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News Summary for August 7th, 2010
++ Public Security Secretary Genaro García Luna said that organized crime is
paying municipal police throughout Mexico more than 1.2 billion pesos a year…
He said that three out of every five police agents receive 4,000 pesos a month
in salary and 20.4 percent, or about a fifth, only earn 1,000 pesos a month.
These low salaries explain why so many police agents are on organized crime’s
payroll, he said.
++ President Felipe Calderón said society’s enemies are criminals… In a speech
before media owners and executives he proposed that media organizations should
discuss among themselves how to establish ethical codes and protocols on the way
security information should be handled.
++ Interior Secretary Francisco Blake Mora said the federal government would
continue to battle ruthless criminals whose intention is to terrorize and
antagonize citizens and authorities.
++ Fourteen prisoners were killed in a prison riot in the Matamoros
penitentiary… Authorities said rival gangs seeking control of the prison fought
using their fists and knives and other sharp instruments.
++ Criminal groups ordered road blockades using cargo trucks in San Nicolás and
Apodaca, Nuevo León… The blockades kept main avenues closed for an hour until
Mexican army troops freed up the roadways by removing the trucks…
++ Journalists, reporters and other concerned citizens were planning a “silent”
march to protest over journalists being kidnapped, killed and disappeared… The
first Demonstration Against Attacks on Journalists in Mexico would set off from
the Angel of Independence Monument and head to the Interior Secretariat.
++ Villagers in San Pablo Oztotepec, in Milpa Alta, tired to lynch two suspects
who were caught robbing… Both were freed after city authorities spoke with their
captors who demanded the two be punished.
++ The Flight Attendants Union agreed to propose changes in their labor
conditions that would mean 240 million pesos in savings annually for
crisis-struck Mexicana de Aviación airline.
paying municipal police throughout Mexico more than 1.2 billion pesos a year…
He said that three out of every five police agents receive 4,000 pesos a month
in salary and 20.4 percent, or about a fifth, only earn 1,000 pesos a month.
These low salaries explain why so many police agents are on organized crime’s
payroll, he said.
++ President Felipe Calderón said society’s enemies are criminals… In a speech
before media owners and executives he proposed that media organizations should
discuss among themselves how to establish ethical codes and protocols on the way
security information should be handled.
++ Interior Secretary Francisco Blake Mora said the federal government would
continue to battle ruthless criminals whose intention is to terrorize and
antagonize citizens and authorities.
++ Fourteen prisoners were killed in a prison riot in the Matamoros
penitentiary… Authorities said rival gangs seeking control of the prison fought
using their fists and knives and other sharp instruments.
++ Criminal groups ordered road blockades using cargo trucks in San Nicolás and
Apodaca, Nuevo León… The blockades kept main avenues closed for an hour until
Mexican army troops freed up the roadways by removing the trucks…
++ Journalists, reporters and other concerned citizens were planning a “silent”
march to protest over journalists being kidnapped, killed and disappeared… The
first Demonstration Against Attacks on Journalists in Mexico would set off from
the Angel of Independence Monument and head to the Interior Secretariat.
++ Villagers in San Pablo Oztotepec, in Milpa Alta, tired to lynch two suspects
who were caught robbing… Both were freed after city authorities spoke with their
captors who demanded the two be punished.
++ The Flight Attendants Union agreed to propose changes in their labor
conditions that would mean 240 million pesos in savings annually for
crisis-struck Mexicana de Aviación airline.
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
News Summary for August 4th, 2010
++ On the second day of the Dialogues for Security President Felipe Calderón
warned that violence will continue in Mexico for quite a while as a result of
the turf wars among criminal organizations. He said that regulating drugs is a core debate that must occur in a democracy
like Mexico.
++ The director of the CISEN, Guillermo Valdés, said that during this administration 28,000 people have been killed in the battle against organized crime.
++ PRD national leader Jesús Ortega called on the federal government not to be
afraid to discuss drug legalization as part of a strategy to reduce violence in
Mexico.
++ Jalisco Governor Emilio González Márquez said he supported a federal
investigation into whether local police forces had been offering protection to
Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel.
++ Mexicana de Aviación filed a commercial request to refinance its debt with a
Mexico City tribunal… This move came after pilots and cabin crew staff refused a
drastic cut to their wages and benefits as well as the buying conditions for the
airline.
++ The Federal District Tourism Secretariat and the National Touristic
Confederation said the Mexicana de Aviación crisis should lead to a revision of
the country’s airline sector.
++ Seven of 11 Supreme Court ministers could vote in favor of declaring that the
reforms to the Civil Code in the Federal District that allowed same sex
marriages were unconstitutional.
++ The remains of Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel and his nephew Mario Coronel were
buried in the Jardines del Humaya, cemetery in Culiacán, Sinaloa... Military
staff cordoned off the area both outside and inside the cemetery.
warned that violence will continue in Mexico for quite a while as a result of
the turf wars among criminal organizations. He said that regulating drugs is a core debate that must occur in a democracy
like Mexico.
++ The director of the CISEN, Guillermo Valdés, said that during this administration 28,000 people have been killed in the battle against organized crime.
++ PRD national leader Jesús Ortega called on the federal government not to be
afraid to discuss drug legalization as part of a strategy to reduce violence in
Mexico.
++ Jalisco Governor Emilio González Márquez said he supported a federal
investigation into whether local police forces had been offering protection to
Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel.
++ Mexicana de Aviación filed a commercial request to refinance its debt with a
Mexico City tribunal… This move came after pilots and cabin crew staff refused a
drastic cut to their wages and benefits as well as the buying conditions for the
airline.
++ The Federal District Tourism Secretariat and the National Touristic
Confederation said the Mexicana de Aviación crisis should lead to a revision of
the country’s airline sector.
++ Seven of 11 Supreme Court ministers could vote in favor of declaring that the
reforms to the Civil Code in the Federal District that allowed same sex
marriages were unconstitutional.
++ The remains of Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel and his nephew Mario Coronel were
buried in the Jardines del Humaya, cemetery in Culiacán, Sinaloa... Military
staff cordoned off the area both outside and inside the cemetery.
Sunday, August 01, 2010
News Summary for August 2d, 2010
In the wake of the death of drug trafficker Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel, PRI, PRD
and Labor Party deputies warned that if efforts are not made to avoid that the
Sinaloa drug cartel regroup there could be a wave of violence…
++++++
Federal District Public Security Secretary Manuel Mondragón said the police in
Mexico City are on alert in the wake of Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel’s death.
+++++++
Authorities ordered the 40-day temporary detainment of the former director of
the Gómez Palacios, Durango prison, Margarita Rojas Rodríguez and three of her
aides… These officials are accused of allowing a group of prisoners to exit the
penitentiary at nighttime to attack rival gangs and those actions left 35 people
killed in three massacres in Torreón…
+++++++++++++++++
Authorities confirmed that four reporters who were kidnapped this week when they
were covering the situation in the Gómez Palacios prison were freed… Public
Security Secretary Genaro García Luna said that kidnapping reporters is a new
strategy on the part of Joaquín “EL Chapo” Guzmán…
++++++++
Unknown attackers probably linked to organized crime killed four people in
Cuernavaca… The assailants gunned down three people after a chase that took
place in the airport area of Cuernavaca… Later, authorities found another corpse
wrapped in a blanket…
+++++++
And in the Villa Nueva district of Chihuahua unknown attackers gunned down six
men and seriously wounded another…
+++++++
The army seized a weapons cache that also contained military uniforms in Pareo,
in Tancítaro, Michoacán… The army first engaged in a shootout with suspects… No
victims or people wounded were reported…
+++++++++
Mexicana pilots and crew members carried out a march in the Mexico City airport
Terminal 1…. They called on President Felipe Calderón to intervene in the
conflict… They said decisions being taken by management are endangering flight
security…
+++++++++++++
The United States began the deployment of 1,200 National Guard troops on the
border with Mexico with the aim of strengthening security…
+++++++++
U.S. President Barack Obama called on U.S. officials to avoid demagoguery in the
immigration issue… He said that a solution would have to be found on a national
level and not in each state…
++++++++
Mexico now has two more spots declared UNESCO world heritage sites… They are the
inland Camino Real passage on the border with the United States and the Yagul
and Mitla prehistoric caves in central Oaxaca…
and Labor Party deputies warned that if efforts are not made to avoid that the
Sinaloa drug cartel regroup there could be a wave of violence…
++++++
Federal District Public Security Secretary Manuel Mondragón said the police in
Mexico City are on alert in the wake of Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel’s death.
+++++++
Authorities ordered the 40-day temporary detainment of the former director of
the Gómez Palacios, Durango prison, Margarita Rojas Rodríguez and three of her
aides… These officials are accused of allowing a group of prisoners to exit the
penitentiary at nighttime to attack rival gangs and those actions left 35 people
killed in three massacres in Torreón…
+++++++++++++++++
Authorities confirmed that four reporters who were kidnapped this week when they
were covering the situation in the Gómez Palacios prison were freed… Public
Security Secretary Genaro García Luna said that kidnapping reporters is a new
strategy on the part of Joaquín “EL Chapo” Guzmán…
++++++++
Unknown attackers probably linked to organized crime killed four people in
Cuernavaca… The assailants gunned down three people after a chase that took
place in the airport area of Cuernavaca… Later, authorities found another corpse
wrapped in a blanket…
+++++++
And in the Villa Nueva district of Chihuahua unknown attackers gunned down six
men and seriously wounded another…
+++++++
The army seized a weapons cache that also contained military uniforms in Pareo,
in Tancítaro, Michoacán… The army first engaged in a shootout with suspects… No
victims or people wounded were reported…
+++++++++
Mexicana pilots and crew members carried out a march in the Mexico City airport
Terminal 1…. They called on President Felipe Calderón to intervene in the
conflict… They said decisions being taken by management are endangering flight
security…
+++++++++++++
The United States began the deployment of 1,200 National Guard troops on the
border with Mexico with the aim of strengthening security…
+++++++++
U.S. President Barack Obama called on U.S. officials to avoid demagoguery in the
immigration issue… He said that a solution would have to be found on a national
level and not in each state…
++++++++
Mexico now has two more spots declared UNESCO world heritage sites… They are the
inland Camino Real passage on the border with the United States and the Yagul
and Mitla prehistoric caves in central Oaxaca…
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