The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 21

1 Local Hews The Fresno Bee Saturday March 20 1993 B3 Man killed in Mexican jail Extra water offer arrives too late for agriculture that he will Juan Ponce the general counsel for the Mexican Attorney office was expected at the Los Angeles news conference Friday but did not show customers who irrigate about 600000 acres of farmland Autopsy: Report rebuts police story of suicide something Mario family never believed By Sam Diaz The Fresno Bee LOS ANGELES Joe Amado said if he could he would tell his brother Mario one thing: would tell him that hia brother let him down that hia brother ia going after hia killers Joe Amado said Friday Mario Amado 29 died last June in a Mexican jail Mexican officials say he hung himself with a sweater in a jail cell but Joe Amado believe the story He said he suspected murder Friday hia suspicions were reaffirmed sweater do he said was done by some sort of rope" Sees findings as warning An autopsy report by pathologist Armand Dollinger was released to Joe Amado Friday in Los Angeles Amado said the findings should serve as a warning to American citizens you travel to Mexico be careful end up in the hands of the police because you might end up An effort will be made to store it underground By Mark Gross! Tne Fresno Bee The State Water Prqject on Friday increased its summer deliveries from 70 percent to 85 percent of normal in a move inspired by something other than a new rainstorm State officials raised deliveries after Metropolitan Water District of Los Angeles last week decided to ask for about 1 million acre-feet of water instead of 14 million MWD scaled back its request we were able to give the rest of the contractors additional said Alan Jones public information officer with the state Department of Water Resources prqject total for this year 27 million acre-feet The Los Angeles district cut back on its state request because it has beat able to obtain less expensive Colorado River water this year Metropolitan officials said The additional water available in the California system comes too late for agricultural "We will take the water and try to store it in the said Lloyd Fryer water resources planner for the Kern County Water Agency the largest agricultural customer in the state prqject too bad we couldn't have known about it in December because farmers have already committed to their crops this he said smiling on the outside but crying on the The agency will receive almost 900000 acre-feet of water this year compared with less than 500000 last year when deliveries were at 45 percent Jones said the delivery projection may go up even farther after the April 1 snow survey Rainfall and snowpack totals are well above normal for this year he said expect our Oroville reservoir to fill to the 35 million acre-foot Jones said expect San Luis Reservoir to fill this year although it will get dose to its 1 million acre-foot An autopsy concludes that Mario Amado was murdered last June in Mexican Jail The report read in part the sweater could have been used for strangulation the constriction band around the neck appears to be distinct and too narrow to be caused by a sleeve or any part of a sweater and is most consistent with some sort of ligature cord rope or narrow Mexican president intervened The repent written and signed by Dollinger also read "It is my opinion that Mario Vicente Amado died at the hands of another and that the probable cause of death should be listed as asphyxia and ligature Dollinger was hired by the Mexican government to investigate death after the case was reopened at the urging of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and US Rep Howard Berman D-Panorama City The body of Mario Amado which was buried in Corcoran Joe Amado never believed authorities about death District Cemetery was exhumed Jan 20 and taken to Hanford where Dollinger performed the autopsy The body was later reburied in Corcoran Although it has not yet been proven that Mexican police officers killed Mario Amado who is the youngest of five children from a family originally from Corcoran Joe Amado said he has no doubts Mario was in custody of the he said only one place to point the The Mexican secretary Andres Massieu Berlanga has told the Amado family and Berman that criminal charges will be brought if it is proven that Amado was murdered Up to Mexican government here in the hands of the Mexican Joe Amado told reporters in front of the US Courthouse hope he President Salinas can make good what he said Family seeks justice The Amado family is prepared to wait for the investigation to conclude even if it takes years said Dolores Amado the oldest of the five Amado children mother want to rest until they bring these men to justice whoever did she said feel the same way because we feel that if people can come here to America be treated like human beings and know they will come out alive then we fed we should be able to do the same thing in a foreign In the meantime Joe Amado said he will spread the word to people about the dangers of traveling to Mexico The story of Mario death was portrayed on the television show last Wednesday and Joe Amado said he will make appearances on talk shows not done he said going to get all the other people who have lost loved ones across the border so the American people can see how dangerous it can be if you fell in the hands of the Mexican Landfill cleanup to cost more than $23 million would come or how large it would be "I tell you when exactly going to Sallee said think it will be next Sallee said some of the needed money already ia being collected under a $145-per-month surcharge on residential bills but he said more will be required EPA officials got involved when they placed the landfill which was opened in 1937 and shut down in 1989 on their national list of high-priority toxic waste deanup sites No significant seepage Studies have shown that ground-water contamination and toxic soil gases are emanating from the landfill but EPA officials said that tests in nearby homes showed no significant seepage into the buildings Last week in an effort to recoup some of the landfill cleanup costs dty officials sued 26 companies including The Bee that it said were responsible for dumping hazardous wastes at the landfill The public hearing on the cleanup plan will be March 30 at 7 pm at Westpark School 2695 Valentine Ave Fresno Comments may be mailed to Bret Moxley at EPA 75 Hawthorne St San Francisco 94105 Documents and reports on the landfill may be read at the Fresno County library 2420 Mariposa St EPA's plan is expected to raise Fresno utility fees but by how much isn't known By Russell Clonings The Fresno Bee The US Environmental Protection Agency announced tenta- five plans Friday for controlling pollution at the now-dosed Fres- no dty landfill at Jensen and West avenues plan will cost the dty more than (23 million but dty officials say they yet say what the impact will be on garbage collection bills The plan which is now open for public comment and will be discussed at a hearing March 30 calls for a water-resistant sheet of heavy plastic to be placed over the 145-aicre 60-foot-high landfill to prevent rainwater from seeping in It also calls for a complex network 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