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When detectives came calling this summer at the 25-acre ranch of Lucio Avianeda, outside Minatitlan in southern Mexico, their mission was to arrest Avianeda and his alleged partner in crime, Constantino (Coty) Andrade. But before the lawmen got to the ranch house, they heard voices coming from the stables. Inside they found a dozen undocumented Central American migrants who had been locked up for three days with no food or water. Some lay unconscious in the stifling heat while horses munched hay a few feet away. The cops were not completely shocked: Avianeda and Andrade are reputed people smugglers...
...call the Uxpanapa organization, named for an isthmus mountain valley in Mexico. The outfit specializes in ushering illegal Central American migrants through Mexico. In a few short years, say investigators, the pair earned enough to fund not only a gun arsenal but also kingpin lifestyles that included Avianeda's ranch and the slick cowboy clothes and motorcycles Andrade loves. Andrade, say police, likes to remind associates that because the poor Central Americans he smuggles are nacos, or hillbillies, he has to flaunt his kingpin trappings to "show them...
DIED. COLIN MCMILLAN, 67, oil executive nominated in May by President Bush to be Secretary of the Navy; at his 55,000-acre ranch in Otero County, N.M. McMillan, who was awaiting confirmation and was called a "public servant and patriot" by Bush, had recently had a recurrence of cancer...
...WOMEN. In George Cukor’s comedy on love and infidelity, a group kidnaps their friend Mary Haines to a ranch near Reno to convince her that revenge must be taken on Mary’s husband for having an affair with a shopgirl. The 1930s film, with its all-women’s cast, is rife with wicked humor, a sadistic person who loves to see a friend’s misfortune, and the female perspective on the war of the sexes. The Women screens Monday, August 4 at 7 p.m. and Tuesday, August...
...Downstairs, The Middle East, 472 Mass. Ave. (MRH & HLN) WINTERBOY. Oddbeat singer/songwriter/guitarist Alan Winters has a zest for experimentation. He’s tried his hand at almost as many music styles as he did jobs; he’s had stints as a taxi driver, a ranch hand, a salesman and a gravedigger among others. He eventually found his unique rock groove as a Boston street performer, and carried a fun, funky four-piece alternative rock ensemble which disbanded in 2002. Nowadays, this free spirit continues to explore with his flair for electric live performances and inventive lyrics. Saturday...