BRIEFLY ALIENS SMUGGLER SENTENCED TO LIFE.A Mexican national who was living in Northridge was sentenced Monday to life in federal prison for running a smuggling smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has occasionally been adopted as an instrument of national policy, as by Great Britain operation that brought illegal aliens into the country and physically abused them if smuggling fees were not paid, officials said. Mario Arenas-Morales, 33, was the leader of a ring that smuggled smug·gle v. smug·gled, smug·gling, smug·gles v.tr. 1. To import or export without paying lawful customs charges or duties. 2. To bring in or take out illicitly or by stealth. illegal aliens from Mexico to the Canoga Park and Pacoima areas, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . In late 1999, several immigrants were severely beaten and two women were raped by smugglers, Mrozek said. Arenas-Morales and his co-conspirators were apprehended after authorities found two immigrants dumped in a remote area of Ventura County. Arenas-Morales was apprehended after he rammed a vehicle driven by an Immigration and Naturalization Service Noun 1. Immigration and Naturalization Service - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States INS special agent, who suffered serious injuries, officials said. - Daily News Minivan hits, kills pedestrian, 88 WESTLAKE VILLAGE- An 88-year-old Westlake Village resident attempting to cross Townsgate Road midblock died Monday after he was struck by a minivan, police said. The man who police did not identify until relatives could be notified, died after the 7:42 p.m. crash on Townsgate Road just west of Village Glen Drive, sadi Ventura County Sgt. Patti Salas of the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. traffic bureau. The pedestrian was transported to Columbia-Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
- Daily News Complex to bear Braude's name VAN NUYS - A $34 million city constituent service center scheduled to open in Van Nuys in 2003 will bear the name of former City Councilman Marvin Braude Marvin Braude (August 11, 1920—December 7, 2005)served as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 11th district from 1965 to 1997. At various times Mr. Braude (pronounced BROW-dee) served as chair of the Finance and Revenue Committee, the Environmental Quality and Waste . The Marvin Braude San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Constituent Service Center, 6262 Van Nuys Blvd., will be a two- and four-story Mediterranean-style office building that will house the mayor's Valley office and the 11th District council member's field office. It also will house personnel from the City Attorney's Office; the Building and Safety Department; the Transportation and Planning Department; the City Clerk's Office; the Bureau of Engineering; the Bureau of Contract Administration, Street Services; and the Bureau of Fire Prevention. - City News Service Valley woman killed in crash An elderly Oregon man and a Northridge woman died after their open-top Jeep ran off a logging road, went over a steep embankment and rolled over several times. Richard Lewis Tripp, 76, of Wimer, Ore., and Lois Jean Vesterby of Northridge, set out on a drive in their 1947 Willys Jeep to take in some local scenery Friday evening. Investigators said it appeared the open-top Jeep was traveling up a steep grade when it went off the roadway, rolled several times and hit a group of trees. - Associated Press |
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