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...unemployed and restless sociologist who becomes obsessed with a beat-up yellow Chevrolet that parks on the street across from his apartment. Sosa follows its owner—the wretched Jacinto Bustillo—for one day before he unceremoniously kills the man and discovers his secret: Bustillo owned a group of talking snakes, a tetramer of assassins Sosa takes to fondly calling his “ladies.” The snakes, who Sosa names Beti, Loli, Valentina, and Carmela, are the impetus for his transformation into Bustillo; terrified when he first realizes their presence, he quickly grasps...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Moya Struggles to Charm in 'Snakes' | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...contras have also received funds from anti-Communist groups like the Council for World Freedom, headed by retired Army Major General John Singlaub. Singlaub, who has denied any involvement with the C-123K flight, met earlier this year with General Juan Rafael Bustillo, the Salvadoran air force chief who reportedly issued ID cards to U.S. gunrunners that gave them access to the Ilopango air base...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Notes Oct 27 1986 | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

...bonanza days. Leading the list is Grovas-Oro Films, bossed by Jesus Grovas, a veteran with 25 years' experience in the Paramount and M. G. M. distributing offices in Mexico City. Modest, unassuming Grovas is an expert on foreign distribution. His production specialist is a young lawyer, Juan Bustillo Oro, noted for his knack of sensing the current appetite of Latin-American cinemaudiences. Grovas-Oro's En Tiempos de Don Porfirio (In the Times of Diaz) broke all box-office records for Mexican films in its first three weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mexican Movies | 12/16/1940 | See Source »

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