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%\ii ©am rack Montenegro sets elections by Alen Mlatisuma Associated Press PODGORICA, Yugoslavia - Nudging Montenegro further on the path toward independence, the republic’s president on Tuesday set an April date for parliamentary elections that could be a prelude to the final breakup of Yugoslavia Announcing an April 22 date, President Milo Djukanovic said the elections will “create democratic conditions for the regulation of relations” between Serbia, the other Yugoslav republic, and an independent Montenegro. If Djukanovic’s governing Democratic Party of Socialists Wins a majority in the 77-seat parliament, the government has said it will call a referendum on independence soon after the elections. Montenegro and Serbia are the only republics remaining in what used to be a Yugoslavia that also included Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Bosnia before they broke away in the early 1990s, precipitating a series of ethnic wars. The much larger Serbia dominates Montenegro in the union. Polls show Djukanovic and his party ahead of the pro-Yugoslavia opposition, and most people favoring independence. With leaders on the Serbian and Yugoslav levels already saying they wouldn’t use force to prevent Montenegro from leaving the federation, most signs point to an end to Yugoslavia in the relatively near ftnure. The most recent poll, conducted by researchers from Montenegro and Slovenia, had 58.4 percent of 1,076 respondents opting for an independent Montenegro or only a very loose alliance with Serbia. Of the rest, 25.6 percent said they would want to stay with Serbia in the existing federation that already allows broad autonomy to both republics. The others gave different, or no answers. The survey had a four percent margin of error. Predrag Popovic, the leader of the pro-Yugoslav Peoples’ Party, said the anti-independence bloc of Montenegrin parties might boycott the elections — St. Thomas More Catholic Center Rev. 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In Belgrade, Yugoslav Prime Minister Zoran Zizic—a member of the pro-Yugoslav Montenegrin party — accused the Djukanovic faction of “ignoring the clear messages” from the European Union and others opposing further splintering in the Balkans. Djukanovic seeks international recognition for an independent Montenegro with only a few links to Serbia — a plan opposed by Belgrade. Preparing for the post-election period, Montenegro’s parliament Tuesday adopted a referendum law. Pro-Yugoslav parties boycotted the vote to protest a ban on participation in the plebiscite by Montenegrins living in Serbia, who are believed to outnumber the 600,000 in Montenegro itself. Dwarfed by Serbia, with its nearly 9 million people, Montenegro has been rife with tensions between its pro- and anti-independence camps. Prior to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic’s ouster in October, Montenegro’s leadership had argued that the republic needed independence to escape Milosevic’s autocratic rule. Mexican investigators describe Hollywood-style prison break by Niko Price Associated Press MEXICO CITY — The tale of how one of Mexico’s top suspected drug bosses slipped out of a maximum security prison has yet to be told in its entirety, but already it has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster. Officials, describing the intricate plot for the first time late Monday night, said Joaquin Guzman spent months corrupting prison guards, then persuaded them to help him sneak out a stash of gold — only to smuggle himself out instead. So far, authorities have implicated 78 nnnnln in tho Tan 1 Q occarvi unfh at looct 59 of them in custody, including the director of the Puente Grande prison in western Jalisco state. Prosecutors said others could still be implicated. Guzman remains at laige. Investigators have been able to reconstruct the 43-year-old Guzman’s escape route, attorney general inspector Carlos Javier Vega said Monday evening. He illustrated it with computer-animated videos that looked like a new level of the game Doom. * "Everything points toward the escape being the product of a perfectly planned operation," Vega said. Planning allegedly is nothing new for Guzman: He’s wanted in the United States on chaiges that he supervised the build ing of a tunnel 1,416 feet long and 65 feet deep beneath the border to smuggle drugs into the United States. At Puente Grande, Guzman was serving more than 20 years for criminal association and bribery, and was linked to a 1993 shootout in which a Roman Catholic cardinal was killed in the crossfire. Guzman, along with two other alleged drugjords, "practically became the owners" of the prison, Vega said. He said the men put guards on their payroll, smuggling in alcohol, drugs, prostitutes — "and even Viagra." Guzman, he said, would order his food from a menu, which the prison’s head cook would then prepare for him. "A group known as ’the batters’ has been identified, whose mission was to beat with bats any security officers or guards who didn’t obey the decisions" of the three men, he said. The only thing Guzman couldn’t buy,_ Vega said, was his freedom. Investigators say Guzman enlisted the help of a maintenance worker. Francisco Javier Camberos, 35, who had complete access to the entire prison. Guzman buttered up the guards by circulating rumors that he was about to be freed and offering them high-paid jobs in a security firm he said he would form. On Jan. 13, Vega said, Guzman set his plot in motion. He summoned two high-level guards and asked for help in smuggling out a couple pounds of gold he said had been collected in the prison. Camberos, he said, would carry out the gold, and they would get a cut. Three days later, Guzman spoke with prison supervisors who would be on duty Jan. 19 and made staffing changes he said were necessary to get the gold out without being detected, Vega said. The plot was nearly foiled the afternoon of Jan. 19, Vega said. After an inspection, federal officials ordered additional security measures, including moving Guzman to a higher-security area. The prison director ignored their orders, Vega said. That night, Guzman slipped under a sheet into a cushioned laundry cart, and Camberos wheeled it down the prison corridors. Several doors had been propped open with garbage cans, and footage from the security cameras was missing. When they reached the parking lot, Vega said, Camberos told the guard: "It’s the master’s gold," and slipped Guzman into his car. The guards let Camberos drive out without checking his vehicle, Vega said, under orders from the area commanders. The computer disk keeping record of vehicles coming in and out was later found to have been erased. When guards showed up late that night to move Guzman to another area of the prison, he was missing. The prison director ordered a search, but the pris oner was nowhere to be found A month later, Guzman remains missing. Judges have ordered 78 people held while the investigation continues, although 19 of them have been released Vega conceded that "some" of those ordered held have yet to be detained. Jorge Campos Murillo, a deputy attorney general, conceded that the escape revealed fundamental problems with Mexico’s prisons, saying, "I think it’s necessary to reflect on the penitentiary system." With the low salaries they receive, Mexican prison workers are easily susceptible to bribes, he said And he added that Mexico’s prison system is "one of the most humanitarian" in the world. Why start your day stuck in traffic? There’s no such thing as rush hour at an EYA wilderness camp. Our youth tounselors live and work year-round in some of the most beautiful, natural settings in the eastern United States. Hike the Appalachian Trail. Canoe the Suwanee. Sleep under the stars. 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