmigrants since the fallof South Vietnam in 1975.But since then, the city’sheavy in-flow of refugeeshas been defined by the ab-sence of a predominant na-tionality.

“Oh, Houston is di-verse,” Al Sudani said,ticking off major refugeecommunities: “Bosnians,Russian Jews, Afghanis,Iraqis, Congolese, Rwan-dese, Somalis, Iranian mi-norities, Burmese, Bhuta-nese.” Harris County wel-comed refugees from 40different countries in fiscalyear 2014, according to theTexas Department of StateHealth Services.

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were arrested Aug. 27 fol-lowing simultaneous trafficstops done by Texas De-partment of Public Safetytroopers.

U.S. Border Patrol agentsresponded to assist. Agentssaid a 2010 Chevy Equinoxdriven by Casares hadthree people who had cross-ed the border illegally,states the criminal com-

plaint filed Aug. 31.Agents said another

trooper pulled over a speed-ing 2007 Saturn Aura XRdriven by Gonzalez. An in-vestigation revealed theEquinox was registered toGonzalez.

In post-arrest statements,Casares said the three im-migrants approached himwhile he was at a McDo-

nald’s and offered him $60to take them to Zapata.

Gonzalez said she did notknow Casares was trans-porting immigrants. She al-legedly claimed that shehad lent the Equinox to Ca-sares so he could use it togo to school.

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“Casas stated he knew hewas transporting (undocu-mented people), and he wasgoing to be paid $800 fortransporting the (undocu-mented people) from Wesla-co, Texas, to the Siesta Mo-tel in Laredo, Texas,” statesthe criminal complaint fil-ed Aug. 28.

Federal authorities saidthe case unfolded Aug. 26when a Texas Departmentof Public Safety trooperpulled over a 2001 GMC Yu-kon for having a defectiverear light. Authorities saidthey then discovered thatCasas was transporting siximmigrants who were in

the country illegally.The trooper cited Casas

for not providing a driver’slicense and gave him awarning for the defectivebrake light before agentstook custody of him.

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“While most regions ofour state are seeing thesedeclines, we are working

hard with our local work-force partners to addressthe needs in those regions

that are still struggling,”said Commissioner RonnyCongleton.

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Sports&OutdoorsSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 ON THE WEB: THEZAPATATIMES.COM

FORT WORTH — SMU’sschedule was set long beforeChad Morris became the Mus-tangs’ head coach, at a timewhen TCU and Baylor weren’tboth top five teams.

Morris has talked aboutwanting to get the Mustangs tothat kind of level. But theirfirst-year head coach knows itcould take some time.

While SMU (1-1) has alreadymatched its 2014 season victorytotal, that was a home winagainst North Texas after losing56-21 to fifth-ranked Baylor inits opener.

Now the Mustangs play theother defending Big 12 co-cham-pion, going on the road for thefirst time with Morris. They areat the third-ranked HornedFrogs (2-0) on Saturday night.

“They’ve got several guysthat can run and have elitespeed and talent at the skill po-sitions. We’ve seen it. We obvi-ously saw it early in the year,”Morris said. “Just because yousee it, we didn’t do a good job

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NCAA : NO. 3 TCU

TCU running back Trevorris Johnsonand the Horned Frogs host SMU Sat-urday looking for their 11th straightvictory.

Photo by Tony Gutierrez | AP

No. 3TCUhostsSMU

Horned Frogs look for11th straight win

By STEPHEN HAWKINSASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN — Charlie Strong is in themiddle of a complete rebuild at Texas.Laying the foundation is a handful offreshmen starters who so far are makingthe biggest plays for the Longhorns.

Quarterback Jerrod Heard, linebackerMalik Jefferson and wide receiver JohnBurt emerged as the top playmakers inthe first two games. Throw in four morefreshmen starters when Texas (1-1) plays

California (2-0) Saturday night, and it’sclear Strong has decided youth will car-ry the Longhorns in 2015.

“I think they felt like when they camein they were going to re-energize theteam and take us back to where we needto be. A lot of the older guys have fed offthat,” junior safety Dylan Haines said.

Heard redshirted last season and final-ly got his first start last week againstRice. He delivered an ultra-efficient per-formance with 96 yards rushing and 4-of-7 passing with two touchdowns, in-

cluding a 69-yard strike to Burt. Heardsaid getting the start made him finallyfeel part of the team.

“You are sitting on the sideline think-ing, man, I can’t wait to get out thereand play with my boys,” Heard said.

California coach Sonny Dykes took no-tice of a Texas offense that had new lifewith Heard and new play caller Jay Nor-vell.

“He’s certainly a dynamic playmaker

NCAA FOOTBALL: TEXAS LONGHORNS

Young playmakers

Texas quarterback Tyrone Swoopes is feeling pressure from young backup Jerrod Heard for the starting job for the Longhorns.

Photo by Edward A. Ornelas | San Antonio Express-News

Longhorns bring youth into matchup with CalBy JIM VERTUNO

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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DALLAS — A Texas highschool football coach directedtwo players to strike a refereeduring a game because ofmissed calls that had hurt theteam, the players claimed Fri-day during a national broad-cast.

During an appearance onABC’s “Good Morning, Ameri-ca,” Michael Moreno and Vic-tor Rojas also repeated earlierclaims that the ref had used ra-

cial slurs.Moreno said he regrets hit-

ting Robert Watts and wants toapologize. Rojas said he wasjust doing what he was told.

The two were suspendedfrom the Jay High School foot-ball team in San Antonio inthe aftermath of the gameearly this month at MarbleFalls. The Northside schooldistrict moved them to an al-ternative school as investiga-tions into the matter continue.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: SA JOHN JAY

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John Jay High School football players Michael Moreno and Victor Rojas spokein public for the first time on Good Morning America as they said their coachinstructed them to hit a referee during the game.

Photo by AP

Jay duo: Coachsaid to hit ref

By DAVID WARRENASSOCIATED PRESS

COLLEGE STATION —When No. 17 Texas A&M andNevada meet on Saturday itwill be the first time Aggies’coach Kevin Sumlin will faceone of his former assistantswho has become a head coach.

With Wolf Pack coach BrianPolian in town, Sumlin said hehas appreciated watching hiscoaching tree grow.

“Think that helps attractquality people to your programand create an atmosphere thatis conducive to creating headcoaches,” Sumlin said. “Some-thing I got from working withBob Stoops for years. Some-thing we take pride in. Gotguys here now that that’s goingto continue to happen. Chal-lenge is to replace talent withtalent just like it is with yourteam.”

But he doesn’t particularlyenjoy competing against formermembers of his staff.

“You don’t like playing thoseguys but that’s all part of it,”Sumlin said. “More you’re inthe business you’re playingguys that are your friends.That’s never easy, whateverhappens. Always winner andloser.”

Polian was Texas A&M’s spe-cial teams coordinator and

tight ends coach in 2012 inSumlin’s first year at theschool. He told reporters thathe learned a lot in his shorttime with Sumlin and that he’slooking forward to the matchupeven though his team is morethan 30-point underdogs.

Earlier this week, Polian was

fined $10,000 by his own schoolafter he was called for two un-sportsmanlike conduct penal-ties during Saturday’s 44-20 lossto Arizona. Athletic directorDoug Knuth called the third-year coach’s behavior unaccept-

NCAA FOOTBALL: NO. 17 TEXAS A&M AGGIES

A&M squares off with Nevada

Texas A&M defensive back Justin Dunning and the No. 17 Aggies try to improve to3-0 with a battle with Nevada on Saturday.

Photo by Bob Levey | AP

By KRISTIE RIEKENASSOCIATED PRESS

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... He made a couple of big-timethrows,” Dykes said. “You mixin a quarterback that’s veryfast, very elusive and you gotyourself a good offense.”

Jefferson is the top playmakeron the Texas defense, even if hisinexperience has led to overag-gressiveness. So far, he’s every-thing Texas expected. Jeffersonwas the freshman class’s mosthighly-touted recruit and he en-rolled in January in order tojoin spring drills. He has 18

tackles in two games, four be-hind the line of scrimmage.

The freshmen can make theTexas resurgence happen quick-ly, Jefferson said.

“It is coming fast. We know itis. But we have to get in ourheads that it starts today,” hesaid. “We can’t wait until it’stoo late.”

Some things to watch forwhen California plays Texas:

THE QUARTERBACKSHeard freshman has to deliver

another big game because Cal’soffense is humming behindJared Goff. Special teams set uptwo Texas touchdowns lastweek and the Longhorns hadonly 38 offensive plays. Goff,perhaps the top quarterback inthe 2016 NFL draft, already hassix touchdown passes.

GETTING PRESSURETexas needs to pressure Goff

and not give him time to pickapart the secondary. The Texasdefensive line has struggled

badly through two games. IfTexas is forced to blitz to pres-sure, Goff ’s ability to spot andconnect with receivers will bekey for Cal.

GRAY MIATexas running back Johnath-

an Gray has mostly been a no-show. The Longhorns’ leadingreturning rusher from 2014 has17 carries for 57 yards and aver-aged just 1.9 yards against Rice.

SPREADING IT AROUNDGoff keeps the ball on the

move. Six Cal receivers have atleast four catches already andfive have touchdowns. TheBears are averaging 560 yardsper game.

PLAY-CALLINGNorvell’s debut as Texas play

caller last week was a success,but the offense was hardly onthe field and the Longhornsnever trailed. If Texas gets intoa shootout, or falls behind, Nor-vell’s instincts and strategy willbe challenged.

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able and out of line withuniversity standards.

Sumlin said the two ofthem texted earlier thisweek and joked about theirplans for Saturday.

“He texted me Sundaynight and said: ’I’ll huddleif you’ll huddle,”’ Sumlinsaid. “I said: ’We’ll huddleon kickoffs and punts.’Don’t think (I got) much ofa response after that.”

Some things to knowabout the Nevada-TexasA&M game, just the sec-ond meeting between theteams and the first sinceSept. 23, 1950, when theAggies won 48-18 in SanAntonio:

WHAT A STARTTexas A&M freshman

Christian Kirk is off to agreat start just two gamesinto his career with theAggies. He leads the teamwith 10 receptions for 149yards. He had a 79-yard re-turn for a touchdown inthe season-opener and re-turned one 56 yards lastweek.

STREAKINGThe Aggies have won 18

straight nonconferencegames, which is the long-est active streak in theFootball Bowl Subdivision.The Aggies haven’t lost anonconference game sincea loss to Arkansas in 2011when they were in the Big12. Texas A&M will beginSoutheastern Conferenceplay next week against theRazorbacks in Arlington,Texas.

LOOKING FOR IMPROVEMENTDespite a 2-0 record,

Sumlin knows that histeam needs to get better be-

fore jumping into confer-ence play next week.

“We need to be moreconsistent as a footballteam,” he said. “What I’minterested to see is im-provement from our guysfrom a consistency stand-point to see if we can playat that level and to see ifwe can play like we did infirst half again this week.And the improvement fromother guys we’re countingon from a depth stand-point, so there’s not a dropoff.”

PILING UP YARDSNevada’s Hasaan Hen-

derson had six receptionsfor 58 yards last week toreach 1,023 yards in his ca-reer. The junior started hiscollege career as a quarter-back when he redshirtedin 2012. After that heswitched to receiver is nowone of the top receivingthreats in the MountainWest conference.

NOIL GETTING HEALTHYTexas A&M receiver

Speedy Noil was dealingwith an undisclosed injurythat caused him to missmuch of fall camp. Nowhe’s getting better, the Ag-gies are looking for him tobuild on his solid 2014 sea-son when he had 583 yardsreceiving with five touch-downs.

“As he gets healthier he’sreally accelerating and do-ing some things,” Sumlinsaid. “Two impressiveblocks he made on punts.Effort without getting theball has improved fromlast year. Look for him toget better every week as hegets healthier.”

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IRVING — Tony Romo can’t makethe big play or win the big game.The Dallas quarterback will alwaysmake the big mistake.

That’s the narrative Cowboysowner Jerry Jones was asked abouton his radio show Friday, with Ro-mo now on a three-game streak ofhuge throws on late drives goingback to the playoffs last season. In-cluded in that run is Dez Bryant’scatch that wasn’t, a pivotal play in adivisional round loss to Green Bay.

“Let’s don’t spend a lot of ourtime talking about the narrative, al-though we are all aware of whatyou’re talking about when you say,’the narrative,”’ Jones said. “I wantto restate it: If he should go througha career with the Cowboys and nothave knocked on the door — I’m go-ing to go as far as say won a SuperBowl — it would be my biggest dis-appointment having owned thisteam.

“He is a quarterback that can winSuper Bowls. He is a franchise quar-terback. He’s who I want as opposedto a choice throughout the league.”

Yes, “the narrative” could verywell be changing, although there’sprobably no way Romo can com-pletely rewrite it without winning aSuper Bowl, or getting close. Butconsider the following as the Cow-boys (1-0) get set to face NFC East ri-val Philadelphia (0-1) on Sunday.

Romo has a seven-game streak of100-plus passer ratings, includingthe two playoff games last January.It’s the longest current streak in theNFL — four more than New Eng-land’s Tom Brady at No. 2 — andthe run includes 19 touchdownswith just three interceptions in thatspan.

He converted a game-savingfourth down with a pass to JasonWitten on a late drive to beat Detroit

in the wild-card round last season.Romo found Witten again with 7 sec-onds left in a 27-26 win over the NewYork Giants in last weekend’s open-er.

In between, in a second-roundplayoff contest at Lambeau Field, hedecided to go deep to Dez Bryant onfourth-and-2 with the Cowboys driv-ing against the Packers in thefourth quarter. The throw was justabout perfect, and the play wasruled a catch. The replay that over-turned the call was talked about theentire offseason.

Eight years earlier, though, theoffseason was filled with talk of Ro-mo’s flub of the snap on a field goalthat could have beaten Seattle in theplayoffs.

Then there was the interceptionat the goal line of a playoff-openingloss to the Giants a year later whenthe Cowboys were the top seed inthe NFC.

Then came repeated losses in sea-son finales that could have sent Dal-las to the playoffs, including thestigma of three straight 8-8 seasonseven though Romo was out with aback injury for the last of those in2013.

“When the Cowboys went 8-8, Icalled him an average quarterback,”said Joe Theismann, who led Wash-ington to consecutive Super Bowls,winning the first after the 1982 sea-son. “But what is 8-8, if not average?Then all of a sudden things happenaround him, and all of a sudden hisgame gets elevated.”

By that, Theismann mostlymeans an offensive line that in-cludes three first-round picks since2011: left tackle Tyron Smith, centerTravis Frederick and right guardZack Martin. But Theismann alsocredits Romo, and illustrates it bysaying he doesn’t believe the offensewill be slowed with All-Pro receiverBryant sidelined at least a monthwith a broken right foot.

“This isn’t a mirage,” Theismannsaid. “This is Tony Romo, an upper-echelon quarterback in the NationalFootball League.”

Eagles coach Chip Kelly says Ro-mo flourishes through his ability toput players in the right places andget the Cowboys in the right play.Kelly also says those traits show uplate in the games through winningdrives similar to the one that beatthe Giants last weekend.

“He’s as good as anybody playingright now,” Kelly said.

Romo says he’s actually drawingon the experience of the 8-8 years,when the Cowboys frequently ral-lied in the fourth quarter to win.

“Either you’re going to be com-fortable in these situations, oryou’re going to lose a lot of them,”he said. “You just have to executeunder that feeling.”

With Romo coming off three backinjuries in a span of 18 months lastyear, DeMarco Murray eased theload by leading the NFL in carries(392, the most in eight years) andyards rushing (1,845).

Romo had the most efficient sea-son of his career with a franchise-record 113.2 passer rating, and washis most competent late in the sea-son with one interception in the lastsix games. Receiver Cole Beasleyjust isn’t sure that means Romo ison a roll.

“I just think he’s just good, man,”Beasley said. “You can argue himwith the Tom Bradys and the AaronRodgers and the Peyton Manningsall day to me. He’s just a great quar-terback. And he’s going to be at hisbest when his best is needed.”

Romo might be converting morecritics outside his locker room.

“He won me over a year ago,”Theismann said. “What we saw lastyear was the way Tony Romo canplay football.”

His owner has been a believer alot longer than that.

Dallas quarterback Tony Romo has made big plays on big drives in three straight games going back to last year’s playoffs.

Photo by Brandon Wade | AP

Romo rolling late in gamesBy SCHUYLER DIXON

ASSOCIATED PRESS

stopping it.”Heisman Trophy hopeful

Trevone Boykin and theFrogs followed their open-ing victory at Big Tenteam Minnesota with a70-7 win over FCS teamStephen F. Austin in theirhome opener. They havewon 10 in a row, secondonly to defending nationalchampion Ohio State’s 15-game winning streak.

SMU has its own dual-threat quarterback in MattDavis. The junior whostarted his career at TexasA&M behind Johnny Man-ziel has thrown for 337yards and four touch-downs, and run for a team-high 240 yards and twomores scores.

While TCU’s injuryplagued defense is filledwith youngsters, includingfreshmen starting at bothlinebacker spots, theyhave held their own so far.And they are used to goagainst Boykin and theFrogs’ up-tempo offense inpractice.

Returning defensive linestarters Davion Piersonand James McFarlandhaven’t played yet becauseof injuries. Senior safetyKenny Iloka sustained aright knee injury lastweek, and both startinglinebackers from the firstgame are also gone — oneto an injury and the otherleaving the team for per-sonal reasons.

“This season’s not anydifferent because of thehigh expectations,” TCUcoach Gary Patterson said.“This season’s differentbecause we’ve had inju-ries, the guys we’ve lost.”

Here are a few thingsto know when the formerSouthwest Conference ri-vals play in the Battlefor the Iron Skillet:

COMPARISON GAMETCU and Baylor were

snubbed for the first Col-lege Football Playoff lastseason, but are both ex-pected to contend for oneof those four spots thisyear. While this is the firstchance in 2015 for peopleto compare them against acommon opponent, Patter-son doesn’t really havethat same thought. “I don’tlisten to it if they say Bay-lor played better than wedid, and I don’t listen to ifthey say we played better,”Patterson said. “Because itwon’t matter until we playBaylor.” That won’t be un-til after Thanksgiving.

GREEN RECEIVERRedshirt freshman Cour-

tland Sutton is SMU’sleading receiver with eightcatches for 147 yards andthree TDs. “He’s so rawand so green. He doesn’trealize how good he canbe,” Morris said. “He’staking great pride in hisrole and will become oneof the top wide receiversin the country before it’sall over with. But rightnow, he’s just a redshirtfreshman that’s trying tofigure out where all hisclasses are located at.”

FROG AND PONY SHOWThis is the 95th meeting

between SMU and TCU;the first came in 1915. TheFrogs have won 13 of thelast 15 meetings to take a47-40-7 series lead, andtheir 56-0 win last seasonwas the most lopsidedgame ever between theteams in Dallas and FortWorth.

EQUAL STANDINGThe Horned Frogs are

one of only three teamsranked in the top 20 na-tionally in both total of-fense and total defense.They are 17th in both cate-gories, averaging 538 totalyards per game, and giv-ing up less than half ofthat (254 yards a game).

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Video from the Sept. 4game shows Rojas blind-siding Watts and Morenodiving on top of him.Watts was the umpire onthe defensive side watch-ing a play along the lineof scrimmage.

The players didn’t namethe coach Friday. Theschool district has sus-pended assistant coachMack Breed pending aninvestigation. Attempts tofind a phone number tocontact Breed for com-ment were unsuccessful.

Rojas alleged that Wattsat one point told a His-panic player to “speakEnglish, this is America.”The soft-spoken Rojas saidhe couldn’t explain whyhe targeted Watts, onlysaying he was followinginstructions.

Moreno contends theref used a racial slur di-rected at a black player.The teenager also said atthe last moment he real-ized the gravity of whathe was about to do andsoftened his blow on

Watts.“That’s not who I am,”

he said. “Underneath thehelmet and the pads, I’mreally a great kid.”

Watts has denied usinginappropriate language.

His attorney, New Jer-sey lawyer Alan Goldberg-er, told The AssociatedPress on Friday that thegame video shows a crimewas committed againstWatts and now the perpe-trators are blaming thevictim for their actions.

“He didn’t say hurtful

things to anybody and hecertainly didn’t say racialepithets,” Goldbergersaid, adding that civil ac-tion is being considered.

Watts has officiatednearly 500 football gamesover 14 years, but hasstepped aside because he’snow under a doctor’s carefor injuries inflicted bythe players, Goldbergersaid.

“It’s so typical thatthese accusations aremade,” he said. “It’s al-ways the referees fault.”

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 THE ZAPATA TIMES 3B

Dear Readers: RABIES.The word is scary, but doyou know the facts?

Rabies (Lyssavirus) af-fects the NERVOUS SYS-TEM of mammals. If yousee a wild animal (skunk,bat or raccoon, for exam-ple) that is acting errati-cally, snapping at objectsand foaming at the mouth,it may be infected with therabies virus. Call your lo-cal Animal Control.

The only way for a per-son to contract rabies isthrough a BITE from aninfected animal. The virusis transmitted onlythrough SALIVA; it is notblood- or airborne, nor canyou get it through contactwith animal waste.

Humans, surprisingly,rarely die from rabies herein the United States (deathrates can be high over-seas). You are most likelyto be infected by a bat bite.

Government wildlife of-ficials are trying to curbrabies by setting out feedlaced with the rabies vac-cine. This way, wildlifewill self-vaccinate.

What’s the best way toavoid getting the virus?

Naturally, don’t go up towild animals and touchthem. They could bite you.

Get all pets under yourcare vaccinated.

Fall on the side of cau-tion. Seek treatment if youhave been bitten.

Sept. 28 is World RabiesDay. This is an effort tomake people aware of ra-bies and how to control it.

–– HeloiseNO ESCAPE

Dear Heloise: I batheour small dogs in the tubwith a shower hose, butthey immediately move tothe back of the tub, wherethe hose nozzle will notreach! We recently boughta small convection ovenwith one unused rack.

I placed the rack in therear of the tub, and nowthey have to stay in thefront where the hosereaches! –– Duane in Mi-neola, Texas

“HELOISE

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