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Two people have been shot dead outside a bar in Mexico City and authorities found a head belonging to a dismembered body discovered the previous day, the attorney general’s office said.

A former police officer who allegedly admits ordering 1,500 killings during a campaign of terror as a drug gang chieftain along the US border has been captured in northern Mexico, federal officials said.

CORK’S adopted Cubans, Luis Garcia and Alexei Acosta, can speed their progress up the professional boxing rankings over the coming weeks with back-to-back appearances on the European title fight undercards at the National Stadium tomorrow night and then Letterkenny on October 2.

HEAVYWEIGHT Mike “The Rebel” Perez and super middleweight Luis Garcia will face US opposition for their bid to extend their unbeaten records at the Yanjing Beer Fight Night in Neptune Stadium on Saturday June 25, when all three Cork-based Cubans will be in action.

LUKE THOMAS benefited from training alongside the three Cork-based Cuban professionals when he won his third successive national juvenile boxing title at the National Stadium last week.

THE three Cuban boxers based in Cork are all set to relaunch their careers under new management.

THE emphasis will be on the four Irish title fights on the bill, but Cork-based Cuban knockout sensation, Alexei Acosta, is sure to claim a fair share of the limelight when he steps up in class to box former world champion, Felix Machado, in a unique Latin-American duel on the Yanjing Fight Night at the National Stadium tomorrow night.

EDDIE HYLAND, after his points win over Oisín Fagan in a thrilling Irish title fight earlier this year, returns to an old haunt when he tops the bill on the “Best of the Irish” show at the National Stadium, tonight.

CUBAN pair Alexei Acosta and Luis Garcia, will enjoy star billing at tonight’s boxing/dinner show in the Silversprings Hotel in Cork but the Irish pair of Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan from across the river in Mahon and Jamie Power from Limerick are sure to claim their share of the limelight.

MIKE ‘The Rebel’ Perez is being treated for a dislocated shoulder and will miss tomorrow night’s dinner/boxing show at the Moran Silversprings Hotel in Cork. However, fans can expect fireworks from classy super-bantamweight Alexei Acosta when he tops the bill for the first time.

MIKE ‘THE REBEL’ PEREZ will be in line for a world heavyweight title shot inside two years, according to his manager Gary Hyde, who insisted he was not surprised at the devastating manner in which the Cuban demolished Luis Oscar Ricail less than a minute and a half into Sunday’s scheduled eight-rounder at the INEC in Killarney.

MIKE “The Rebel” Perez is all set to dispel any doubts about his ambitions when he takes his professional boxing career to a new level at Neptune Stadium on Saturday night.

A judge issued the second arrest warrant in less than a week against former Argentinian president Isabel Peron, summoning her for questioning about a death squad that terrorised the country during her 1974-76 rule.

Spanish police today said they are awaiting an Interpol order to carry out an arrest warrant from an Argentine judge for former President Isabel Peron, who is believed to be living in Madrid.

Increased activity by the Ubinas volcano in southern Peru prompted the evacuation of 408 villagers, officials said Saturday.

Liverpool appear to be facing a fierce battle with Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid to sign Brazilian full-back Daniel Alves.

CIARAN Ó LIONÁIRD will this week decide which US college’s offer of a track scholarship he will accept, buoyed by a scintillating debut on American soil at the weekend.

PAUL Fitzgerald hit the jackpot on the Dublin tennis scene for the second time within a couple of months when at the Westwood - Clontarf Arena he added the Danone National Spring Tennis Championship title to his indoor award.

SO Mary Harney believes the Columbia Three got a fair trial and should hand themselves in to the Colombian authorities.

Three Irishmen linked to the IRA were jailed for up to 17 1/2 years in Colombia today for training communist rebels in terrorist tactics.

The Colombia Three have been freed after spending 34 months behind bars after being arrested on suspicion of training FARC rebels.

A verdict is expected early next week in the trial of three men linked to the IRA who are accused of training Colombian rebels in terrorist tactics.

Cuban musicians invited to attend this weekend’s Grammy Awards in Los Angeles have been denied US visas needed to attend the ceremony, a Cuban Culture Ministry official said.

Cuban musicians invited to attend this weekend’s Grammy Awards in Los Angeles have been denied US visas needed to attend the ceremony, a Cuban Culture Ministry official said today.

A group of Irish politicians and rights activists today blamed pressure by Colombia’s political and military establishment for the lack of a verdict in the trial of three IRA-linked men accused of training Marxist guerrillas.

The judge deciding the fate of three IRA-linked men accused of training Colombian rebels in terrorist tactics has said he cannot make a ruling in the case until the end of the year – or even the beginning of 2004.

Three Irishmen linked to the IRA and accused of training Colombian rebels told a judge they were only observing a now-defunct peace process in the South American country.

Three Irishmen linked to the IRA and accused of training Colombian rebels told a judge today were only observing a now-defunct peace process in the South American country.

Protected by at least 30 armed prison guards, three IRA-linked Irishmen accused of training Colombian rebels in terror tactics were rushed into a court today to give evidence in their defence.

Three Irishmen accused of training Colombian rebels are expected to testify today, in their first court appearance since the trial against them began nine months ago.

THE trial of three alleged IRA men accused of training Colombian FARC rebels has been adjourned until February after two key witnesses refused to show up because they feared for their lives.

THE IRA is linked to two detailed explosive manuals found in the possession of Marxist rebels in Colombia, a army major yesterday told the trial of three alleged IRA men accused of training the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.