Like neighbors who grate on but cannot escape each other, the U.S. and Mexico know they must get along -- however much one or the other may have to grit its teeth. Rarely, though, have American teeth ground louder than in the case of William Morales, the no-hands terrorist (he blew them off making a bomb). Sentenced to as many as 99 years for a string of bombings, he escaped from the U.S. to Mexico in 1983, was captured in a gun battle and drew an eight-year jail term for killing a Mexican policeman. The U.S. had been dickering to get...
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