++ Federal police and soldiers arrested 27 public officials in Michoacán who are accused of being linked to organized crime. Among the suspects are 10 mayors.
++ And federal police agents also arrested 11 suspected members of the kidnappers ring known as “La familia Michoacana...” The gang leader has been identified as former Michoacán judicial police officer Javier Ortiz Chávez, known as “El Arqui,” who is 53.
++ The head of the National Confederation of Tradesmen and Wholesale Marketplaces Alfredo Neme, said that kidnappings that occur in large central marketplaces are causing economic losses of over 50 billion pesos because of the effect on commercial activity.
++ The Attorney General’s Office has assumed the investigation into the death of reporter Eliseo Barrón Hernández, who wrote for Milenio newspaper in Torreón, Coahuila… Barrón Hernández had for the past 11 years covered the police beat in Gómez Palacio, Durango, very near Torreón… This is the second case of a journalist murdered by organized crime hit men in Coahuila.
++ IFE chief councilor IFE, Leonardo Valdés called on public officials not to get involved in midterm elections… His plea came after Interior Secretary Fernando Gómez Mont said that parties should debate subjects of national interest.
++ President Felipe Calderón thanked the Federal District government for its cooperation to promote licenses and permits needed to build Bicentennial Park on the large plot of land that was the site of the 18 de Marzo Refinery… The park will be inaugurated next year.
++ In April, unemployment rose to 5.25 percent of the Economically Active Population… In March unemployment was at 4.76 percent and the rate for February was 5.3 percent.
++ The Health Secretary said 85 people have died from the A H1N1 influenza virus and 4,806 infections have been confirmed.
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