Collin County judge delays trial in dispute between Plano ...
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But Lagos's attorney, Raul Loya, said the injunction is set to end on Tuesday. Still on the table, Loya said, are claims that Lagos constitutes a nuisance ...
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Lawyers fall victim to cashier's check scam
March 5, 2010
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DALLAS Clever con games apparently aren't just the stuff of movies.
Three Texas lawyers were all targets of a sophisticated scheme using distance, the Internet and the quirks of American law to steal money. While two of them escaped, one did not.
It started with a cashier's check over $100,000. It was the most enticing piece in a con game designed to deprive ethical lawyers of their money.
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The Case Of A Confidential Informant Gone Wrong
February 11, 2010
Confidential informants people who pose as criminals so they can provide information to the police or some government agency have helped crack some major U.S. cases.
They are part of the shadowy side of law enforcement and operate in a secret and largely unregulated world.
And sometimes, things go terribly wrong.
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Flight attendant awarded $15 million in harassment suit
Associated Press - February 15, 2008 8:15 AM ET
An American Airlines flight attendant has won a $15.6 million federal-court verdict against a co-worker she alleged harassed her.
A judge in Fort Worth found that 43-year-old Jamie Abrams was entitled to past and future lost wages, pain and suffering and punitive damages. He also ordered 43-year-old former American Airlines Fleet Service clerk Tim White to have no contact with Abrams or her family.
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Flight attendant wins harassment lawsuit
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 4 hours ago
By BRYON OKADA FORT WORTH -- An American Airlines flight attendant who suffered years of lewd harassment at the hands of a co-worker was awarded $15.6 ...
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Documents detail actions of man accused of stalking
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX
By BRYON OKADA FORT WORTH -- Threats came at her like a battering ram, spoken in a voice like the growl of Karl in
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...GRACE: Let's go out to the mom's lawyer, joining us tonight, Raul Loya. Thank you for being with us, sir. What does Elian's mom say happened?
RAUL LOYA, LAWYER FOR MISSING ELIAN'S FAMILY: Well, she's very devastating over this incident. But the incident happened within seconds. Her and her friend had pulled up at Lively Park, which is a suburb of Dallas, and let the two children out, Elian, the younger 2-year-old, who disappeared, and his brother, Alexis.
They exited the car. And, within seconds, the mother exited and looked for Elian, asked his brother, Alexis, where he was, and they couldn't find him. What ensued was just a massive search for his younger brother, Elian. He's a 2-year-old. He and his brother were inseparable. GRACE: Question, Raul: Is it true that your client changed the time of her story from saying, "First we've just put him out of the car and, before I could get the brother out, he had disappeared," to they sat and talked in the car for a period of time, and then they realized he was missing? LOYA: Not really. I mean, you're talking about -- if there's a difference, there's a difference between 20 and 30 seconds. That's not...
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U.S. informants take part in murder and drug running in Mexico
By JESSE HYDE
Published: March 8, 2007
There is one chair in the room and they sit him in it. He pulls out his wallet. He's looking for a number. A phone number, an address. That is why he is here. Fernando the lawyer. Fernando the drug trafficker. He's got a load of marijuana, and they want it.
Appeals court ruling in House of Death case puts U.S. government in a pickle
By Bill Conroy
Posted on Wed Feb 28th, 2007 at 10:17:28 PM EST
The House of Death informants odyssey through the U.S. Justice system has taken yet another turn.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ruled that the informants deportation case should be returned to the Justice Department-controlled Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) for further proceedings.
Boy To Remain In Foster Care After Brother's Disappearance
Parents Go To Court To Regain Custody Of Son
Posted: 10:07 am CDT July 6, 2006 Updated: 11:28 am CDT July 6, 2006
... "I think it was unfair to put her on trial. You could have achieved the same thing just by talking to police officers. This is a woman who's been put through enough," said Raul Loya, an attorney for the boy's parents.
Majano and her husband appeared in court to explain why they should regain custody of Alexis. The couple said they have done nothing wrong and should not blamed for what appears to be the tragic abduction of their child. However, authorities said there is a pattern of deception and neglect by the mother...
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Custody Hearing Held For Parents Of Missing Boy
By Bud Gillett
July 5, 2006 6:03 pm CDT
(CBS 11 News) DALLAS A Dallas juvenile court judge allowed more visitation opportunities for an Irving couple whose son vanished without a trace two weeks ago. Alexis Majano is the elder brother of Elian Majano, who disappeared from Irving's lively park the evening of June 21st...
... As he left the courtroom, Gilberto Bercian said only that he had just gotten the information and he was happy. Attorney Raul Loya, representing Alexis' parents, says the whole ordeal has devastated them, and that losing Alexis and Elian at the same time is very difficult...
Boy Told Police His Missing Brother Fell
By Katherine Leal Unmuth - Dallas Morning News
Posted July 6, 2006 7:49 am CDT
...Dallas attorney Raul Loya said his clients agreed to counseling and other terms because they didn't want to go through another day talking about their personal life. The couple declined to comment after the hearing. Another hearing is scheduled for August. "I think it was unfair to put her on trial," Loya said of Majano. "This is a woman who's been through enough..."
Inside Story On Mexican Drug Cartel
By Byron Harris and Mark Smith
August 25, 2006 2:29 PM CDT
In a small-town jail in the upper Midwest sits a once highly-paid informant the U.S. government would probably rather you not know about. An ally to federal lawmen, he witnessed torture and murder in the drug war along the U.S.-Mexico border. While he's not charged with a crime, the prisoner secretly awaits what may be his death.
Guillermo Ramirez-Peyro, nicknamed "Lalo," is a former Mexican highway police officer who turned to the drug trade and then became a drug informant who earned $224,000...
House of Death Informant Linked to Murder of U.S. Citizen
By Bill Conroy
Posted October 26, 2005 12:23 AM EST
A U.S. government informant who was overseen by Homeland Security agents and a U.S. prosecutor in El Paso appears to now be implicated in yet another murder...
...In August, Raul Loya, a Dallas civil rights attorney representing the families of House of Death murder victims Luis Padilla and Fernando Reyes, told this reporter that he was looking into charges that the informant, codenamed Jesus Contreras, was involved in the kidnapping and murder of an El Paso resident in the fall of 2002...
Body Found in Juárez with U.S. Agents' Business Cards
By Louie Gilot / El Paso Times
Article Launched: 12/15/2006 12:00:00 AM MST
...The victim, who has not been identified, was dropped from a van at the Chamizal park in Juárez on the afternoon of Nov. 23. The man had the cards of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Raul Bencomo and of a DEA agent with the first name of Todd stuck to his forehead with masking tape. One of the man's fingers had been cut off and shoved into his mouth, Jurez state police officials said. "It looks like it's a message. He's a 'dedo,' a finger, an informant," said Raul Loya, a Dallas lawyer suing ICE for its handling of Jurez drug informants...
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David Rose
Sunday December 3, 2006
When 12 bodies were found buried in the garden of a Mexican house, it seemed like a case of drug-linked killings. But the trail led to Washington and a cover-up that went right to the top. David Rose reports from El Paso... ...
Janet Padilla's first inkling that something might be wrong came when she phoned her husband at lunchtime. His mobile phone was switched off. On 14 January, 2004, Luis had, as usual, left for work at 6am, and when he did not answer the first call Janet made, after taking the children to school, she assumed he was busy. Two weeks later she would learn the truth.
'It was love at first sight for Luis and me, and that's how it stayed, after two years dating at school and eight years of marriage,' says Janet. 'We always spoke a couple of times during the day and he always kept his phone on. So I called my dad, who owns the truckyard where he worked and he told me, "he hasn't been here". I called my in-laws and they hadn't seen him either, and they were already worried because his car was outside their house with the windows open and the keys in the ignition. He would never normally leave it like that...'
Another Lawsuit Filed In House Of Death Case
By Bill Conroy
Posted on August 21, 2005
The attorney representing the family of one of the murder victims in the House of Death case has filed yet another civil lawsuit targeting U.S. law enforcers as well as a government informant who allegedly participated in the homicides.
