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...Brooklyn. He works at night, wearing a black wetsuit, and he is very cautious. A similar diver, Carlos Riascos, had his throat slit and body dumped in the river as he clambered ashore with his catch. Restrepo is also honest, at least to his trade; another diver, Asaiel Alomia, who decided last spring to keep his valuable garbage bag, was shot and killed. Restrepo brings the package to a sparsely furnished $300-a-month apartment his boss has rented in a quiet building just off Roosevelt Avenue. His fee for a night's work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Colombian Connection | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

...Second Federal District Court handed down a decision that when the 18,000 Mexican petroleum workers staged their uprising and seized the oil lands for the Mexican Government, this was equivalent to their having been discharged by the former U. S. and British owners. Judge Ignacio Martinez Alomia handed down at Mexico City last week a blanket decision that the former employers of the 18,000 workers owe them "severance pay" equivalent to three months' wages. This totals over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: The Women | 4/25/1938 | See Source »

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