Henry Cervantes was a Fresno-born, 19-year-old son of Mexican farmworkers when the Navy told him in 1942 that he could not fight for his country. “During his training, he was called a dirty Mexican,” said retired Judge Frederick Aguirre, who met Cervantes in 2002 at a veterans event and grew close to him through Aguirre’s work documenting the lives of …
Struggling Spanish club Mallorca hired veteran Mexican coach Javier Aguirre on Thursday. Aguirre, who coached México’s national team during two separate stints, had been fired by Mexican club Monterrey in February. The 63-year-old Aguirre replaces Luis García Plaza, who was fired after the team lost at Espanyol on Sunday to slid into the relegation zone. García Plaza had stayed two …
