was no evidence that he either intended to or did in fact intimidate anyone.
He asserts that the evidence showed only the possibility that he brandished a
firearm.
      The information in the PSR revealed that Mendoza and his co-defendant
Leobardo Ayala-Diaz (Ayala) performed a staged kidnaping of a group of
smuggled aliens who were aware that Mendoza was armed during the drama.
One of the smuggled aliens, Antonio Cruz Tercero-Aguilera, reported that two
vehicles sandwiched the vehicle that the aliens were in – and that an armed
Mendoza and Ayala entered the aliens’ vehicle and absconded with them. A
second alien, Edbin Marin, described how Mendoza had worn a black mask and
had had a gun during the kidnaping. Marin further stated that – after the
kidnaping – Mendoza and Ayala acted asGuild Wars
Design-A-Weapon Contest
Winner Announcement

The 2007 Design-A-Weapon Contest was the most popular Guild Wars contest ever! We received well over a thousand entries in the contest, and the Dev Team agrees that the quality of the art and the concepts is simply amazing—the best fan art we've ever seen. In the coming months, the player designs selected by the judges will serve as inspiration to the Guild Wars Art Team for the creation of new weapons, shields, focus items, and more! [You can find the original contest rules page here.]

About the Judging

From the more than 1,000 entries, through multiple levels of judging, approximately 100 concepts were selected as finalist entries. Then, the entire Guild Wars Development Team judged the finalists. Eleven concepts were selected as winners, and those concepts