Marion Rafferty

The California Board of Parole was ready to set 64-year-old David Funston free through its elderly parole program.

Now, this despite the graphic thoughts he admitted to still having in a hearing last September.

According to transcripts obtained by Fox News, Funston explaining that as recently as 2021, he'd repeated fantasies about.

an eight-year-old girl who used to live across the street from him, also admitting that he raped a little boy because he was, quote, vulnerable and available, and saying he targeted children because he enjoyed the power he had over them.

Fortunately, just as he was about to be set free, though, Placer County DA Morgan Geyer intervened, charging him with lewd and lascivious acts upon a child stemming from a 1996 sexual assault of a minor.

Mexico is on high alert after its army killed the leader of one of the world's most powerful drug cartels.

The man known as El Mencho died after being captured in a military raid in western Mexico.

Officials say cartel members set fire to vehicles and buildings while trying to stop the operation.

The U.S.

Embassy in Mexico is urging all Americans in affected areas to shelter in place, and some airports, including Puerto Vallarta, are closed.