++ Two shootouts between hired gunmen and army troops in Juarez, Nuevo León, killed 12 members of the Los Zetas criminal group, among them a man identified as Ricardo Almanza Morales, known as "El Gori" and alleged leader of the Zetas unit in Nuevo León.
A woman was also killed in the crossfire and four people were wounded and nine arrested.
“El Gori” has been linked to the murder of Brigadier General Juan Arturo Esparza García, on November 4, in García, Nuevo León.
++ Meanwhile, an armed commando freed 23 people awaiting trial in a security house in Escobedo, Nuevo León… Among those freed were 16 police officers accused of selling protection to organized criminals.
++ The Federal District Attorney General’s Office arrested another two people linked to the criminal ring that was holding more than 100 people working in slave conditions in a place that was disguised as a recovering alcoholic’s clinic in Iztapalapa.
++ President Felipe Calderón warned he will not stop taking decisions nor abandon his role leading the country, despite adversity within Mexico and in the international arena.
++ Mexican Electricians Union members and sympathizers staged several protests on major avenues in Mexico City… No violent incidents were reported…
++ Mexican Electricians Union spokesman Fernando Amezcua announced that the union was setting back a massive march that had been planned this week, for next Friday, December 11… The march is planned from the Monument to the Revolution to the Federal Labor Board, in Azcapotzalco...
The change of date came in the wake of a decision by the Labor Board to shift a SME audience for next week.
++ Iztapalapa borough chief Rafael Acosta, “Juanito,” acknowledged that he staged a “coup d’état” when he took over from PRD member Clara Brugada, whom he had left in charge, without warning. Juanito used a locksmith to enter borough offices secretly the evening before his leave of absence was set to expire.
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very interesting, thanks
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