News Digest
Wednesday, November 1, 1995 Page 2
Quebec premier announces resignation
MONTREAL — Stung by defeat
in the secession referendum, Quebec
Premier Jacques Parizeau said Tues
day he plans to resign. He also apolo
gized for blaming the loss on non
French immigrants.
Parizeau maintained staunch sup
port, however, for the separatist cause
that has been at the heart of his long
political career. He said his Parti Que
becois would choose new leadership
capable of achieving independence
for the mostly French-speaking prov
ince.
Parizeau, 65, was elected premier
last year after promising to hold a
referendum on secession. His side lost
Monday, but only narrowly — 50.6
percent to 49.4 percent.
But at a time when the separatists
could have been taking heart at their
strong showing, Parizeau shocked
even his allies with a bellicose speech
at campaign headquarters, blaming the
defeat on immigrants.
“It’s true we have been defeated,
but basically by what?” Parizeau said.
“By money and the ethnic vote.”
Parizeau’s co-leader in the sepa
ratist camp, Lucien Bouchard, dis
tanced himself from the ethnic re
marks Tuesday, signaling that the
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premier’s position had become unten
able.
Parizeau expressed regret for his
phrasing, saying he used terms “that
could have been much better chosen.”
But he reiterated his view that
Quebec’s French-speaking majority
had, in effect, been thwarted by non
francophones.
About 90 percent of English-speak
ing and immigrant Quebeckers op
posed secession, while French Que
beckers — 82 percent of the popula
tion — voted for independence by a
60-40 margin.
Earlier Tuesday, Bouchard scoffed
at an offer from Prime Minister Jean
Chretien to negotiate a new status for
Quebec.
“Never again will sovereigntists be
begging for anything from the rest of
Canada,” Bouchard declared. He said
Quebec would sit down for talks with
Canada only after winning a future
independence referendum.
Chretien, chastened by the razor
thin federalist victory Monday, said
he would try to get other provincial
premiers to support changes that would
decentralize the government and rec
ognize Quebec as a distinct society.
Bouchard described his reaction to
Chretien’s offer as “boredom” and
“big yawns.”
“Nobody’s going to get us
sovereigntists involved in another 30
years of sterile discussions,” he said.
Bouchard reiterated the separat
ists’ promise to mount another inde
pendence drive.
Though most of Canada welcomed
the outcome of Monday’s vote, Que
bec was uneasy. Montreal police re
ported 40 arrests after supporters of
the rival sides brawled, and a home
made bomb was found at offices of the
federalist Liberal Party.
DEA secret operations revealed
BOGOTA, Colombia—U.S. drug
agents operate more independently in
Colombia than they’veaeknowledged,
in one case searching a Cali cartel
leader’s farm for bodies, according to
taped conversations between Ameri
can officials.
On the tapes, which Washington
privately acknowledges are authentic
though possibly edited, U.S. officials
also discuss efforts to have cartel fig
ures and witnesses against them sent,
or lured to, the United States for trial.
The revelations come as U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration opera
tionsare under increasing criticism by
some Colombians.
Colombian Congressman Carlos
Alonso Lucio released excerpts of the
tapes in early October and later gave
reporters complete copies. Although
Lucio said the tapes indicate the DEA
operates with too much autonomy in
Colombia, U.S. officials have accused
him of being an ally of the Cali cartel.
It would be in the interest of drug
traffickers to diminish the DEA’s role
in Colombia, which supplies 80 per
cent of the world’s cocaine and has a
police force riddled with corruption.
Though the DEA officially claims
its agents merely accompany Coloni
bian forces on missions and provides
intelligence, the taped conversations,
elements of which were confirmed by
U.S. Ambassador Myles Frechette,
show they sometimes plan and lead
operations.
The tapes also suggest that U.S.
officials are making plans to bring
captured drug traffickers to the United
States, even though Colombia’s con
stitution bars extradition of its citi
zens.
One conversation alluding to this
point is between Robert Nieves, di
rector of the DEA’s International Af
fairs office in Washington; Tony
Senneca, the DEA chief in Colombia;
and a woman identified on tape as
Mary Lee Warren. Sources in Wash
ington identified Mary Lee Warren as
a deputy assistant attorney general
who supervises internat ional drug traf
ficking cases. Fler office refused to
comment.
DEA spokesman James McGivney
said Nieves retired last Friday, but
that it had nothing to with the tapes.
Nieves introduces Mary Lee into
the conversation with a warning that
he and Senneca have been speaking
cryptically.
NIEVES: ... I shared with you a
memo that Tony wrote a while back
where he talked about doing some
innovative and bold things, and possi
bly relaxing certain, um, prohibitions
we are currently working under ...
They confirm they are on the same
wavelength, then discuss ways they
could proceed, in Nieves words, “if
we actually get our backs against the
wall on some individuals.”
NIEVES: We can find creative
ways of accomplishing some things,
perhaps?
MARY LEE: I want to find — let
me just be clear. First in my mind is
finding creative ways of getting bod
ies here.
NIEVES: Yeah, okay, I’m with you
(laughs). That’s the goal.
MARY LEE: Bodies to help and
bodies as targets...
A U.S. official, speakingon condi
tion of anonymity, said the three were
not discussing plans to snatch traf
fickers to the United States but con
ceded they could be talking about lur
ing them to America.
Colombia’s drug lords are terrified
of U.S. trials, where they face stiff
sentences. Traffickers fought
Colombia’s government in the 1980s
to force it to ban extraditions.
Simspon makes appearance contract
TRENTON, NJ.—Collecting O. J.
stuff? How about a signed photo of the
infamous Bronco chase for $159.95?
What about courtroom pictures from
his murder trial for $99.95?
Simpson has his first post-acquittal
contract to appear at a sports memora
bilia show and is working on more
appearances-for-profit, agent Mike
Gilbert said Tuesday.
Gilbert wouldn’t disclose the
amount of the flat fee Simpson will
receive.
The appearance, scheduled for Feb.
24 in Atlantic City, drew immediate
protest from the city’s mayor and
women’s groups.
“1 hate to see New Jersey making a
hero out of someone who’s a convicted
wife batterer, and I’d hate to see people
come,” said Bear Atwood, president of
theNational Organization for Women’s
New Jersey chapter.
According to promotional fliers,
Simpson will sign books for $135
each and helmets, jerseys or footballs
for $ 185 each. The fliers note in small
print: “Mr. Simpson reserves the right
to reject any item for signature.”
Autographed photos will be offered
by mail-order, including the Bronco
chase, signed by Simpson and A.C.
Cowlings, for $129.95 or $159.95,
depending on the size, and courtroom
scenes, signed by Simpson and lead
attorney Johnnie Cochran, for $99.95.
Simpson was acquitted Oct. 3 of
the slayings of his ex-wife Nicole
Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald
Goldman. Simpson admitted abusing
her.
“It is shameful that (Simpson) is
signing courtroom photos and Bronco
photos,” said Tammy Bruce, presi
dent of the Los Angeles NOW chap
ter. “Maybe he should also sign au
topsy photos.”
Gilbert said the “Football Spec
tacular 4” show is scheduled for the
Atlantic City Convention Center. It is
sponsored by Triumph Commemora
tive Covers Inc. of Staten Island, N.Y.
Triumph was still negotiating Tues
day to lease the convention center.
Noreen Bodman, spokeswoman for
the center, said it has a tentative book
ing for the February show.
Another Gilbert client — Cowl
ings — also will appear. Cowling,
Simpson’sclose friend, drove the white
Bronco during their infamous low
speed chase on Los Angeles freeways.
Atlantic City Mayor James Whelan
said in a statement that he wants the
convention center authority “to turn
down this exploitative event.”
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motion that sent the case to the ap
peals court.
Deputy Lancaster County Attor
ney Joe Kelly said Tuesday that Wil
liams’ trial would automatically be
assigned for the Dec. 4 jury term. It is
highly unlikely the case will be tried
that quickly, he said.
“As in all other cases, when it’s
been so long, you have to go back in
and dust it off,” Kelly said.
While the prosecution’s investiga
tion is complete, Kelly said, the de
fense is likely to file discovery mo
tions.
The prosecutor was unaware of the
appeals court decision until ap
proached Tuesday afternoon by the
Daily Nebraskan.
The 10-page court decision issued
Tuesday does not rule out the possi
bility for the case to be reheard on
appeal.
“It is possible that, in the event of a
guilty verdict on both counts of the
information, the trial court may have
to confront the possible double-jeop
ardy implications,” the judge wrote.
The Associated Press contributed to this
report.
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