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According to a 10 News out of San Diego, California article titled   Group Accused In Sports-Bribery Ring To Appear In Court, “ FBI Special Agent in Charge Keith Slotter said the investigation, dubbed "Operation Hookshot," began more than a year ago and started out as a drug probe.” Here is what this article says happened “several people arrested and charged in connection with an alleged sports-bribery ring that offered bribes to college basketball players to fix games are scheduled to be arraigned in San Diego federal court Tuesday.   Former USD assistant basketball coach Thaddeus Brown and two former USD players, Brandon Johnson and Brandon Dowdy, were among 10 people named in a federal indictment unsealed Monday in San Diego.   Federal prosecutors said the organizers of the ring conspired to bribe players to alter the outcome of games so the defendants could profit by betting on games in Las Vegas.   The indictment accuses the group o...

When I first heard about this, I thought of how brave this young lady was to step up and take on this job.   I was confident that she was aware of the dangers that she may face in accepting this job and marveled at her resolve to try and make a difference. Learning now and through the Associated Press writer Juan Carlos Llorca article titled Young Mexican Police Chief Seeks U.S. Asylum, “Marisol Valles Garcia accepted the top law enforcement job in Praxedis G. Guerrero, a township near the Texas border overrun by drug violence.”     “Residents have said Garcia received death threats, and the ombudsman, Gustavo de la Rosa, said there may have been at least one attempt to kidnap her” makes me even surer that it took great courage to stand in that box waiting for whatever pitch was going to be thrown by the gangs who are fighting to control that area.   I applaud her tour of duty even if it was only about 6 months long because any amount of time in that capacity an...