Word: vallarta
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...CAPTURED. ANDREW LUSTER, 39, great-grandson of cosmetics magnate Max Factor; by bounty hunters; in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Luster fled the U.S. in January, when he jumped bail of $1 million. He had been sentenced in absentia to 124 years in jail on more than 80 charges, including date raping three women. Luster lived off a trust fund and investments believed to total about $31 million. He has been deported to Los Angeles to begin his prison term. ?By Carmen Lee, with bureau reports...
...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 Chapo the following year at the Guadalajara airport--and mistakenly killed Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo, who arrived in a car similar to Chapo...
...used to be a risk taker. When I was six, I tried to run away from home with nothing but a Baggie full of cheese and crackers. When I was 22, I moved on a whim to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to live with a guy who worked on a party boat. Just four years ago, I cold-called my way into a job at TIME. But I think corporate life may be making me soft. These days, I can't even drop a letter in a corner mailbox without double checking to make sure it went down the chute...
Since the appearance in Playboy, the psychology concentrator has continued to model for clothing shows as a sales representative. Her primary employer, U.R.U. clothing, has offered her a job after graduation overseeing the company's franchise in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico...
Flight 261 began its journey last Monday--from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to San Francisco and Seattle--with no apparent problems. The first hour and a half was smooth flying: at 3:55 p.m. the crew received routine clearance to remain at a cruising altitude of 31,000 ft. The first sign of trouble came 15 minutes later, when--according to the National Transportation Safety Board--the pilot reported that he was having "control difficulties" and that the plane had descended to 26,000 ft. Moments later, it was down...