European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday May,21, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9 Matamoros Mexico a some in nates who seized control of Tamai Ili Pas state prison in a riot that killed at least.18 people surrendered their weapons on sunday As the government began talks on ending the stalemate a . Diplomat said. A a number of arms have been turned Over by prisoners that Don t want them used again Quot said Donald e. Wells . Consult to Mexico. Quot we know that the governors chief of Staft Lias acc tin the prison taking to the prisons is. So that we a arc fairly sure that there is not a dangerous ongoing situation Quot he said. A a state of Calm has returned ,. Officials have Access. To a a a very sea ii r part1 of the prison and have Contact with the inmates but the prisoners still control the facility. With the tension eased officials allowed family members to bring food and water to prisoners Sopt Sjef whom May have been without footy since eth uprising late Friday. There was no indication that the inmates intended to and the standoff. Some prisoners were armed with automatic weapons police authorities said. About 100 police officers and troops guarded the prison which is just across the Border from Brownsville Texas. A a state judicial police officer Sergio Gonzalez had said officials1 did not expect to take any action on sunday to break the stalemate. The police and troops were sent to the prison on Friday night after a prisoner apparently tried to kill another inmate reputedly linked to colombian drug traffickers. Fighting broke out in the crowded prison and inmates fought with machine guns knives and Molotov cocktails. Eighteen prisoners were killed and eight injured. . And mexican officials say about 3q americans Are in the prison on drug was not believed any of them were among the dead or wounded. The prison was Calm on sunday late in prison a a a a Hui i v. Vvhs t a a s / j-0/�?T�?�& a Quot a v a. Quot a i it i �?�11 \ a a a i 1 it l \ a a a a. V Ain m h a 1. F a a itt a 1v 1 i to a j no i j t a x. Tolx a it a a it ,- .1 t.-r/.-.l1. A 1 in. F 1 of a of Jav s a i x a v a Ltd i 1 a a % ? \ 1 Mem inmates at Tamaulipas state prison in Mexico stand under a Banner they unfurled on sunday. The Nie Saue reads a res neet the family. There is no problem Here. Send us food. We arc ok.�?�. Y message reads. Kespert the the morning about 35 inmates Hung a Banner from the top of an 80-foot Tower in the prisons courtyard. It appeared to be a bedsheets and had fou r i Ines t hat read a respect the family. There is no problem Here. Send us food. We Are on sunday officials let groups of five relatives in every five minutes to see the prisoners. More than 200 women ail cheering and clapping stood in one line wailing to get Maria Candela a a Lama who saw her son briefly said Quot he a Fine. I did t want to ask him about what happened. I just wanted to make sure he was Frances Castillo an american living in Matamoros brought lunch to her husband Jose Castillo 30, who she said has been jailed since february awaiting a hearing on an attempted murder charge. She said tier husband told her poor inmates live in squalid conditions. Quot i had to buy him a bunk bed if you want them to sleep on a bunk you have to buy it. I paid 1 million pesos about s300. If you done to buy their bunk they sleep on the she explained or. Abu Iclal in t terrorist Qadhafi says Cairo Egypt apr libyan Leader foam mar Qadhafi says palestinian terrorist Abu Nidal no longer lives in Libya but that confusion has Arisen because of a libyan namesake newspapers reported monday. The libyan Abu Nidal is a physician who works for the Arab equivalent of the red Cross Qadhafi told egyptian newspaper editors in Libya on sunday. 1 j a Zabu Nidal does not operate out of Libya a Qadhafi said at Ras manuf where he had played Host to Egypt a president Hosni Mubarak. Qadhafi said some people mistakenly thought the palestinian terrorist was in Libya because of the libyan Abu Nidal whose name a father of Nidal a refers to his eldest daughter Qadhafi said libyan authorities saw letters issued from the a scamps of Abu investigating they discovered that the Camps were medical facilities of the red Crescent society which were run by the libyan doctor Qadhafi said. The terrorist Abu Nidal whose real name is Sabriel Banna had been based in Libya for years. Qadhafi did not say where the palestinian moved from Libya but recent reports said he was living in Iraq. A Abu Nidal split from Yasser Arafat a Palestine liberation organization in 1973. Since then he has. Topped the International wanted list for terrorist attacks including massacres at the Vienna and Rome airports in december 1985. The terrorist Mastermind also has been responsible for assassinating several Flo officials and has vowed to kill Arafat for seeking a negotiated settlement with Israel Arafat likewise has sentenced Abu Nidal to death. Twister storms kill 35 in Bangladesh Dhaka Bangladesh apr a Tornado and a Hal dozen storms Tore through Bangladesh Over the weekend killing at least 35. People and compounding the miseries caused by last months deadly Cyclone officials and news reports said monday. Tornadoes squalls rain and floods have plagued virtually the entire country since april 30, when a Cyclone and tidal wave killed More than 139,000 people on the Southeast coast and offshore islands at least 217 peo pie have died in storms and floods this 7,000-member . Military task Force is bringing food medicines and other Relief of Cyclone survivors who Are beset by hunger disease and exposure to foul weather. The marines and. Sailors Hom bound to Cali. Fornia after serving in the persian Gulf were diverted to Bangladesh for the Relief and Rescue operation. Since the american operation started wednesday the task Force has delivered 800 tons of food and medicines bangladeshi Relief officials said. Meanwhile monday the United states and Bart la Desh signed a a memorandum of understanding on the role of task Force personnel providing Relief operations to Cyclone hit victims in Bangladesh. A foreign Secretary Abul Ahsan who initiated the agreement said the task Force has come a at the invitation of Bangladesh government and. Will leave Bangladesh whenever the government the agreement said task Force members would enjoy diplomatic status during their slay hut it did not specify How Long that would be. Officials in Marisal 75 Miles South of Dhaka said monday that the death toll from saturday nights Tornado Rose to if with Ope More body recovered from the debris the Tornado ripped through 47 villages,.destroying More than 12,000 mud and thatch houses at least 200 1 people were injured the officials said in Telephone interviews. ,. A an Independent newspaper Khazar put the Tornado death toll at 50,the government owned newspaper Daminik Bangka said thunderstorms left at least 19 people dead Sal urday and sunday in the Northern and Western districts of my Mansingh Bogra a Nikanj net Akona and the Nida a a 1 a. Av., i a i \. A a a \ a j a a a v. A a a a a v i. R. Quot r a a Mubarak announces Cabinet shake up Cairo Egypt up a a president Iloni Mubarak a Rcd his defense minister on monday and appointed a new foreign minister As part of a Cabinet shake up a presidential decree announced and International Kamel a Heddle was appointed minister of education replacing Ahmed fati Srour who became of parliament in october. The governor of Cairo according to the decree Mubarak appointed Egypt a province Mahmoud Sharif was appointed minister of ambassador to the United nations Arar Mussa As for 1 local administration eign minister to succeed Esmat Abdel Meguid who was elected is Secretary Genera of the Arab league a maj Gen. Mohammed Hussein Tantawy was appointed defense minister replacing it Gen. Yusuf Sabri Abu Talib no reason was Given for Abu Taliba a dismissal. Abu Talib became defense minister last year when he replaced it Gen. Mohammed Abdulhalim Abu Gazalla who then became a presidential aide. Boutros Ghali the minister of state for foreign affairs and acting foreign minister became Deputy Premier for foreign affairs and minister of immigration the Long awaited Cabinet moves came after Egypt embarked on an it ambitious and far reaching program of economic reforms it also came hours after Mubarak returned Home from a european and Arab tour. ./-.&Quot. Mubarak a limited reshuffle did not touch the ministry of finance although egyptian newspapers had predicted me changes in Light of the economic reforms that the government is implementing to satisfy the International monetary fund Luis decision to keep his finance and Economy ministers in their posts indicated he was Happy with their performance
