Noticias de Hoy

++ An aftershock measuring 6 on the Richter scale struck Haiti spreading panic and causing thousands to flee from the capital… The aftershock made seven buildings collapse in Petit-Goave, the town on the coastline closest to the quake epicenter… There were no reports of people killed or trapped in the aftershock…++ Mexican citizen Carlos Peralta Valle, who survived the earthquake in Haiti, arrived in Mexico… He was taken to the General Hospital where he was found to be in good condition and out of danger… Another 33 people, among them 12 Haitian citizens, arrived together with Peralta Valle…++ The family of María Antonieta Castillo, a Mexican citizen in Haiti when the quake hit, accused officials at the Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretariat of providing incorrect information about their relative… The relatives charged that officials first they said she had been located and then, that her whereabouts were unknown…++ A riot broke out in a penitentiary in Durango left 23 inmates dead and seven seriously wounded… The riot broke out as rival gangs clashed to control drug distribution inside the prison…++ The Attorney General’s Office said that Juan Carlos Tarabay Castillo, known as “El 20” or “The 20,” who was arrested in Veracruz on Tuesday, is believed to have ordered the execution of the family of Navy soldier Melquisidet Angulo Córdova, who was killed in the shootout in Cuernavaca in which drug kingpin Arturo Beltrán Leyva, alias “El Barbas,” or Boss of Bosses was killed. ++ The PAN wants the PRD to have its members recognize President Felipe Calderón as the country’s legitimate president if they want to forge electoral alliances… ++ The PRD said that PRI senator Manlio Fabio Beltrones’s criticisms of possible PRD alliances with the PAN are because the PRI fears it will lose the elections. ++ President Felipe Calderón said that in 2010 his government’s priority is to achieve economic recovery.

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