++ A team from the Federal District Investigations Police Anti-Kidnapping Force rescued more than 100 people who were being held hostage and forced to work illegaly at a clandestine factory in Iztapalapa, disguised as a rehab center for recovering alcoholics… Police arrested 14 suspects.
++ The U.S. Treasury Department froze assets belonging to 22 individuals and 10 companies linked to the Beltrán Leyva drug cartel… The Treasury Department said that the cartel controls companies involved in air and land transportation and handles small electronics enterprises as well as health products imports and exports firms.
++ A federal judge sentenced Miguel Ángel Guzmán Loera, known as “The Mute,” or “El Mudo,” and a brother to drug traffickers Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, to 13 years and three months behind bars.
++ Congress will in January begin to discuss state and fiscal reform, said PRI deputies’ leader Francisco Rojas.
++ Local PRD deputies handed in to the Legislative Assembly a request to have Iztapalapa borough chief Rafael Acosta “Juanito” removed from office.
++ PAN senator Federico Döring said that his party sees the dismissal of Rafael Acosta, “Juanito,” as the solution to the conflict in Iztapalapa.
++ PRD deputy Guadalupe Acosta Naranjo said that a third person should be appointed to take over as Iztapalapa borough chief and put an end to the dispute between Rafael Acosta and Clara Brugada.
++ Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas said that the “Juanito” case was a clear example of what happens when an attempt is made to force illegal situations over what is legal.
++ The Senate voted down a proposal by President Felipe Calderón to dismantle the Tourism, Agrarian Reform and Public Office secretariats.
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