Friday, April 18, 2008

News Summary for April 18th, 2008


++ PAN senator Santiago Creel suggested to the Broad Progressive Front that it be the Senate energy committee to set a time frame for debate on energy reform… The opposition lawmakers said they would have a reply by Tuesday.

++ At a ceremony to welcome India’s President Pratibha Patil, President Felipe Calderón said Mexico is ready for greater flows of trade and investment to strengthen economic ties with India.

++ Deputy Interior Minister in charge of liaison with the legislature Cuauhtémoc Cardona Benavides, said the federal government will have no part in the Congressional crisis.

++ Pemex Refinery director José Antonio Ceballos Soberanis said that contracts signed by his department with the Transportes Especializados Ivancar firm are legal.

++ The PRD National Guarantees Commission announced that the party elections is at the final stage, and the vote count in nine conflictive states will be completed.

++ UNAM rector José Narro demanded proof from the President of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, of their alleged ties, especially of Lucía Morett, to FARC.

++ Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora announced a new strategy of attack against organized crime and their financial operations through an agreement with the National Banking Commission to fight money laundering.

++ Federal Agency of Investigations agents arrested the head of the Reynosa municipal police, Juan José Muñiz, who is accused of links to the “Zetas.”

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