News Summary for February 19th, 2010
++ Speaking in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, President Felipe Calderón warned that positive results from the “We Are All Juárez” program will not be immediate… He said that what needs to change are the processes and it is not simply a matter of willpower, so all of society must take part. ++ The Chihuahua state government said that 14 hired gunmen responsible for the brutal massacre of 15 people at a student party in Villas de Salvarcar have been fully identified and that their capture is imminent… ++ The Chihuahua Human Rights Commission delivered a letter to the Interior Secretariat describing human rights violations by members of the Army in Chihuahua and their modus operandi. ++ The Río de la Compañía sewage system ruptured again at the same spot where the previous 50-meter break caused severe flooding in Chalco and Valle de Chalco… The National Water Commission said the problem had been controlled…++ The Mexico City Water System set off its Storm Unit operation to prevent emergencies and attend them should they occur after rainfall began hitting the capital once again… Venustiano Carranza, Gustavo A. Madero, Azcapotzalco and Tláhuac boroughs are on alert. ++ PRI president Beatriz Paredes has admitted that the party did negotiate with the PAN so as to avoid PAN-PRD alliances in Oaxaca and the State of Mexico, but she said those negotiations did not leverage PRI lawmakers into approving the fiscal package. ++ The Finance Secretariat increased its growth rate forecast for Mexico in 2010, from 3 percent to 3. 9 percent…. The secretariat said that it is observing a significant rise in non-petroleum exports, automotive production, other manufacturing and in trade and transportation…
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