Word: ranches
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...worked in the oil industry and baseball; the other dropped out of college and laid oil pipes out West. Neither speaks too much, preferring action to words. Hobbies? Fly-fishing, with little talking; walking on the ranch. An energy crisis? Drill for more oil. A teaching failure? Test 'em. A surplus? Give it back to the people...
...murders--including that of a key rival's wife, whose head was reportedly severed and delivered in a box of dry ice--the Arellanos realized their audacious goal: to own the coveted stretch of desert from Tijuana to Mexicali. During a 1992 summit of Mexican druglords at a Sinaloa ranch, they raised the fees charged to others for using their turf. In response, rival druglord Joaquin (Chapo) Guzman sent gunmen to kill the Arellanos at a Puerto Vallarta disco. As bullets rained, the brothers escaped through a bathroom skylight (after struggling to shove Ramon through it). To retaliate, they targeted...
...harder to earn a living for his family. He and his daughter arrived by bus in Naco, where the guides were waiting at the bus station. Says Gonzales: "They took us to a hotel. We waited there for two days. Then in the afternoon, we were taken to a ranch, and at around 7 p.m. we started walking...
Humane Borders was formed after a group of ranchers here and in Texas began taking shots at aliens as they crossed ranch property day and night. Several aliens died in those encounters, and ever since, a backlash against vigilantism has been taking hold. Humane Borders wants to rekindle a long tradition of locals' quietly helping along northward-bound aliens with food, water and sometimes a little cash. Father Robert Carney, a priest in Douglas, Ariz., holds prayer vigils at border-crossing points and often goes out into the desert to dispense toiletry kits and water bottles to people crossing over...
...month to 1.2% a year--and put newlyweds Giron and his wife Tania, via Delphi's employee savings plan, into a two-bedroom bungalow with a modern kitchen and interior, done in beige and cool mint, on a street appropriately named Hacienda de la Novia (the Bride's Ranch). Going to the U.S. to live and work doesn't cross their mind anymore. "We used to think the bosses living in El Paso didn't think too much about Mexicans," says Tania. "This makes me feel as if that's changed...