Noticias de Hoy

++ The mastermind behind the student massacre in Ciudad Juárez is former prosecutor’s office policeman José Antonio Acosta Hernández, alias “El Diez,” or Number 10, and the main leader of the La Línea criminal group, the armed wing of the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes drug cartel, operating in Ciudad Juárez. Civic and business organizations in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, demanded that President Calderón fulfill his responsibility and end the violence in the border town that has forced more than 10,000 families to emigrate to the United States. ++ Interior Secretary Fernando Gómez Mont said that even though the federal government is seeking to bring about political reform, it is not ignoring priority issues such as security… Gómez Mont said the government will not abandon Ciudad Juárez. ++ The mayor of Torreón, Coahuila, Eduardo Olmos, asked nightspot and club owners to shut their establishments to join in the mourning for the young people killed last Sunday at a local nightclub. ++ The Senate political affairs board decided to call Interior Secretary Fernando Gómez Mont, alongside the rest of the federal security cabinet, to appear before the Senate to explain what is being done to combat crime and also speak about the Mérida Initiative. ++ He is baaaaack! Former President Vicente Fox once again criticized PAN alliances with the PRD… However, he acknowledged that he backs the alliance that launched Xóchitl Gálvez for governor in Hidalgo. ++Business leaders expressed their acceptance of the ruling by the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the IETU single rate business tax… However, they insisted that the federal government keep its pledge that there be only one tax on income.

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