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...example of Clinton's close ties with the Hispanic community: she has the backing of the United Farm Workers. The union founded by Cesar Chavez is an unparalleled organizing force of Californian Latinos. Obama recently won the support of Maria Elena Durazo, the head of Los Angeles County Federation of Labor AFL-CIO, though her endorsement is personal and doesn't carry the weight of her unions. He also this week won the support of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a favorite of unions, which may also help him with the union vote...
Jose Guillen is fully healthy and ready to explode. Maybe Dye has finally recovered from his leg injury and can contribute. Maybe Erubiel Durazo will continue his hot September hitting streak and provide Oakland with a needed speak against Wakefield and Lowe...
chief of Mexico City, from 1976 to 1982, Arturo Durazo Moreno enjoyed the good | life. Although he earned less than $1,000 a month, he acquired two palatial homes (one a mountain retreat on the edge of Mexico City), a collection of vintage automobiles, and properties in Canada and the U.S. Mexican officials charge that he built his fortune by extorting millions of dollars from police officers...
...fled Mexico in 1982, after his friend President Jose Lopez Portillo left office. Since 1984 Mexican authorities have sought to get hold of Durazo, who has become a symbol of widespread police corruption. That year FBI agents arrested him when he stepped off a private jet in Puerto Rico. Durazo fought extradition through the U.S. court system, but last week he received a final thumbs-down from two Supreme Court Justices and was sent back to Mexico City to face charges...
...created watchdog offices for public spending and jailed Jorge Diaz Serrano, former president of the state-owned PEMEX oil giant, on charges of defrauding the company of $34 million. He has also allowed the government to investigate the suspicious wealth of former Mexico City Police Chief Arturo Durazo Moreno, and confiscated some of his ostentatious properties...