Noticias de Hoy

President Felipe Calderón expressed his outrage and condemnation in relation to the deaths of three people who worked at the United States Consulate in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua… They were killed on Saturday by criminals…+++++U. S. President Barack Obama also expressed his outrage at the news… U. S. National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer said the United States would work tirelessly with the Mexican government to find the assassins of the three U. S. Consulate employees in Ciudad Juárez. ++++++++Meanwhile, U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged that these horrendous attacks are sadly part of a growing tragedy affecting many communities in Mexico…+++++++++Shortly beforehand, the U. S. State Department issued a new alert warning U. S. citizens about the dangers of traveling to certain cities in Mexico, which replaces a previous alert issued on February 22. ++++Elsewhere in the country violence was also rampant… Acapulco saw 32 assassinations conducted by organized crime… In total, the number of victims in the state of Guerrero over the weekend rose to 43…++++On a tour of Querétaro, former presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador called on authorities to deal with the problem of insecurity and drug trafficking in Mexico…++++++Turning to other issues, PRI Senate caucus leader Manlio Fabio Beltrones, demanded the federal government halt increases to gasoline and diesel prices. +++++The PAN and the PRD were near reaching agreement on alliances in Quintana Roo and Sinaloa, according to PRD secretary general Hortensia Aragón… ++++++It was a long weekend in Mexico as the Benito Juárez birth date anniversary was celebrated on March 15… Citizens took advantage of the holiday to travel to tourist locations…++++++++Water service began to return to normal after a weekend of less flow because of works in the Cutzamala network…++++++Drivers can take their cars out as the Today the Car Does Not Circulate program was suspended for the holiday…++++++And following a march by 5,000 gay and lesbian activists on Reforma Avenue, another 10 same sex marriages took place at the Hemiciclo to Juárez monument…

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