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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, February 7, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 7, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 Mexico vows to halt packs of people clashing to . San Diego apr the Border patrol has shelved plans for a crackdown at the Highway crossing near san Diego after mexican authorities promised to try to Stop the swarms of illegal aliens streaming through. In a new tactic Large numbers of aliens have taken to Rushing through the Border crossing zigzagging past cars on interstate 5. There have been no injuries. In the past migrants typically entered the United states by passing through holes in Border fences some distance from the heavily travelled Border crossing. Migrants Are being forced to run through the Highway crossing because a new 10-foot-High Metal Fence closes off other options said Roberto Martinez director of the .-Mexico Border program for the american friends service committee. The Border patrol has downplayed the significance of the Fence saying migrants simply have Learned that Agency policy prohibits officials from pursuing people or making arrests on highways. William t. Veal the patrols local Deputy chief said thousands of people have crossed at the Border near Tijuana Mexico since last week. The Agency had planned to station up to 30 officers at the Border beginning thursday to intercept runners. Two lanes of a four Lane Highway also were to have been closed. But a meeting with mexican authorities tuesday brought an agreement to halt the Crossings and the Border patrol said it was working. From tuesday afternoon to wednesday four people ran past the crossing. In previous Days the number usually exceeded 300, the patrol said. A the mexican officials agreed to reconfigure the deployment of their officers at their port of entry a said Border patrol spokesman Steven p. Kean. Kean said he did no to know whether the number of mexican Border agents would be increased. Details of the negotiations weren to immediately available he said. Eight Miles of the Metal Fence have been completed and an additional six Miles Are planned to extend the Fence from the Pacific to the otay Mesa area where there is a secondary Border crossing. A throng of illegal aliens runs North to the United states on the southbound Lane of interstate 5 on monday. Experts eager to study Dahmer Milwaukee up a psychologists have documented Only 14 cases similar to admitted serial killer Jeffrey l. Dahmer and studying him would provide a wealth of information on his mental disease a forensic psychologist said wednesday. Or. Judith Becker of the University of Arizona testified for the defense at Dahmer a sanity trial. He has pleaded guilty but insane to killing is Young men and boys. Becker and another expert have diagnosed Dahmer As a necrophilia. A Jeffrey Dahmer asked me if there was anybody else in the world like him because he has no real understanding of Why he a done this a Becker told a news conference after her testimony. A i told him that there Are a few other cases in the literature of people who have engaged in activity similar to  Becker said Dahmer should be studied to help doctors determine whether his disease has a biological foundation. Dahmer has said he drugged killed and dismembered his victims. In some cases he ate parts of them. If Dahmer is declared insane by the jury that began hearing evidence Jan. 30, he will probably spend the rest of his life in a maximum Security mental institution. If declared sane he would go to prison for life. If the jury declares Dahmer insane on at least one but not All of the is murder counts he would go to the Hospital until he is judged to be no longer dangerous. If that Day Ever came he would go to prison for the rest of his life. The former chocolate factory worker has admitted to killing 17 Young men and boys since 1978. Prosecutors say they have insufficient evidence to charge him in one murder and another took place in Ohio where he will stand trial later. Noriega tip Lead to arrest agent says Miami apr a . Drug agent testified wednesday that ousted panamanian Leader Manuel Antonio Noriega helped snare the top Money Laun Derer for colombian cocaine Barons. The testimony was the first big courtroom Victory for Noriega. James Bramble who headed the drug enforcement administrations Panama office from 1982 to 1984, also appeared to contradict his own Agency chiefs who testified this week that they never trusted Noriega. Noriega a military tipped the Dea in 1983 that Ramon Milian Rodriguez planned to Fly from the United states into Panama with Large sums of Money Bramble said. Acting on the tip . Officials arrested Milian Rodriguez in fort Lauderdale with $5.5 million and 61 pounds of cocaine in his Possession he said. Bramble said Milian Rodriguez smuggled at least $200 million in drug profits out of the United states for the Cartel. Milian Rodriguez is serving a 43-year sentence for Money laundering. The Date of his arrest appears to conflict with prosecution charges that at the time Noriega was receiving regular bribe Money from the Cartel to protect its Money laundering. Prosecutors repeatedly interrupted Brambles testimony with objections but he calmly testified that Noriega a panamanian defense forces routinely cooperated on major cases with the Dea. A memo Bramble wrote to then-. Ambassador Everett Briggs in Panama also seemed to Aid the defense Contention that while some panamanian military officials May have been involved in drug trafficking Noriega was not. The memo complained that top drug fugitive Romulo Betancourt had been freed by the panamanians despite a different order from Noriega. A this the release occurred on the order of col. Roberto Diaz Herrera after Gen. Noriega had Given an order for Betancourtt a expulsion a Bramble wrote. Diaz Herrera one of the first to accuse Noriega of involvement in drug trafficking was Noriega Stop rival for Power. He eventually was ousted by Noriega. Noriega faces up to 140 years in prison if convicted of 10 drug and racketeering counts. He has been held in Miami since he surrendered to . Forces following the december 1989 invasion of Panama.  in drug murder Lead to Freedom for 2 from wire reports fort Lauderdale Fla. Charges were dropped wednesday against two men arrested for a 1986 drug related slaying after state agents arrested two other men in the Case. Carl Stephen Rosati and Peter Roussonicolo were charged More than a year ago with first degree murder in the killing of Joe Viscido or. But state agents arrested James Traina 47, formerly of Delray Beach va., on tuesday and Kerry j. Carbonell 29, of Tamarac on monday said Cindy Imperato assistant prosecutor with the state prosecutors office. Viscido 26, was shot and killed on oct. 12, 1986, in what authorities described As a drug rip off at his Deerfield Beach . Luxury hotel looted new York a a Cool Well dressed and courteous team of robbers took Over the lobby of the posh Regency hotel on Park Avenue Early wednesday and while guests slept broke open three dozen Safe Deposit boxes police said. While they punched out the double locks of each Box they held captive about 10 employees and two late arriving guests a Man and woman who entered separately police said. No one was Hurt and no estimate has been made about the value of the  closes beaches san Diego a the City Council declared a state of emergency wednesday As nearly 200 million Gallons of treated sewage flowed into the Pacific Ocean from Breaks in an underwater pipe forcing the closure of four Miles of Point Loma beaches. Although the sewage is treated health officials warned it still contained bacteria that could cause hepatitis and gastrointestinal ailments in people particularly the surfers who Brave the Chilly Winter Waters off Point Loma. Maureen Reagan in race los Angeles a Maureen Reagan the eldest daughter of former president Reagan announced thursday that she is a Republican candidate for a new congressional seat carved out along the Southern California coast. Maureen Reagan 51, said her Campaign will focus on revitalizing the local Economy in the 36th District where much of the states aerospace Industry was based until the recession forced Many defense contractors to Cut Back or cease  cases Rise Palm Beach Fla. A anti semitic incidents Rose 11 percent nationwide last car to the highest level of anti jewish activity in a dozen years the anti defamation league reported wednesday. Some 1,879 anti semitic incidents were reported to the league in 1991 a the highest number since the group began conducting an annual Survey 12 years ago and an 11 percent increase Over the year before Abraham h. Foxman director of the anti defamation league said. Despite the increases the report indicated that anti jewish incidents by Neo nazi groups dropped to 62, including 36 episodes of vandalism and 26 reports of harassment. Voodoo in class alleged Irvington . A a substitute teacher upset with Rowdy seventh graders performed a voodoo ritual in class authorities say. Monique Bazile 57, was teaching at the mount Vernon Avenue school last week when she began shaking and chanting and threw powder on pupils said Samuel g. Williams City police director. Bazile was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one count of making terrorist threats. She faces up to eight years in prison if convicted  
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