Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Summary of the most important news in Mexico
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News Summary for September 8th, 2010
++ PRI deputies submitted a proposal to reduce the value added tax or IVA from 16 percent back to 15 percent. PRD deputies criticized PRI lawmakers because last year they approved the IVA being hiked and this year they want to reduce it again.
++ Family and friends held a wake and funeral in San Nicolás, Nuevo León, for the father and son killed by soldiers at a military checkpoint… Another five were wounded during this incident.
++ Chihuahua Governor José Reyes Baeza said abuses and use of excessive force by the Army or police corporations cannot go unpunished. PRD senators were set to file a motion to request information from National Defense Secretary Guillermo Galván about the military error.
++ Mexico City Attorney General Miguel Ángel Mancera said there was no information to back claims by Edgar Valdez Villarreal “La Barbie,” that José Jorge Balderas Garza, knows as “El JJ” or JJ, accused of shooting soccer player Salvador Cabañas, had left the country.
++ A federal judge ruled that Mexicana de Aviación airline could begin financially restructuring without having to declare bankruptcy… The firm now has one year to renegotiate with its debtors or be declared in bankruptcy. The Mexican Pilots Union staged a march at Los Pinos to demand that President Calderón intervene in the Mexicana de Aviación crisis.
++ After flying over areas in Tabasco affected by rains President Calderón said that even though rains in July and August were the heaviest ever, Villahermosa was safe, thanks to hydraulic works that were built after the devastating floods in 2007.
++ Hurricane Hermine swept through Tamaulipas affecting 115 districts and causing a blackout in most of Matamoros. Some 2,500 people sought refuge in shelters.
++ And in Veracruz 300,000 people were forced from their homes, 400 communities were flooded, 400 areas were stranded and 28,000 hectares of crops and pastures were damaged by rains and rivers flooding their banks.
++ A worker was killed and another 10 injured in an explosion and a fire that broke out in Pemex facilities in Cadereyta, Nuevo León.
++ Family and friends held a wake and funeral in San Nicolás, Nuevo León, for the father and son killed by soldiers at a military checkpoint… Another five were wounded during this incident.
++ Chihuahua Governor José Reyes Baeza said abuses and use of excessive force by the Army or police corporations cannot go unpunished. PRD senators were set to file a motion to request information from National Defense Secretary Guillermo Galván about the military error.
++ Mexico City Attorney General Miguel Ángel Mancera said there was no information to back claims by Edgar Valdez Villarreal “La Barbie,” that José Jorge Balderas Garza, knows as “El JJ” or JJ, accused of shooting soccer player Salvador Cabañas, had left the country.
++ A federal judge ruled that Mexicana de Aviación airline could begin financially restructuring without having to declare bankruptcy… The firm now has one year to renegotiate with its debtors or be declared in bankruptcy. The Mexican Pilots Union staged a march at Los Pinos to demand that President Calderón intervene in the Mexicana de Aviación crisis.
++ After flying over areas in Tabasco affected by rains President Calderón said that even though rains in July and August were the heaviest ever, Villahermosa was safe, thanks to hydraulic works that were built after the devastating floods in 2007.
++ Hurricane Hermine swept through Tamaulipas affecting 115 districts and causing a blackout in most of Matamoros. Some 2,500 people sought refuge in shelters.
++ And in Veracruz 300,000 people were forced from their homes, 400 communities were flooded, 400 areas were stranded and 28,000 hectares of crops and pastures were damaged by rains and rivers flooding their banks.
++ A worker was killed and another 10 injured in an explosion and a fire that broke out in Pemex facilities in Cadereyta, Nuevo León.
Friday, September 03, 2010
News Summary for September 3rd, 2010
++ President Felipe Calderón said unity is crucial to Mexico’s prosperity… During his message to the nation in the fourth year of his administration Calderón called on all political forces in Mexico to come to agreement about the solutions the country needs. Calderón said that it was possible to create a State security policy that gathered the efforts of everyone to put a definite end to crime. Interior Secretary Francisco Blake Mora said that it was “a time of unity” to overcome the country’s security crisis and move forward.
++ State of Mexico Governor Enrique Peña Nieto said his administration was joining the president’s call for unity. But Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said President Calderón failed to admit that Mexico has not progressed with regard to economic or social issues.
++ Mexican Army troops and hired gunmen engaged in a shootout near two towns on the border between Nuevo León and Tamaulipas… Twenty-five people were killed, three soldiers were wounded and three hostages freed.
++ A federal state public prosecutor was set to decide on Saturday on the legal situation of arrested drug suspect “La Barbie.” He could be placed under temporary arrest, sent to a maximum security prison or handed over to U.S. authorities to face drug trafficking charges there.
++ Ecuadorean television channel Gamma TV broadcast live footage of the Ecuadorean migrant who survived the massacre in San Fernando, Tamaulipas… The survivor asked his fellow Ecuadoreans not to travel to the United States because the Los Zetas gang is on a murderous rampage.
++ Mexicana de Aviación land employees marched through Terminal 1 at the Mexico City International Airport to demand a quick solution to the crisis the airline is going through.
++ Because of the violence gripping Tamaulipas, municipal authorities in San Fernando, Miguel Alemán and Hidalgo, suspended Independence festivities, the “Independence shout” or Grito, on the night of September 15th.
++ Heavy floods and rising rivers in Tabasco forced 109,408 people from their homes. Meanwhile, in Oaxaca, schools were shut down leaving 19,000 children at home, and 40 communities were stranded as more than 60,000 people were forced from their homes because of the rains.
++ On a sad note -- sardonic, perceptive and witty writer, dramatist and columnist Germán Dehesa died at age 66 in his home in Mexico City.
++ State of Mexico Governor Enrique Peña Nieto said his administration was joining the president’s call for unity. But Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said President Calderón failed to admit that Mexico has not progressed with regard to economic or social issues.
++ Mexican Army troops and hired gunmen engaged in a shootout near two towns on the border between Nuevo León and Tamaulipas… Twenty-five people were killed, three soldiers were wounded and three hostages freed.
++ A federal state public prosecutor was set to decide on Saturday on the legal situation of arrested drug suspect “La Barbie.” He could be placed under temporary arrest, sent to a maximum security prison or handed over to U.S. authorities to face drug trafficking charges there.
++ Ecuadorean television channel Gamma TV broadcast live footage of the Ecuadorean migrant who survived the massacre in San Fernando, Tamaulipas… The survivor asked his fellow Ecuadoreans not to travel to the United States because the Los Zetas gang is on a murderous rampage.
++ Mexicana de Aviación land employees marched through Terminal 1 at the Mexico City International Airport to demand a quick solution to the crisis the airline is going through.
++ Because of the violence gripping Tamaulipas, municipal authorities in San Fernando, Miguel Alemán and Hidalgo, suspended Independence festivities, the “Independence shout” or Grito, on the night of September 15th.
++ Heavy floods and rising rivers in Tabasco forced 109,408 people from their homes. Meanwhile, in Oaxaca, schools were shut down leaving 19,000 children at home, and 40 communities were stranded as more than 60,000 people were forced from their homes because of the rains.
++ On a sad note -- sardonic, perceptive and witty writer, dramatist and columnist Germán Dehesa died at age 66 in his home in Mexico City.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
News Summary for September 2d, 2010
++ The Attorney General’s Office confirmed that there was another survivor from the massacre of 72 migrants in the town of San Fernando in Tamaulipas. The Navy discovered the bodies on August 24. In a press release the Attorney General’s Office said the other survivor aside from an Ecuadorean citizen who told authorities about the massacre, was a Honduran migrant who managed to escape from the Los Zetas drug trafficking ring. The statement confirming another survivor came hours after Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa had announced it. The Federal District Superior Court said that the bodies of 56 migrants murdered and discovered on August 24 were taken to the Mexico City Forensics Service.
++ The Mexico City Attorney General’s Office said it would interrogate Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as "La Barbie," about his relationship with José Jorge Balderas Treviño, alias “El JJ,” who shot at soccer player Salvador Cabañas.
++ Public Security Secretary Genaro García Luna said it was regrettable that some critics are saying the arrest of Edgar Valdez Villarreal, “La Barbie,” was politically motivated.
++ Navy Secretary Francisco Saynez Mendoza, said Mexico was seeing terrorist actions from organized criminal groups who seek to intimidate society… However he rejected the notion that Mexico was harboring international terrorist groups seeking to destabilize the country.
++ Deputies and senators took part in the opening session of Congress in the second year of the 61st Legislature… Later, Interior Secretary Francisco Blake Mora submitted President Felipe Calderón’s Fourth Report on the State of the Nation.
++ Calderón said in his report that from September 1, 2009 to August 19, authorities arrested 34,515 people who were suspected of being linked to narcotics traffickers.
++ The Mexico City Attorney General’s Office said it would interrogate Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as "La Barbie," about his relationship with José Jorge Balderas Treviño, alias “El JJ,” who shot at soccer player Salvador Cabañas.
++ Public Security Secretary Genaro García Luna said it was regrettable that some critics are saying the arrest of Edgar Valdez Villarreal, “La Barbie,” was politically motivated.
++ Navy Secretary Francisco Saynez Mendoza, said Mexico was seeing terrorist actions from organized criminal groups who seek to intimidate society… However he rejected the notion that Mexico was harboring international terrorist groups seeking to destabilize the country.
++ Deputies and senators took part in the opening session of Congress in the second year of the 61st Legislature… Later, Interior Secretary Francisco Blake Mora submitted President Felipe Calderón’s Fourth Report on the State of the Nation.
++ Calderón said in his report that from September 1, 2009 to August 19, authorities arrested 34,515 people who were suspected of being linked to narcotics traffickers.
News Summary for September 1st, 2010
Barbie was arrested… Alive…
++ The Federal Police presented alleged drug lord Edgar Valdez Villarreal, or “La Barbie,” who was arrested Monday in Salazar, Lerma. In the State of Mexico, with another six suspected accomplices, four men and two women.
++ Speaking at a news conference, the head of the police Anti-drugs Division, Ramón Pequeño, said that “La Barbie” headed a criminal organization that moved a ton of cocaine every month operating in the State of Mexico as well as Morelos, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Quintana Roo and the Federal District. Pequeño said that in Monday’s shootout near the Perisur shopping mall in southern Mexico City, federal police shot dead Aarón Jines Becerril, a hired gunman who was a bodyguard to Valdez Villarreal. Also One of Barbie´s associates was also arrested in Colombia yesterday…
++ In an interview granted to Grupo Imagen, President Felipe Calderón admitted that even though it is not what he would wish violence would in the short run continue in some parts of Mexico.
++ The United States congratulated the Mexican government on the capture of Edgar Valdez Villarreal… The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said that Valdez Villarreal’s arrest shows that none of the “violent leaders” of the Mexican drug cartels are beyond the reach of law.
++ The government and the National Human Rights Commission created a
comprehensive strategy to prevent and fight migrant kidnappings… The plan
includes five action lines, among them dismantling people trafficking networks using intelligence available on them and stricter railroad vigilance.
++ An armed commando set fire to the Castillo del Mar bar in Cancún, Quintana Roo… Six women and two men were killed.
++ The PRD caucus in the Chamber of Deputies demanded the resignation of
Communications and Transportation Secretary Juan Molinar Horcasitas, because of the country’s failed aviation policy.
++ The Supreme Court began considering a decision from the
Inter-American Human Rights Commission finding the Mexican state to blame for the forced disappearance of Rosendo Radilla Pacheco, a political activist in the 1970s. The current government has argued that it cannot be blamed for something that happened so many years ago, since “Mexico today is not what it was then.”
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