Jose Mendoza

Jose Mendoza believes that free trade should benefit all Mexicans, not just the biggest corporations. That is why he and his brothers, David and Juan Bosco, owners of a $15-million-a-year company, have taken on giant Monterrey-based Vitro Corp., a conglomerate with $3 billion in revenues and subsidiaries in the United States. And that is why Mendoza will tell his story today in Houston to a U.S.

A man who was shot and killed by Los Angeles police after striking an officer with his truck as he tried to ram his way through rush-hour congestion was identified Tuesday as Jose Luis Mendoza, 26, of West Hills, but why he fled so determinedly from a traffic stop remains a mystery, authorities said. Mendoza was on probation for a felony drug trafficking charge and had $600 in small bills in his possession when he was shot Monday, according to police. However, LAPD spokesman Lt.

A man who was shot and killed by Los Angeles police after striking an officer with his truck as he tried to ram his way through rush-hour congestion was identified Tuesday as Jose Luis Mendoza, 26, of West Hills, but why he fled so determinedly from a traffic stop remains a mystery, authorities said. Mendoza was on probation for a felony drug trafficking charge and had $600 in small bills in his possession when he was shot Monday, according to police. However, LAPD spokesman Lt.

Jose Mendoza believes that free trade should benefit all Mexicans, not just the biggest corporations. That is why he and his brothers, David and Juan Bosco, owners of a $15-million-a-year company, have taken on giant Monterrey-based Vitro Corp., a conglomerate with $3 billion in revenues and subsidiaries in the United States. And that is why Mendoza will tell his story today in Houston to a U.S.

Cal State Northridge announced the signing Tuesday of punter Jose Alonzo Mendoza of East Los Angeles College, the ninth junior college football player to sign with the team.

A 27-year-old man was beaten to death early Sunday by a pack of about 10 gang members in a dispute linked to a traffic accident, Los Angeles police said. After a car crash moments earlier, police said, Jose Mendoza confronted the gang members about 3:15 a.m. at the corner of Van Nuys Boulevard and Nordhoff Street. The gang members beat Mendoza, then fled, police said. Mendoza was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No other details were available.

J.J. Delgado scored in the 57th minute and Jose Mendoza scored in the 64th minute Wednesday to power the Buena High boys' soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Redondo in a Southern Section Division II second-round playoff game at Buena High. Buena (16-4-2) visits Channel League rival Rio Mesa today at 3 p.m. in a quarterfinal. Redondo is 17-8-1. Riverside Notre Dame 3, Village Christian 1--Saro Amirian scored for the Crusaders (12-7-5) in a Division V loss to the Titans (24-1-2).

A San Diego County sheriff's deputy struck and killed a 56-year-old Encinitas man with his patrol car late Saturday night, the Sheriff's Department said Sunday. The deputy, Jay Spina, was traveling north in his car in the 100 block of North Pacific Coast Highway in Encinitas when he struck Jose Mendoza-Hernandez shortly before 11:30 p.m., a sheriff's spokesman said.

The Los Angeles county coroner's office Saturday identified a man who was killed Friday by a pickup truck as he was crossing a Northridge Street, police said. The victim, Jose Mendoza, 39, of Northridge, was taken by paramedics to Northridge Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead from massive internal injuries at 5:35 p.m., Los Angeles police and coroner's officials said.

Los Angeles police on Monday were looking for three suspects in a shooting that left one man dead and his friend injured. Police said Jorge Rosales, 22, and Jose Mendoza, 21, were getting into a car parked in front of a supermarket at Sepulveda Boulevard and Nordhoff Street when they were shot about 9:45 p.m. Sunday. Witnesses reported seeing three men running from the scene. Rosales, who was living with his sister in Mission Hills after moving from Colorado five days earlier, was killed.

Federal authorities have arrested six suspects and are seeking three others in an alleged ring that lured hundreds of immigrants from Asia into paying about $10,000 each for phony green cards, officials said. Victims were led to believe they would receive legal residency documents under a law recently signed by President Clinton, U.S. Atty. Nora M. Manella said in Los Angeles. About 400 people were defrauded, officials said, some of whom even had false visas stamped in their passports.

An ongoing dispute between two workers at a swimming-pool equipment company escalated into violence Wednesday when one man stabbed the other as employees looked on, authorities said. The stabbing happened at 4:30 p.m. at American Products Co., 10951 E. Los Angeles Ave. Sheriff's Det. Ernie Montagna said Solomon Guitierrez, 19, of Oxnard was preparing to leave for the day when he was confronted by Jose Mendoza, 21, of Moorpark.