Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: FRIDAY, May 11, 1990 TAG: 9005110390 SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A6 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LOS ANGELES LENGTH: Short
The indictment charges that Raymond Franco, 57, a licensed waste hauler from Orange County, Calif., accepted money from California businesses to take their wastes to legal landfills or recycling facilities. But instead of going to the designated sites, the indictment says, Franco and an accomplice, David Torres, 39, of Huntington Park, Calif., loaded drums of the materials into enclosed trucks destined for Mexico, concealing the barrels under cardboard and wood and surrounding them with empty drums.
Much of the dangerous material was dumped at a Tijuana warehouse owned by Torres, and investigators fear some of the barrels later may have been used by nearby residents to store water. - Los Angeles Times
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