Jose Varela Gets Two Years Probation

One of the stranger cartoonist-in-then-news stories ended yesterday when El Nuevo freelancer Jose Varela seized a killer pre-trial deal including two years probation in a package with counseling, a donation and anger control classes. Varela was arrested November 24 after sending staffers in the El Nuevo and Miami Herald to the streets by threatening to use a knife and a gun he was carrying, the latter of which turned out to be a realistic-looking toy. He was apparently upset about coverage of Cuban-Americans by the papers, and had been experience troubles at home.
 
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