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...iron fence by his hand. The ring came off; so did a finger. When a dog snapped at a passing Marielito, the man retaliated by stabbing its owner 17 times. "These are absolutely the meanest, most vicious criminals we've ever encountered," says Los Angeles Police Detective Tony Alvarez. "They have no purpose in life but to kill, rape and maim. They're crazy...
...setting it up. They caught so many offenders that they ran out of arresting officers. Even those who are apprehended show surprising fearlessness and contempt for the law. "For guys used to standing in a four-by-four cell all day, our prisons are like country clubs," observes Detective Alvarez. Many in the police force feel overwhelmed. The situation, says Plainclothes Patrolman Manny Mata, a seven-year veteran of the district, "is completely out of control...
...week before leaving Cuba I was taken to the headquarters of the political police to meet Dr. Alvarez Cambra, who was responsible for my physical rehabilitation. Cambra was the author of statements published in a magazine interview maintaining that I had been examined by the best Cuban specialists and that their diagnosis confirmed I was suffering from "deficiency polyneuropathy." They took me to a sports field, and Cambra explained to me that I would, in a very short time, recover the ability to walk straight and that it was a question of readaptation of the brain. Then, during a whole...
Costa Rican President Luis Alberto Monge Alvarez, 57, was inaugurating a new agricultural reform project last week at the village of Cipreses outside San José. He was in the midst of his speech when the ground began to shake. In a matter of minutes, the earthquake was over and Monge finished his remarks. Afterward, climbing behind the wheel of a white Landcruiser, he smiled and cracked, "I speak and the earth moves, yet my opponents say I lack charisma...
General Gustavo Alvarez Martínez, many Hondurans believe, wields more power than the country's President. Alvarez, 45, met with TIME to voice his views on the Central American crisis. Excerpts...