Noticias de Hoy

Political Bombshell. . . . . ++ Interior Secretary Fernando Gómez Mont resigned from the PAN… He would not say why but claimed professional obligations keep him from giving his reasons for such a dramatic move… However, most analyst assumed that his decision was linked to the decision made by the party leaders of the PAN and the PRD to run as a coalition for governor in the state of Oaxaca. (We analyzed the Gomez Mont decision on Imagen News, download the February 10th podcast at www. imagen. com. mx)++ President Felipe Calderón said that the citizens of Ciudad Juárez are not alone and that they will continue to have the support of the Armed Forces… He warned that withdrawing troops would leave society in the hands of organized crime. Chihuahua Governor José Reyes Baeza said that beyond niceties, the truth is that a social and citizens emergency prevails in Ciudad Juárez. ++ Despite growing insecurity in Mexico, authorities allotted the funds failed to spend 790 million pesos aimed for security measures in the country’s cities and towns, said the chairman of the Senate Federal Security Committee, Felipe González. . . He said that Ciudad Juárez failed to disburse 95 million pesos, that is to say, the entire amount, or 100 percent of its crime fighting allocation for 2009. ++ Authorities had almost completely repaired a crack in the Río de la Compañía sewer system, and flooding was practically under control. Valle de Chalco alderman Ricardo Flores, a PAN politician, charged that help for people who lost their homes in that district because of the flooding is trickling in. ++ The head of the National Water Commission, José Luis Luege Tamargo, acknowledged that the Canal de la Compañía sewer duct, which flooded Valle de Chalco, has construction faults. ++ And authorities said that the death toll in Angangueo, Michoacán, had risen to 33 from the massive floods and mudslides… About 100 homes were entirely destroyed and 400 were badly damaged…

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