++ A federal judge handed down an indictment against Gregorio Sánchez, the PRD, PT and Convergencia candidate for governor in Quintana Roo, charging him with narcotics trafficking and using illicit funds. The judge also ruled to suspend Sanchez’s political rights, so his candidacy would no longer be valid. The Federal Electoral Institute was set to begin an administrative procedure to remove Gregorio Sánchez from voting lists to make official his loss of political-electoral rights after his indictment. PRD senators’ leader Carlos Navarrete said that Gregorio Sanchez’s lawyers were working to prepare a protection writ or amparo against the indictment. PRD chairman Jesús Ortega said that even though Gregorio Sánchez has been indicted he would continue to be the party’s candidate in Quintana Roo. PRD deputy Agustín Guerrero said the party’s national leadership made a mistake in choosing Sánchez as the candidate for governor in Quintana Roo given the lack of clarity in his form of income and bank accounts. PAN candidate for governor in Quintana Roo Alicia Ricalde called on the PRD, PT and Convergencia to join her campaign and get the PRI out of Quintana Roo.
++ PRI Senate caucus leader Manlio Fabio Beltrones announced that the Permanent Committee would speak out against the improper use of federal programs and subsidies in Ciudad Juárez… Beltrones charged that the government of President Felipe Calderón was using public programs and resources to back PAN candidates.
++ Speaking at an event to mark Navy Day President Felipe Calderón said that his government would not give in despite the head on attack from organized crime, because people need and demand the government’s support.
++ Also on Tuesday, Social Development Secretary Heriberto Félix Guerra acknowledged that urban poverty is the breeding ground for crime and public insecurity.
++ Authorities in the Federal District announced that the early phase of an environmental emergency remained in effect in the Valley of Mexico since pollution continued at severe levels that could be harmful to human health.
The Metropolitan Environmental Committee advised against doing physical exercise outdoors and called on citizens to use vehicles as little as possible.
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