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A.D. Ibarra

-San Angelo, TX

 

The Eagle Pass News Gram caught up to Jo Jo Garza, bass player for Los Lonely Boys, the Grammy Award winning band out of San Angelo who hit the music scene with their Texican rock and roll.

When asked about that year and their appearance at the grandest event in music, he had the following to say:

We never felt so honored and we never felt so humbled when they told us, a lot of the nation came together, especially the Raza, Man, so we couldn't help but shed a tear.  People told us 'We feel like we were all on that stage!' and one of the things we always tell people, Bro' is that we all stand together, because we stand here for La Raza. La Raza Humana and we felt really honored.

 

It's kind of like when Selena Quintanilla got it.

 

I'll tell you what, Man, she'd put a lot of these crazy girls who are out on the radio right now to shame.  She was a big influence too, Man, believe it or not, doing the crossover thing.

It's like living a dream, He's real deep, real spiritual.  He's all about the light, about God.  All about spreading positive messages to people and being positive.  He's ls about Latinos rocking and crossing over to the American side of music, porque somos Americanos tambien.  He's also about breaking down barriers.  He tells us that he's passed down the torch to us.  "You guys are next."  we don't really know what to say other than that means a heck of a whole lot and we'll do our best to keep rocking and carrying the message of love, the message of God and the message of life.  It's a blessing for us to have the talent we have and it comes from Dios.  We're strong believers in Jesus Christ.  He died for our sins and we believe in God Almighty, the Alpha Omega.  Without any of that belief in our lives we know we wouldn't be any where near where we are in our lives.

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Texas attorney guilty in cartel laundering case 
JUAN CARLOS LLORCA, Associated Press

 

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A jury in West Texas has found an El Paso attorney and former Carnegie Mellon University trustee guilty of conspiring to launder drug money.

During the weeklong trial, prosecutors said Marco Antonio Delgado devised a scheme to launder up to $600 million for the now-disbanded Milenio Mexican drug cartel in 2007 and 2008.

The prosecution presented recorded phone calls made by Delgado to other members of the conspiracy, as well as testimony from a former associate and federal agents.

Delgado insisted on his innocence and claimed the evidence was a fabrication.

Federal agents also testified that after Delgado was arrested with $1 million, he confessed and agreed to cooperate but continued moving drug money behind his handlers' backs.

 

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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AUSTIN — Reacting to concerns from Sen. Carlos Uresti and other lawmakers, the Texas Department of Transportation said Wednesday it might extend its moratorium on gravel road conversions in energy-producing regions, and that it will try to provide an additional $250 million for road maintenance and repair.   Uresti, who helped negotiate the initial moratorium agreement with TxDOT in August, applauded the agency for listening to lawmakers and taking positive steps that could limit the need for tearing up paved roads and converting them to gravel in the Eagle Ford Shale and Permian Basin regions. Uresti noted that the 60-day moratorium brokered with TxDOT is almost over, and he urged communities to come to the table with solutions. In the meantime, TxDOT indicated that it would consider extending the moratorium on gravel conversions if more counties stepped forward with alternative solutions. The agency also said, under questioning from Uresti, that no other roads are being considered for conversion to gravel at this time.

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