Noticias de Hoy

++ Federal Public Security Secretary Genaro García Luna underscored the need to create and guarantee the development of security institutions and their staff, since he admitted that low wages can contribute to corruption. Appearing before legislators of the congressional Permanent Committee he said there are 4. 7 million drug addicts in Mexico, mostly to marihuana, and the street market value of those drugs is 811 million dollars yearly. ++ The PAN national executive committee will on Monday decide whether it forms alliances with the PRD, said deputy PAN secretary general Alfredo Rivadeneyra. ++ PRD senator Carlos Sotelo spoke out against possible alliances between the PRD and the PAN to run together in elections for governor in Hidalgo, Durango and Oaxaca. ++ The Business Coordinating Council said it would work closely with the federal government to urgently bring about fiscal reforms, since, it warned, if there is no fiscal reform public finances are imperiled. ++ The Mexican Stock Exchange lost 2. 56 percent, its biggest drop this year and also the largest since November 26, when the IPC index fell 2. 92 percent. ++ Haiti was struck by an aftershock measuring 4. 8 on the Richter scale. No damages were reported. ++ The Haitian Ambassador to Mexico, Robert Manuel, denied that the United States is conducting a silent invasion of the Caribbean nation. ++ The Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretariat regretted communication errors in the aftermath of the earthquake. ++ Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, together with U. S. mayors, met with U. S. President Barack Obama in Washington to discuss migration, economic crisis, global warming and tourism.

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