Monday, August 22, 2011

News Summary for August 23, 2011

++ President Felipe Calderón condemned the lack of scruples shown by criminals who threatened the lives of thos who were at a soccer match in Torreón, Coahuila and at a mall in Morelia, Michoacán. Calderón said he would continue to protect Mexican famlies.

++ National Security Council Alejandro Poiré said the government will find and punish those who set off the shootout in the Santos Modelo stadium. He said the Attorney General’s Office has begun an investigation. Deputy Interior Secretary Juan Marcos Gutiérrez said the attack was aimed at the head of the municipal police  Adelaido Flores Díaz, and not citizens.

++The Coahuila Attorney General’s Office has begun an investigation into the shooting incident at the Santos Modelo stadium… Both the federal and local attorney general’s office are working on the case…


++ After the assassination of the mayor of Zacualpan, Mexico State, José Nava Altamirano, the state government said the entire border area with Guerrero had been protected…

++ Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Guerrero and Aguascalientes joined the list of states where violent car robberies, extortions and homicides as well as kidnapping are above the national average, according to a list compiled by the Mexico Evaluates organization. Durango, Chihuahua and Morelos still top the list.

++ PRD national leader Jesús Zambrano said there will be no bias to favor any candidate in particular in surveys to choose a presidential nominee.
He said the surveys and the firms that will conduct them will be ready in October. Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard hailed that the national council chose open consultation as the method to choose a presidential candidate.

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