Show r a n iTirrt Ml vl j wrvtfifftrawnii huitt mil n I auntf NATION WORLD r Jr A5 7 1998 Anti-Dru- g co continuing criticism of Mexicos efforts from the Drug Enforcement Administration has fed a lively debate in recent years within the Clinton administration A year ago Mexico arrested its top drug fighter on charges of taking trafJesus Gutirrez Rebollo ficker bribes sharpening congressional criticism of efforts That incident angered US its counter-dru- g Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey who had previously embraced Gutirrez Rebollo as a champion in the fight against narcotics McCaffrey on Friday endorsed another Mexican official who was accused of associating with traffickers The Washington Times this week said a CIA report fingered Mexicos new interior minister g Francisco Labastida Ochoa with ties to drug dealers when he was governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa 1 personally have no evidence of allegations of this nature that I would find compelling and we have no intention of going to the Mexican government about allegations of this nature on this gentleman McCaffrey said We intend to work with him The allegation surprised many policymakers within the administration Several agreed with McCaffrey and said Mexico is expected to again win full certification a finding they said was helped by Fridays agreement Leaks of allegations against Mexicos government are becoming a regular part of the certification debate analysts said But John Bailey an expert on Latin American affairs at Georgetown University said the two countries should be applauded for their effort to work more closely together even if Friday's agreement lacks specifics DALLAS MORNING NEWS b H The United States and Mexico WASHINGTON announced an agreement Friday that administration officials and outside analysts said would help to ensure continued US certification of the Mexican Learn? anti-dru- g Ties to Teen-Age- r Put in Prison SEATTLE TIMES - appeared before her at a parole-- ! revocation hearing painting a dis-- 2 turbing portrait of a contentious woman who ap- peared to be living out of her car The witnesses told Lau that ear-1- 1 ly Tuesday morning when police in her car J caught LeTourneau with the boy it contained a pass- port $6200 in cash mens and ! baby clothing food a beer bottle and recent photos of the boy and j the baby The recent photos witnesses 1 said suggest that LeTourneau 1 and the boy might have seen each 1 dinarily egregious and profound- ly disturbing Lau said in a terse This statement to LeTourneau case is not about a flawed system I Its about an opportunity that you I foolishly squandered In addressing Lau this morning Deputy Prosecutor Lisa Johnson 1 took a hard line as she had said I she would do if LeTourneau vio- lated conditions of the parole Lau granted in November when she I ordered LeTourneau into a treat-- I ment program for sex offenders rather than to prison Among those conditions was I that LeTourneau complete the ! treatment program and avoid all J contact with the now former student whose baby she I bore in May A tearful LeTour-- I neau had promised the judge she J would obey Press AUn BemerTbe Associated Mary LeTourneau at her Friday sentencing after police caught her with the teen-age- r she raped and whose child she bore But on Tuesday one month ter her release from jail the car af- LeTour- neau was caught with the boy at 3 oclock in the morning Thats an egregious violation of the courts order Johnson said She also said LeTourneau has been kicked out of her sexual-treatme- program ol other before Tuesdays arrest These violations are extraor-- effort Coming after nearly a year of negotiation the pact outlines broad areas of cooperation between the two governments However it lacks specific commitments and is unlikely to silence the sharp congressional criticism of Mexicos commitment one skeptic said Friday we should have bilateral agreeIts fine ments said Bep John Mica But its funny that their little agreement is coming as we are looking at the certification process again By the end of the month President Clinton must rate the effort of US allies in the fight against drug trafficking Congress then has 30 days to overturn the administrations assessments a process that has led in recent years to fractious debates over the efforts of Mexico and Colombia Colombia ranks as the largest producer of cocaine that makes its way to the United States while Mexico serves as the leading transportation pipeline according to US analysts The Clinton administration has given Colombia a failing grade the past two years which cost the country some US financial aid The administration however approved Mexicos efforts despite widespread reports of corruption Mexican officials among Lawmakers concede it is nearly impossible to deborder certify Mexico which shares a 2000-mil- e and is the United States third-largetrading partR-F- A judge Friday SEATTLE sent Mary LeTouraeau to prison for more than seven years after being told the former teacher not only had violated her probation but she also was apparently preposparing to flee the country sibly with her rape victim and their baby In a packed courtroom in King County Superioi Court Judge Linda Lau imposed the penalty after police and other witnesses by her nt coun- selor Terry Copeland who had said his meetings with LeTourneau have all been contentious sessions in which she has repeatedly argued with his treatment program Also appearing before Lau Friday morning was Seattle police Officer Todd Harris who made Tuesdays arrest Harris testified that after LeTourneau got out of "her car she lied that she was Alone then gave him a false name The boy also lied about his identify Harris said Harris said he later took LeTourneau back to his patrol car where she finally told me who she was and that the boy who was in the car with her was in fact the father of her baby Seattle police Det Dane Bean who interviewed the boy also tes- tified He was somewhat hesitant to talk He told me that he didnt know at this point who he could trust He felt the things he - said would be used against Mary Bean said the boy denied that he and LeTourneau had sex that night He told me that there had not been sexual contact They had held hands He held her they kissed frequently in Just a year or so ago LeTourneau was living what appeared to suburban life as be a middle-clas- s a wife mother and beloved teacher adored by students and parents alike Friday she arrived in court in handcuffs and orange jail coveralls making her way through a hallway packed with reporters photographers and camera crews I hate this she said in the crowded hallway kicking at a newspaper photographer LeTourneaus attorney David Gehrke asked for leniency once again This relapse does not mean that the courts original sentence was incorrect he told the judge Mary does still need treatment and locking her up is not going to cure her He asked Lau to send LeTourneau to jail for 120 to 180 days and ensure that she gets treatment LeTourneau went to jail in August after pleading guilty to two counts of child rape involving the boy whom she had taught as a second-grade- r At the November sentencing hearing Lau imposed a prison term but suspended it on condition that LeTourneau have no contact with the boy undergo outpatient treatment as a sex offender and serve six months in jail With credit for time served LeTourneau was released from jail in January and moved into a house in Seward Park 7vfe-ye- ar The new NordicTrack Ellipse long-standin- top-ranki- st ner However an embarrassing incident last year plus Justice Asks Court to Rule HIV a Disability THE WASHINGTON a physical or mental impairment POST that infection with the HIV virus constitutes an impairment from the time the virus enters the body and begins to attack the blood and that substantially limits one or The Justice WASHINGTON Department on Friday urged the Supreme Court to rule that people who are infected with the HIV virus should be protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act particularly because the virus interferes with reproduction and pregnancy The government position came in a brief filed on the side of a Maine woman whose dentist denied her routine treatment in his office because she had the virus that causes AIDS After dentist Randon Bragdon refused to fill a cavity for Sidney Abbott she sued under the ADA which protects people with disabilities from discrimination The law covers anyone who has Abmore major-lif- e activities bott argued that she was disabled because she was limited in the major-lif- e activity of reproduction because an pregnant woman risks transmitting the virus to her child She also asserted that a person with the HIV infection even without symptoms should automatically be considered disabled An appeals court ruled in her favor but the Supreme Court recently agreed to hear Bragdons challenge The primary question for the high court is whether someone with the HIV virus is substantially impaired There can be little dispute with the clear medical evidence lymphatic systems HIV-positi- reproduction the government stressed that factor The infection limits the conditions and manner under which a woman can become pregnant because it makes unprotected intimate sexual relations for her partner The infection also would threaten the life of a child since it can be passed from mother to child before or during birth and during breast feeding Make Entertaining YourA bernhardt new way to exercise Working out on an Ellipse " elliptical exerciser feels like running on a cushion of air Your legs move in a full natural comfortable stride As a result you get an outstanding non-jarri- workout that is as ng effective as running with no more impact than walking Great total-bod- y workout Bum calories like running Fun and easy to use Smooth elliptical motion V superior quality from a name you know and trust 30 Save 1 ii ii Bernhardt collections of Embassy Row La Scala Kingston Lane Florence Napa Valley and custom Its the Bernhardt line wide sale with 30 savings and 90 days same as cash Now through February 28 Complimentary design service is available to our customers - 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