++ The PRI caucus in the Senate demanded that President Felipe Calderón order the dismissal of Miguel Ángel Jiménez Godínez, who is director of the National Lottery, for offering to funnel funds from that public institution to PAN political campaigns.
++ And PRD politician Carlos Navarrete, who heads PRD deputies at the Lower House of Congress, warned that the July 5th elections are at risk unless allegations that money from the National Lottery was sent to back the PAN in Campeche state is cleared up.
++ PAN candidate for governor of Campeche, Mario Ávila Lizárraga, denied knowing the National Lottery chief… He warned that he would not accept that his campaign be linked to illegal financing, so he called for an investigation to be conducted.
++ President Felipe Calderón met with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano at Los Pinos… Calderón and Napolitano discussed bilateral strategy to combat narcotics trafficking and an arms surveillance mechanism agreed upon by the Mexican and U.S. governments during a meeting in Morelos.
++ Napolitano also met with Foreign Affairs Secretary Patricia Espinosa... They agreed to create a High Level Group on Migration in which authorities from both countries would analyze and establish public policies to deal with the migration issue in a more efficient manner.
++ PAN national president Germán Martínez, welcomed the PRI’s “grudging” help in pushing through the Senate a law on seizure of property and assets illegally acquired by criminals or used to commit crimes.
++ PAN blocked off its Internet page political propaganda called “letters soup” which the PRI claimed was negative campaigning… PAN acted after being ordered to remove the offending propaganda by the IFE Complaints Committee.
++ The peso continued to strengthen… The Mexican currency sold at 13.69 pesos per dollar and was bought for 13.24 pesos per dollar.
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Thursday, April 02, 2009
News Summary for April 3, 2009
++ Authorities captured Vicente Carrillo Leyva, the son of deceased drug trafficker Amado Carrillo Fuentes, who was known as “The Lord of the Skies." Carrillo Leyva is considered to be one of the main operators of the Juárez cartel.
He was arrested on Wednesday in Bosques de las Lomas, in Mexico City, as he was exercising… Carrillo Leyva is accused of laundering money for the Juárez cartel and also of controlling narcotics trafficking routes into the United States.
++ Washington congratulated Mexico on Vicente Carrillo Leyva’s capture and said that it was yet another significant victory for Mexican justice.
++ A Mexico-U.S. binational meeting on arms trafficking wrapped up in Morelos… Officials from both countries agreed to set up joint actions to stem drug use, as well as arms and money trafficking on both sides of the border.
Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora announced that the Mexican government will invest 400 million dollars to strengthen customs offices.
++ The Mexican Stock Exchange gained 3.43 percent, its sixth largest increase this year.
++ The Mexican currency rose to its highest rate since January 9… The peso closed at 13.87 pesos per dollar at the selling rate and 13.42 pesos per dollar at the buying rate.
++ The Senate unanimously approved a property seizure law that allows the state to take over assets and economic resources that are the offshoots of crime or that are used to commit illicit acts.
++ National Lottery director Miguel Ángel Jiménez Godínez denied accusations that claimed he suggested paying three million pesos from the institution he heads to the Megamedia Group, owner of the "Diario de Yucatán" and "La i" newspapers so that they would engage in a political campaign favorable to the PAN in Campeche.
He was arrested on Wednesday in Bosques de las Lomas, in Mexico City, as he was exercising… Carrillo Leyva is accused of laundering money for the Juárez cartel and also of controlling narcotics trafficking routes into the United States.
++ Washington congratulated Mexico on Vicente Carrillo Leyva’s capture and said that it was yet another significant victory for Mexican justice.
++ A Mexico-U.S. binational meeting on arms trafficking wrapped up in Morelos… Officials from both countries agreed to set up joint actions to stem drug use, as well as arms and money trafficking on both sides of the border.
Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora announced that the Mexican government will invest 400 million dollars to strengthen customs offices.
++ The Mexican Stock Exchange gained 3.43 percent, its sixth largest increase this year.
++ The Mexican currency rose to its highest rate since January 9… The peso closed at 13.87 pesos per dollar at the selling rate and 13.42 pesos per dollar at the buying rate.
++ The Senate unanimously approved a property seizure law that allows the state to take over assets and economic resources that are the offshoots of crime or that are used to commit illicit acts.
++ National Lottery director Miguel Ángel Jiménez Godínez denied accusations that claimed he suggested paying three million pesos from the institution he heads to the Megamedia Group, owner of the "Diario de Yucatán" and "La i" newspapers so that they would engage in a political campaign favorable to the PAN in Campeche.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
News Summary for April 2, 2009
++ PRD leader in Tamaulipas, Miguel Ángel Almaraz Maldonado, was arrested by federal agents on charges of links to the Los Zetas group, accused of robbery and trafficking gasoline into the United States.
Another eight people were also arrested, by the Attorney General’s Office, among them José Raúl Zertuche González, who is a leader of the New Left movement within the PRD and is a member of the PRD Tamaulipas state political commission.
++ PRD senators leader Carlos Navarrete called for an investigation and for proper punishment under the law for those involved… However, he rejected any accusation linking all of the PRD to organized crime.
Navarette also called for party rights to be suspended for Miguel Ángel Almaraz Maldonado and José Raúl Zertuche González.
++ Bank of Mexico Governor Guillermo Ortiz will on Friday request a credit line of 47 billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund to shore up Mexico’s economy.
++ International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the credit line requested by Mexico will allow international markets to recover confidence in the Mexican economy.
++ The peso strengthened to 14.05 pesos per dollar at the selling rate and 13.60 pesos at the buying rate.
++ Speaking before the British Parliament President Felipe Calderón said that he will defend the bounties of free trade during the G-20 Summit and will warn against a return to protectionism that would block a resolution to the economic crisis.
++ The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, the DEA, identified “hundreds of cells” operating in U.S. territory under orders from Mexican drug cartels as “the biggest threat to national security.”
Another eight people were also arrested, by the Attorney General’s Office, among them José Raúl Zertuche González, who is a leader of the New Left movement within the PRD and is a member of the PRD Tamaulipas state political commission.
++ PRD senators leader Carlos Navarrete called for an investigation and for proper punishment under the law for those involved… However, he rejected any accusation linking all of the PRD to organized crime.
Navarette also called for party rights to be suspended for Miguel Ángel Almaraz Maldonado and José Raúl Zertuche González.
++ Bank of Mexico Governor Guillermo Ortiz will on Friday request a credit line of 47 billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund to shore up Mexico’s economy.
++ International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the credit line requested by Mexico will allow international markets to recover confidence in the Mexican economy.
++ The peso strengthened to 14.05 pesos per dollar at the selling rate and 13.60 pesos at the buying rate.
++ Speaking before the British Parliament President Felipe Calderón said that he will defend the bounties of free trade during the G-20 Summit and will warn against a return to protectionism that would block a resolution to the economic crisis.
++ The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, the DEA, identified “hundreds of cells” operating in U.S. territory under orders from Mexican drug cartels as “the biggest threat to national security.”
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