++ Interior Secretary Fernando Gómez Mont said that organized crime uses all methods within its reach to intimidate authorities… He called on officials and authorities not to be intimidated, since security is something that cannot be postponed, decreed or negotiated.
++ Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora said that the Mexican state will win the battle against criminals and will not give up in its commitment to pursue those who undermine security.
++ President Felipe Calderón said that the federal government cannot nor should it confront organized crime on its own… For the second consecutive day the president called on state and municipal governments to take part in the battle and coordinate efforts towards the task.
++ U.S. State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid said that his country has a problem with drug use and said that in order to resolve it Washington must back other countries in their struggle against narcotics trafficking.
++ Attorney General Office agents interrogated the mayor of Benito Juárez, Quintana Roo, Gregorio Sánchez, as a witness in the murder of Brigadier General Mauro Enrique Tello Quiñones and another two people.
++ One of the inmates who took part in a riot in the Ciudad Juárez prison died in hospital, pushing the death toll from the clash between two rival gangs to 21.
++ The Bank of Mexico will place 19 billion dollars on the market during the rest of the year to generate financial certainty.
++ PRD and PRI senators warned they will pass laws to regulate bank commissions and interest rates, despite opposition from bankers.
++ The IFE annulled a decree approved by the Executive General Board in which the electoral councilors had officially renounced a 46-per-cent increase to their salaries.
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