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El Salvador will hold an unprecedented presidential election on Sunday as polls suggest President Nayib Bukele will win reelection by an overwhelming landslide despite the country’s Constitution explicitly forbidding presidents from seeking more than one term. Sunday will see some 5.5 million Salvadorans head to the polls to choose who will lead their country for the next five years. The country entered a mandatory three-day silent period on Thursday in which no participating candidate or party may issue any kind of political statement or publish propaganda. According to polls released by El Salvador’s Central American University in January, 81.9 percent...

Mayor's brother guilty of practicing medicine without a license BY LAUREL ALMADA Times staff writer A Laredo man charged with practicing medicine without a license pleaded no contest to the charge Thursday in County Court at Law Number Two in exchange for a $1,500 fine. The man identified by numerous attorneys as Mayor Betty Flores' brother, Efrain Garcia, 52, entered into the plea agreement within the confines of presiding Judge Jesus Garza's chambers. He was alleged to have practiced medicine without a license, a class "A" misdemeanor offense, on Sept. 22, 2001. Although Garcia was scheduled for arraignment Thursday, he...