Word: trevinos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...paunchy, middle-aged Mexican is lying on the side of the track. His arm is bleeding, and he has been hit in the stomach. An agent radios for an ambulance. "He turned on us with this," says Trevino, a 9-mm semiautomatic Taurus pistol in his hand. "We were lucky, real lucky...
...Laurel and Juan Trevino, the two senior agents commanding the operation, scan the road ahead through binoculars. "Got them," says Trevino. "Looks like they are heading back into the scrub." Laurel quickly checks the position of another Border Patrol unit, which has been maneuvering to cut the gang off from the river. "We need to bust them now," Laurel radios. "We're coming in fast...
Gunning the engine, Laurel races down the rutted track. Even before the truck comes to a halt, Trevino is out and running. Suddenly shots are fired, and bullets buzz overhead. Muffled shouts and the sounds of breaking branches come from a thicket of mesquite. Then more shots, this time a short burst from an automatic weapon. A handgun replies purposefully. The shooting stops as abruptly as it started...
...attribute to the dope flow. The new money, concedes Mayor Jose Saenz of Roma-Los Saenz, a border town of 3,700, "indirectly benefits us all." That touch of prosperity, according to Customs Agent D'Wayne Jernigan, has "created a wall of reluctance to cooperate." Agrees local Chemist Benito Trevino: "There's no outcry because people see the potential for making money...
...Florida jail now, awaiting sentencing for racketeering, extortion and cocaine possession, 41 years old and facing possibly 75 years in prison. The two Cy Young Awards have been sold. In recent years he tried to make his living gambling on golf courses. "I learned what Lee Trevino meant when he said, 'Pressure is playing for $50 a hole when you have $5 in your pocket.' " Consider a similar desperation in active players: If gambling problems can lead to drugs, what about the reverse...