Noticias de Hoy

++ Businessman Moisés Saba Masri and three of his relatives, killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, were buried in the Jardín cemetery. Moisés Saba Masri, Alberto Saba Tuachi, Adela Tuachi de Saba and Judith Cattán de Saba were killed when the helicopter they were traveling plunged to the ground in Cuajimalpa… They were flying into Mexico City from the Toluca airport. ++ Federal District Civil Protection Secretary Elías Moreno Brizuela said that video images were taped of the accident… The identity of the person who shot the images is unknown, he said. ++ Experts from the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office and Civil Aeronautics were analyzing the video and the helicopter’s black box seeking to find out what might have caused the helicopter crash. ++ The Attorney General’s Office initiated an investigation so as to work with the Federal District Attorney General’s Office in probing the crash. ++ Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard paid tribute to Moisés Saba… Ebrard said Saba was committed to Mexico City and to the country. ++ Speaking in Tamaulipas, Pesident Felipe Calderón said he hoped he would reach an agreement with U. S. President Barack Obama about modernizing the border and overcoming the economic crisis in 2010. ++ PRI senate caucus leader Manlio Fabio Beltrones called on Calderón not to be too hasty about declaring Mexico out of the woods regarding the economy this year. ++ The Health Secretariat began an AH1N1 vaccination drive aimed at the most exposed sectors of the population, including pregnant women and all patients with underlying chronic ailments or illnesses such as diabetes, obesity, cancer and HIV, among others.

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