Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Summary of the most important news for August 25th, 2011

++ President Felipe Calderón called on judges and lawmakers to bring about the changes needed between the truth in daily life, and legal truth, in a society threatened by criminality.

++ UNAM rector José Narro Robles submitted to the National Governors’ Conference, a national safety strategy devised by university experts, that seeks to help the government’s stance to fight organized crime.  Narro urged the government to provide young people with work and educational options so that they don’t join the ranks of criminal organizations.

++ Ciudad Juárez Mayor Héctor Murguía Lardizábal said that the rate of daily assassinations in Juarez dropped considerably, since last year the rate was 8.1 assassinations per day, and currently, it is 3.1 murders per day. As the mayor announced this  a shootout in a primary school in Ciudad Juárez left one man dead and wounded two mothers. The victim was trying to hide in the school just as kids were coming out at the end of their classes…


++ The Attorney General’s Office began an investigation into the case of Mexican pilot Rubén García García who is accused of trafficking 42 kilos of cocaine from Mexico City into Spain.

++ The Mexican Communications and Transportation Secretariat confirmed that his license had been cancelled.

++ Authorities arrested Noemí López Sánchez in Sonora… She is the former head of the IMSS Day Care Centers Department and has been charged in connection to alleged negligence that led to the fire that broke out in the ABC day care center which killed 49 children. López Sánchez is accused of homicide, injuries and unlawful exercise of public office.

++ PT deputy Mario Di Costanzo said the 2012 spending budget will be very limited because 93 percent will go to operations, salaries and other benefits for the federal government.

++ Commissioner for the Mexican Federal Access to Information Institute María Marván charged that in Mexico the lack of transparency and access to public information is intentional.

++ Santiago Creel denied that he is the "problematic" PAN presidential contender, seeking to become the nominee, and said there was no distancing between himself and the party brass or with President Calderón.

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