World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-07-13

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[0:03] On World News Tonight this Tuesday, the

[0:05] suspected serial killer Raphael Ramirez

[0:08] surrenders. It was arranged by his

[0:10] sister and a Texas Ranger. The 1996

[0:14] crash of a Value Jet DC9. Today, an

[0:17] airline maintenance company is charged

[0:19] with murder. The doctor at the South

[0:21] Pole with a lump in her breast. Can she

[0:24] treat herself? We'll take a closer look

[0:26] at long-distance medicine. And from

[0:29] Carsland, Alberta to Fenway Park in

[0:31] Boston. What a way to become an

[0:33] all-star.

[0:41] From ABC News World Headquarters in New

[0:44] York, this is World News Tonight with

[0:48] Peter Jennings.

[0:49] >> Good evening. There was nothing dramatic

[0:50] about the end of the manhunt for Raphael

[0:52] Ramirez, the Mexican drifter on the FBI

[0:54] most wanted list. The man wanted in

[0:57] several states for eight murders at

[0:58] least walked across the border from

[1:00] Mexico and with the cooperation of his

[1:03] sister and a Texas Ranger turned himself

[1:06] in. Our first report is from ABC's Bob

[1:08] Woodruff.

[1:10] After weeks on the run, Raphael

[1:12] Rescendes Ramirez was escorted into this

[1:14] El Paso court today, handcuffed and

[1:17] chained under heavy guard. Several

[1:19] members of his family were with him. At

[1:21] 9:00 this morning, he drove up from

[1:23] Mexico to a border crossing near El Paso

[1:26] and surrendered peacefully to a group of

[1:28] waiting US agents, including Texas

[1:31] Ranger Drew Carter.

[1:32] >> Carter told me that he was extended his

[1:34] hand, they shook hands, and he

[1:36] handcuffed him, said he was very

[1:38] pleasant, uh, not aggressive.

[1:41] >> With Ramirez now in custody, prosecutors

[1:43] will try to link him to a string of

[1:45] eight murders in two years from Kentucky

[1:48] to Texas to Illinois. The victims were

[1:51] stabbed, beaten, or shot. Investigators

[1:54] say in all eight murders, the killer was

[1:56] sloppy, leaving behind fingerprints, DNA

[1:59] evidence, and in one case, a witness.

[2:01] Today, police took a DNA sample from

[2:03] Ramirez, and they say proving he is

[2:05] their man should not be hard. The

[2:08] massive manhunt began 3 weeks ago.

[2:10] Authorities now believe the last

[2:12] reliable sighting of Ramirez was June

[2:14] 18th at a shelter in Louisville,

[2:16] Kentucky. After that, agents believe he

[2:19] escaped to Mexico.

[2:20] >> It's our opinion that uh he has been in

[2:22] the Republic of Mexico for uh at least

[2:25] the last week and a half to two weeks.

[2:27] >> Tonight, Ramirez was flown to Houston to

[2:29] await formal charges in the five murders

[2:32] in Texas. If convicted, he will probably

[2:34] face the death penalty. Bob Woodruff,

[2:37] ABC News, Washington.

[2:38] >> So, why did Ramirez turn himself in? We

[2:41] may not know the full story, but ABC's

[2:43] John Miller reports on a good one.

[2:46] Like the cliche hero of a silent

[2:48] western, Texas Ranger Drew Carter wears

[2:51] a white 10gon hat. In the end, the tool

[2:53] Carter used to close the case was the

[2:56] force of personality. Two weeks ago,

[2:58] Carter came here to Albuquerque and

[3:00] developed the trust of Manuela Carowitz,

[3:03] Ramirez's sister. Carter told her that

[3:06] Ramirez was in danger from Mexican

[3:08] bounty hunters vying for the $125,000

[3:12] reward. He assured Ramirez's safety if

[3:15] he surrendered to the Rangers. On

[3:18] Sunday, Carter was fishing on the Texas

[3:20] panhandle when his cell phone rang. It

[3:22] was Ramirez's sister, saying Carter

[3:25] should come to Albuquerque immediately.

[3:27] He got there that night. Monday, working

[3:29] with the sister, Carter was able to

[3:31] assure her that Ramirez would not be

[3:34] hurt if he surrendered peacefully, that

[3:36] he would be protected in jail and

[3:37] allowed family visits, that he would

[3:39] receive psychological tests before

[3:41] trial. On Monday, Carter got a written

[3:44] agreement from Texas prosecutors, showed

[3:47] it to Ramirez's sister, who relayed it

[3:49] to Ramirez's brother in Mexico. In turn,

[3:52] the sister gave Carter instructions to

[3:54] meet Ramirez and his brother at the El

[3:57] Paso Bridge. The surrender was voluntary

[4:00] and is something that he did on his own

[4:02] and it was also the wishes of his

[4:04] family.

[4:04] >> In the end, there was a big news

[4:06] conference with the FBI, the US

[4:08] Marshals, and the Texas Rangers. But

[4:10] Drew Carter wasn't there. He spent his

[4:13] 32nd birthday guarding his prisoner.

[4:16] John Miller, ABC News, New York. As for

[4:20] the reward money, which was

[4:22] considerable, authorities say they've

[4:23] not ruled out the possibility that part

[4:24] of it will go to those members of

[4:26] Ramirez's family who helped arrange his

[4:29] surrender. The state of Florida has

[4:32] filed murder charges today against an

[4:34] airline maintenance company. The company

[4:36] is called Sabertech and the charges are

[4:39] in connection with a crash of a Value

[4:40] jet DC9 in the Everglades 3 years ago.

[4:44] 110 people died at the time. And today,

[4:47] Florida said the company Sabertech was

[4:50] criminally responsible. Here's ABC's

[4:52] Lisa Stark.

[4:55] >> The criminal charges stemming from the

[4:56] Value Jet crash are highly unusual.

[4:59] Believed to be the first time a

[5:01] maintenance company has faced charges

[5:03] like these in the deaths of passengers

[5:05] in an airline disaster.

[5:07] >> This was not an accident. This was a

[5:09] crime. It was a homicide. Investigators

[5:11] determined the value jet crash was

[5:13] caused when oxygen generators carried in

[5:15] the cargo hold ignited like these in

[5:18] this government fire test. Sabert had

[5:21] packed the partially filled canisters

[5:23] failing to put required safety caps on

[5:26] then marking the packing slips, listing

[5:28] the oxygen canisters as empty. They were

[5:31] not. Family members of those who died

[5:33] had been pushing for criminal charges.

[5:36] I'm just hoping that this will

[5:40] won't ever happen again. And if the

[5:42] indictments will prevent this from ever

[5:44] happening again, then I'm all for it.

[5:46] >> Sabert and three of its workers were

[5:48] also indicted today on federal charges,

[5:51] lying to the government and violating

[5:53] laws on the transportation of hazardous

[5:55] materials. An attorney for the company

[5:57] called all of the charges unfair and

[5:59] inappropriate.

[6:00] >> The question is, are we going to turn

[6:02] these honest mistakes into criminal

[6:04] behavior? and meet out uh further

[6:07] punishment where where no uh more

[6:09] painful lesson uh need be learned.

[6:11] >> Sabertech is essentially out of

[6:13] business. If convicted on the state

[6:15] murder charges, it would face only a

[6:17] fine, but the federal charges against

[6:20] three Sabers workers could bring jail

[6:22] time. Lisa Stark, ABC News, Washington.

[6:26] >> When we come back, we'll have some of

[6:28] the other news. There's chaos on the

[6:29] streets of Iran for and against reform

[6:32] as the world watches. And the border

[6:35] baby scam, the latest attempt to get

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[8:07] In the Iranian capital, Thran today, an

[8:09] estimated 10,000 demonstrators battle

[8:11] security forces, and there is similar

[8:13] unrest in at least eight other Iranian

[8:16] towns and cities. The students and other

[8:18] Iranians who've been demonstrating are

[8:20] upset with those in the leadership who

[8:23] are trying to undermine social and

[8:25] political reform. Here's ABC's Richard

[8:28] Gizard.

[8:29] The pictures coming out of Thran today

[8:31] show a heavy security presence. Police

[8:34] hustling students off the streets and

[8:36] there are reports that protest leaders

[8:38] have been taken into custody. This after

[8:41] a night that had crowds on the rampage.

[8:44] They fought pitched battles with police

[8:46] in the city center, set barricades and

[8:49] buses alike,

[8:51] and attacked Iranian institutions,

[8:53] ransacking this bank.

[8:56] Some of the worst fighting has been

[8:57] between students pushing for reform and

[9:00] armed vigilantes who support the

[9:02] hardliners.

[9:04] Today, interviewed on radio, one

[9:06] protester sounded desperate.

[9:10] >> They are chasing us with guns and

[9:12] knives. He says they want us dead. We

[9:15] are appealing to the outside world for

[9:17] help.

[9:19] The students who began this protest

[9:21] talking about democracy are now talking

[9:24] about revenge. They carry the

[9:26] bloodstained shirts of protesters who

[9:28] have been beaten and chant, "I will kill

[9:31] the one who kills my brothers."

[9:34] The very same slogan was popular in 1979

[9:37] when the Islamic Revolution gave Iran

[9:39] the regime that these young people are

[9:42] trying to change today. Richard Gizbert,

[9:45] ABC News, London. Yes,

[9:47] >> demonstrations in the streets of Iran

[9:49] get this kind of international attention

[9:50] because Iran's a big important country

[9:52] and in part, as Richard Gbert says,

[9:55] because it was street demonstrations

[9:56] that contributed to the Iranian

[9:58] revolution in 1979.

[10:04] >> Today, the tension is between religious

[10:06] conservatives who control the army, the

[10:08] courts, and the security services, and

[10:10] those who believe that Iran must

[10:12] continue to be more democratic and open.

[10:14] count most of the students in that

[10:16] group.

[10:16] >> They want a political democracy. They

[10:19] want economic development. They want

[10:21] international respect.

[10:23] >> A lot has been accomplished in recent

[10:25] years. Elections are relatively free.

[10:28] There has been greater freedom of the

[10:29] press and the rigid code of social

[10:32] behavior for women especially has been

[10:34] relaxed. The students want those changes

[10:37] protected. Nowhere in Iran does there

[10:40] appear to be any appetite for

[10:42] revolution. The street turmoil this week

[10:44] notwithstanding Iran has been there and

[10:48] done that.

[10:50] >> This week the Supreme Religious leader

[10:52] Ayatollah Kamei was actually sympathetic

[10:56] to the demonstrators. Another part of

[10:58] the world where change is slow to come.

[11:00] For the first time in 40 years, the head

[11:01] of the US Chamber of Commerce is in Cuba

[11:04] scouting opportunities for American

[11:05] business. The US Treasury Department

[11:07] approved the visit earlier this year.

[11:09] Washington has slightly relaxed its

[11:11] 37year-old embargo, but the chamber on

[11:14] behalf of American business wants it

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[11:21] internet market in China. Shares of

[11:23] china.com, which operates websites in

[11:25] Chinese and English and is owned by

[11:28] America Online and the Chinese

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[11:34] today. On Wall Street today, the Dow

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[14:29] >> Tonight, long-distance medicine. Last

[14:32] week, we began to report on the

[14:33] predicament of a woman who's on a

[14:35] scientific mission at the South Pole who

[14:37] had just discovered a lump in her

[14:39] breast. Tonight, we're going to take a

[14:41] closer look because while there is a

[14:43] doctor at the South Pole station and

[14:45] some medical equipment has been

[14:47] delivered, it is now reported that it is

[14:49] the doctor who has the lump. First,

[14:52] ABC's Bill Blakemore.

[14:56] >> The medical equipment that was air

[14:58] dropped over the South Pole will now be

[15:00] used by the 47year-old doctor to

[15:02] examine, diagnose, and possibly treat

[15:04] herself. Among her 40 colleagues there,

[15:07] some have paramedic training and may be

[15:10] able to help her with any needle biopsy

[15:12] to see if the lump in her breast is

[15:14] cancerous. Teleconferencing will let her

[15:17] sit in a private room similar to this

[15:19] and talk with her doctors in the US.

[15:21] They can read medical data that she

[15:23] sends from instruments such as a digital

[15:25] microscope which can transmit detailed

[15:28] images of cells.

[15:29] >> If it's been discovered that in fact

[15:31] there are malignant cells there, uh time

[15:33] is of the essence and uh ordinarily

[15:36] surgery would be the next option.

[15:38] >> But surgery would not be an option

[15:40] before October when the weather changes

[15:42] and they can land a plane to get her

[15:44] out. In the meantime, she would probably

[15:46] face three months of chemo or some other

[15:48] therapy monitored from afar.

[15:51] >> The medication that's been air dropped

[15:52] allows for a variety of options and so

[15:56] um this is being worked out has been

[15:58] worked out and will be monitored through

[16:01] video teleconferencing.

[16:02] >> Fortunately, we're not facing an

[16:04] immediate uh life-threatening situation.

[16:06] She is reported in good spirits carrying

[16:09] out her normal duties and thankful for

[16:11] the good wishes now streaming in from

[16:13] around the world. Bill Blakemore, ABC

[16:16] News. This is, as you can surmise, a

[16:18] difficult situation for a woman to be

[16:20] in, even if she is a doctor. So, what to

[16:22] do? A little while ago, we put some of

[16:25] the questions to ABC's Dr. Nancy

[16:26] Sniderman who's in San Francisco.

[16:30] Nancy, does one assume at the outset

[16:31] that if a woman has a lump on her

[16:33] breast, the very first thing she wants

[16:34] is a biopsy?

[16:36] >> Absolutely. And the state-of-the-art is

[16:37] a fine needle aspiration where a skinny

[16:40] needle is put into the lump, cells are

[16:42] taken out, and then looked at under the

[16:44] microscope. And that does require

[16:45] expertise.

[16:46] >> Could a woman do it herself?

[16:48] >> It depends where the lump in the breast

[16:50] is. It depends what kind of doctor this

[16:52] doctor is and requires some help. In

[16:54] this rather imperfect situation, you

[16:57] have to assume that the doctor can have

[16:58] a paramedic do the aspiration under her

[17:01] oral guidance, hit the lump, get the

[17:04] right amount of cells, then perfectly

[17:06] stain them, get then get them on the

[17:08] microscope.

[17:09] >> Given that this is a difficult

[17:11] procedure, is there something else

[17:12] someone in these circumstances should be

[17:14] doing?

[17:16] >> It raises the interesting question. If

[17:18] the biopsy can't be performed, if an

[17:21] interpretation cannot be made, should

[17:24] she be treated with chemotherapy anyway?

[17:26] If she knows a lump is growing, do you

[17:29] say, "Let's go for broke. We have

[17:30] nothing to lose. We may be treating

[17:32] incorrectly, but at least we're doing

[17:33] something."

[17:34] >> In a perfect world, as soon as a doctor

[17:36] discovered a lump in a breast was

[17:38] malignant, how soon would he or she

[17:39] operate?

[17:40] >> In a perfect world, if a malignancy is

[17:41] found, surgery would be scheduled within

[17:43] a few weeks and then the options made

[17:45] for what to do after that? Nothing.

[17:46] chemotherapy or radiation therapy in

[17:49] this situation. She'll be treated a

[17:51] little bit from the back end.

[17:52] Chemotherapy first. Hope that that holds

[17:54] this in place for the next few months

[17:56] and then get her out of the South Pole

[17:58] and to frankly back to the United

[17:59] States.

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[20:30] Tonight, another example of what a

[20:32] challenge it is for the immigration

[20:33] service to keep track of who's trying to

[20:35] come into the country. We've already

[20:36] covered the Raphael Ramirez story, how

[20:39] he escaped capture last month because of

[20:41] a computer glitch. In the case of this

[20:44] next one, a computer would not

[20:45] necessarily have made a difference. As

[20:47] ABC's Mike Von reports, this one took a

[20:51] sharp eye.

[20:53] Any person caught illegally entering the

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[20:57] court.

[21:00] >> Most spend months in detention centers

[21:02] before they can make their case for

[21:04] being allowed to stay.

[21:07] >> But families with children are given

[21:09] special treatment. They are set free on

[21:12] just a promise that they will show up

[21:14] months later for the immigration

[21:15] hearing. that was about to happen to

[21:18] this Honduran man and woman who

[21:20] illegally crossed the border with

[21:21] Stephanie, a seven-month-old baby in

[21:24] their arms. But something about the

[21:26] infant looked familiar to Border Patrol

[21:29] agent Gracela Vidrio.

[21:30] >> And I helped one of the agents with a

[21:32] fingerprinting. And then I went over

[21:35] that way when I saw the baby smiling at

[21:37] me. And then I told him, I've seen them

[21:39] for sure that I've seen the baby before.

[21:42] They began checking pictures of previous

[21:44] families and there it was. Stephanie

[21:47] just weeks earlier with a man claiming

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[21:55] >> We can prove the baby was used three

[21:57] times in the month of March alone.

[22:01] How many times the child has been used,

[22:03] I do not know. This is the first time

[22:06] illegal immigrants have been caught

[22:07] using a baby as a prop, but immigration

[22:10] officials fear it is not an isolated

[22:12] incident, and they are now re-examining

[22:14] pictures of other families who've

[22:16] crossed the border. As for 7-month-old

[22:19] Stephanie, she is now in this foster

[22:21] home. Her real mother, who lives in

[22:24] Houston, was arrested and has confessed

[22:26] to renting Stephanie at least three

[22:28] times to this man. He paid $200 each

[22:32] time he took Stephanie across the border

[22:34] to Mexico, where illegal immigrants

[22:36] would carry her back across the Rio

[22:38] Grand on foot and claimed to be her

[22:41] parents. Stephanie's mother now faces

[22:44] deportation. Child welfare officials say

[22:47] the healthy baby will probably be put up

[22:49] for adoption. Mike Fon, ABC News,

[22:52] Brownsville, Texas.

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[25:07] >> Nicole said, "The most erotic thing is

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[25:11] Do you want to weigh in?

[25:14] >> ABC Wednesday.

[25:18] >> Just a brief review of our top story.

[25:19] The suspected railroad killer is in

[25:21] custody tonight. Raphael Ramirez

[25:23] surrendered on a bridge between Mexico

[25:25] and Texas in a deal that was brokered by

[25:29] his sister. Finally from us this

[25:32] evening, the All-Star game. Baseball's

[25:34] best from the American and the National

[25:36] League are at Fenway Park in Boston this

[25:38] year. Mark Maguire, Sammy Sosa, Ken

[25:41] Griffy Jr., Pedro Martinez, Derek Jeter,

[25:43] Jeff Zimmerman.

[25:45] I know you're not so sure about Jeff

[25:47] Zimmerman. Nor were we until recently,

[25:49] but ABC's Dean Reynolds follows the

[25:52] Texas Rangers pretty closely.

[25:55] >> Talk to the best players in baseball

[25:57] about Jeff Zimmerman, and you are likely

[25:59] to have a short conversation.

[26:01] >> He's a Texas guy, right?

[26:03] >> Uh, how do you spell Zimmerman?

[26:07] Barry, do you know what to expect if

[26:09] Jeff Zimmerman gets into the game at the

[26:12] American League?

[26:16] >> No.

[26:16] >> Zimmerman sees that as a competitive

[26:18] edge.

[26:19] >> Good. I mean, less information they know

[26:22] about me, the better. It won't be long

[26:23] before people know he grew up in

[26:25] Carsland, Alberta, a Canadian town of

[26:27] 500, where his father rented an airplane

[26:30] hanger so he could pitch through the

[26:31] winter. And that he mastered his

[26:33] breadand butter pitch, a 92 mph slider

[26:36] in, of all places, the National League

[26:39] of France,

[26:41] >> where the game to say nothing of the

[26:43] league is foreign to most French.

[26:45] >> Do you know what the word in French is

[26:47] for Slider? No,

[26:49] >> I don't think so. I don't think they've

[26:50] invented that one yet. He did well

[26:52] enough for the Montelier Barracudas to

[26:54] earn a shot with Winnipeg in the most

[26:56] minor of minor leagues.

[26:57] >> And you didn't make the Northern League

[26:59] Allstar team, right? That was a major

[27:01] snub.

[27:03] >> Two years ago when he was 25, Zimmerman

[27:05] asked all the major league clubs for a

[27:07] try out. The Texas Rangers alone said

[27:09] yes and he joined the club this spring.

[27:12] >> Looks like he knows what his team does.

[27:13] Yeah.

[27:14] >> Today the whispering is over.

[27:15] >> Zimmerman ms them down again. The

[27:18] statistics are impressive. eight wins,

[27:20] no losses. He's given up less than one

[27:23] run per nine innings. And only one out

[27:25] of every 10 batters has been able to get

[27:27] a hit off him.

[27:29] >> It's a long way from the diamond in

[27:30] Canada to baseball's All-Star Classic.

[27:33] >> You dream about being a hockey player.

[27:35] You don't even dream about um putting on

[27:37] a major league uniform, let alone being

[27:39] in an All-Star game.

[27:40] >> For Jeff Zimmerman, now reality will do

[27:42] just fine. Dean Reynolds, ABC News,

[27:45] Boston.

[27:46] >> Remember the name. That's our report on

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[27:53] sooner. Why it's working for them. I'm

[27:56] Peter Jennings. Have a good evening. See

[27:57] you tomorrow. Good night.

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