++ Authorities captured Vicente Carrillo Leyva, the son of deceased drug trafficker Amado Carrillo Fuentes, who was known as “The Lord of the Skies." Carrillo Leyva is considered to be one of the main operators of the Juárez cartel.
He was arrested on Wednesday in Bosques de las Lomas, in Mexico City, as he was exercising… Carrillo Leyva is accused of laundering money for the Juárez cartel and also of controlling narcotics trafficking routes into the United States.
++ Washington congratulated Mexico on Vicente Carrillo Leyva’s capture and said that it was yet another significant victory for Mexican justice.
++ A Mexico-U.S. binational meeting on arms trafficking wrapped up in Morelos… Officials from both countries agreed to set up joint actions to stem drug use, as well as arms and money trafficking on both sides of the border.
Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora announced that the Mexican government will invest 400 million dollars to strengthen customs offices.
++ The Mexican Stock Exchange gained 3.43 percent, its sixth largest increase this year.
++ The Mexican currency rose to its highest rate since January 9… The peso closed at 13.87 pesos per dollar at the selling rate and 13.42 pesos per dollar at the buying rate.
++ The Senate unanimously approved a property seizure law that allows the state to take over assets and economic resources that are the offshoots of crime or that are used to commit illicit acts.
++ National Lottery director Miguel Ángel Jiménez Godínez denied accusations that claimed he suggested paying three million pesos from the institution he heads to the Megamedia Group, owner of the "Diario de Yucatán" and "La i" newspapers so that they would engage in a political campaign favorable to the PAN in Campeche.
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