Saturday, June 27, 2009

News Summary for June 27th, 2009

Sonora continues to make headlines… More bad news…
++ The number of children killed in the ABC day care center fire in Hermosillo rose to 48… The latest death was that of a three-year-old girl who was being cared for at the Shriners Hospital in Cincinnati. Interior Secretary Fernando Gómez Mont said that in view of the poor results obtained by the Sonora State Attorney General’s Office in the investigation into the fire at the ABC day care center, it will be up to the federal Attorney General’s Office to capture those truly to blame. Former IMSS director Juan Molinar Horcasitas, who is currently Communications and Transportation Secretary, denied any responsibility in the ABC day care center tragedy. (Comment: Ahhhhhhhhh this bickering is disgusting and demeaning…At the end of the day, there is probably going to be 50 dead infants and no one is to blame…or they will blame the lower one on the ladder of guilt…Another march taking place in Hermosillo this weekend, and also they are announcing a march next weekend in Mexico City…Will this mobilization actually matter? Probably not…You can kill close to 50 infants in Mexico and nada…nada… nada…)

Also in Sonora…Political assassinations?
++ An armed commando opened fire on a car that was transporting the PAN candidate for federal deputy in Sonora, Ernesto Cornejo… Two of his aides were killed… The Attorney General’s Office will take on the investigations into the attack… PAN repudiated the attack against Ernesto Cornejo and accused PRI governor Eduardo Bours of creating a climate of confrontation in the state…

More law and order news… Well, lot´s of violence and arrests…
++Twelve members of the los Zetas hired gunmen’s group were killed in a shootout with soldiers and police in Apaseo el Alto in Guanajuato… Three policemen were wounded. Federal Police in Hidalgo for the third day in a row carried out operations to locate more agents possibly linked to organized crime… To date, 92 state police have been detained and taken to the organized crime special prosecutor’s office. Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora acknowledged that Mexico has become a drug center where illegal drugs are produced, trafficked and used.

2 comments:

DonCriCri said...

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