Wednesday, May 27, 2009

News Summary for May 28th, 2009

++ The arrests of 28 Michoacán government officials, including 10 mayors, are based on federal investigations. According to federal authorities, drug shipments and automobile caravans transporting members of the La Familia criminal ring were receiving protection from the central Michoachán government.

++ The Attorney General’s Office has gathered evidence to charge the 28 public servants of the Michoacán government detained on Tuesday of organized crime, drug trafficking and protection offered to “La Familia Michoacana” criminal gang.

++ Michoacán state Attorney General Miguel García Hurtado and deputy attorney general in Morelia, Ignacio Mendoza, requested leave from their posts… García Hurtado went to testify as a witness at the Attorney General’s Office, after being requested to do so…

++ National PRD leaders said the Michoacán operation was “legal” but infringed on rules of political decency since the federal government did not advise state authorities of its plans to arrest the 28 public officials… The Michoacán governor is a member of the PRD…

++ Interior Secretary Fernando Gómez Mont said that for the arrest operation to be successful, it was necessary that the least possible number of people know about it beforehand.

++ Chihuahua municipal security director Lázaro Gaytán Aguirre resigned after he was the object of death threats from organized crime.

++ President Felipe Calderón warned the will not lower the tone of the battle against organized crime and put every effort into it…

++ IFE chief councilor Leonardo Valdés said it was regrettable that 10 mayors in Michoachán, elected officials, are suspected of being linked to organized crime.

++ The Health Secretariat raised the number of deaths from the AH1N1 influenza virus to 89 and the number of confirmed infections to 4,910.

1 comments:

TL Winslow said...

The age-old pesky U.S.-Mexico border problem has taxed the resources of both countries, led to long lists of injustices, and appears to be heading only for worse troubles in the future. Guess what? The border problem can never be solved. Why? Because the border IS the problem! It's time for a paradigm change.

Never fear, a satisfying, comprehensive solution is within reach: the Megamerge Dissolution Solution. Simply dissolve the border along with the failed Mexican government, and megamerge the two countries under U.S. law, with mass free 2-way migration eventually equalizing the development and opportunities permanently, with justice and without racism, and without threatening U.S. sovereignty or basic principles.