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...speak to an official of Amal, the mainstream Shi'ite Muslim political and military force, but Amal leaders refused the request. After announcing their demands, the hijackers released 19 women and children via a yellow escape chute lowered from the forward door. One freed hostage, Irma Garza of Laredo, Texas, said that the terrorists had shot one man in the neck. Passengers were unnerved by the behavior of the hijackers. "They were hysterical, they were screaming," said Patricia Weber of Albuquerque...
Outside, Pepe's is not much to look at; inside, you could be in Nuevo Laredo: serapes, sombreros, paintings of matadors, Mexican waiters. Open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., it has three dining rooms, 234 seats, and it is usually jammed. Fran plans to expand...
Suddenly the rain poured. The trees fell, trash came floated down the street, and papers were swimming everywhere. Dirty water and mud were inside our home. We hurried to Laredo in a small boat. I felt like I was going to die. I was worried about my family. I felt bad because i don't know if. I would still have a house left when i got back. Rouie Agwire, grade...
...walked out in the streets of La redo," goes the old cowboy lament. Residents of the Texas town (pop. 91,449) are now asking, "What streets?" Thanks to former officials who "mishandled" city funds, an astonishing 2,720 of Laredo's 5,400-odd blocks need paving at a cost of some $10,000 each. Another 2,000 blocks require resurfacing at $2,600 apiece. With little money available for such work, Mayor Aldo Tatangelo and City Councilman Felipe Sanchez decided to put the streets on the block...
Major thoroughfares are not for sale, but Laredo is crosshatched with little-used road ways that end in creeks or ditches. Abutting businesses get first crack at the roads, which can be converted to other uses. The Missouri Pacific Railroad is interested in buying twelve streets on the west side for parking lots...