News Summary for November 10th, 2009

Hurricane Ida caused only minimal damage when the category two storm swept past Quintana Roo’s northern coasts… The alert level was lowered from red to orange. The hurricane was now threatening the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Authorities are now concerned about health contingencies connected to low temperatures across Mexico but no cold-weather related deaths were reported in the last week.

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This week the government will begin its re-hiring program for former workers at power utility Luz y Fuerza del Centro… Up to now, 51 percent of workers who were laid off have accepted severance payments… The deadline is November 14th. Expect mayor protest this week.

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The PRI Chamber of Deputies caucus is preparing significant cuts in the 2010 spending budget, especially in programs it deems inefficient in battling poverty. PRI senators’ leader Manlio Fabio Beltrones called for true in-depth state reform…

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Authorities are looking for more cases of minors being sold after discovering a child-selling ring at a private hospital in eastern Mexico City… Investigations have reached the State of Mexico…In another incident, authorities arrested six people accused of being involved in the sale of a two-year-old boy, who was rescued in Hidalgo.

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A man known as “La Chivis,” and identified as Ramiro Fernández de Luna, was arrested in Nuevo León… He is accused of taking part in the murder of the newly appointed García security chief, retired general Juan Arturo Esparza, and four of his guards…

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In another arrest, this one in Colima, authorities nabbed Aaron López García, one of the 15 most-wanted criminals in the United States, accused of arms possession… He allegedly is a member of one of the deadliest and most violent gangs within the so-called “Mexican mafia” in the U.S. state of California…