Tuesday, September 06, 2011

News Summary for September 6th, 2011

++ UNAM rector José Narro presented a security strategy designed by UNAM academicians to President Felipe Calderón. The president said he was willing to adopt new methods to guarantee the safety of Mexicans but he said that facing up to crime was not a matter of choice. Later, at a conference with citizens on security, Calderón expressed frustration at the legal system, since he said the government arrests criminals and judges set them free on technicalities.

++ A federal judge in Nuevo León rejected an amparo sought by the former Operations Director at the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE)… The former electricity commission operations director, Néstor Félix Moreno Díaz, who is accused of illegal enrichment, could be arrested…

++ Investigations began at the Eurodólar currency exchange house… Murdered journalist Rocío González Trápaga was a shareholder in the currency exchange center. Chief justice of the Federal District Superior Tribunal Edgar Elías Azar said that an autopsy showed that both female reporters died from strangulation and gunshot wounds.


++ During the current administration authorities have captured 1,044 minors accused of organized crime, drug and people trafficking, homicide, kidnapping, arms possession and for giving information to criminal groups.

++ The Finance Secretariat said that the risk exists of a new world crisis that could cause economic slowdown in Mexico.

++ Mexico State Governor Enrique Peña Nieto urged authorities to recover security in Mexico.

++ Mexico State is on alert because of flooding in several municipalities among the Cuatitlan Izcalli and Cuatitlan México, Melchor Ocampo, Teoloyucan and Tepozotlán. Some 1,200 homes in Cuautitlán México, were flooded with sewage sludge. There was also a risk of flooding in Ecatepec and Nezahualcóyotl, after the Río de los Remedios sewage canal showed signs of damage and leaking near the bridge that connects with a highway.

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