Wednesday, August 05, 2009

News Summary for August 5th, 2009

++ President Felipe Calderón welcomed deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya at Los Pinos… Calderón said that the rule of law and not the rule of force must prevail in Honduras… And Manuel Zelaya said that if the United States decided it, the government that took over after deposing him would fall in five minutes. The Mexican Congress’ Permanent Committee will welcome Manuel Zelaya, who will be received as Constitutional president of Honduras, in a clear message that Mexico’s Congress rejects the coup d’etat in Honduras.

++ Authorities arrested Jorge Alberto Campos Uscanga, in Veracruz. Known as el "Magadan," Campos Uscanga is a suspected member of the Los Rojos band, accused of kidnapping and killing Silvia Vargas Escalera.

++ The Mexican Bishop’s Conference strongly protested over the lack of respect shown by federal police who stormed a mass last Saturday in Apatzingán, Michoacán, to arrest suspected members of the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel. The Public Security Secretariat offered an apology to the Mexican Bishop’s Conference… In a press release the secretariat said the decision to interrupt the mass was taken to prevent drug traffickers from escaping or a shootout with them.

++ A national survey about day care centers shows that 87 percent of parents believe installations are safe. Meanwhile four ABC day care center associates testified before a federal judge in Sonora last Friday on the fire that led to the deaths of 49 infants… They were not arrested because they have an Amparo (temporary restraining order) which provides them legal protection under Mexican law.

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