Wednesday, April 1, 2009

GUANAJUATO & MEXICO CRIME UPDATES Part 1

Check out NBC's Dateline Report on San Miguel de Allende Kidnappings--CLICK HERE


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Kidnap law now set to be created

BY DAVID AGREN

The News


A majority of state legislatures has approved a constitutional amendment that will pave the way for lawmakers to craft a national anti-kidnapping law.
........Read Entire Article



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Gun control debate hangs over violence

BY SUZANNE GAMBOA

Associated Press


WASHINGTON - Members of the U. S. Congress may be alarmed by the surge in Mexican drug violence and its potential to spill across the border, but they grow silent when the talk turns to gun control as a solution........Read Entire Article



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'Mexico more urgent than Afghanistan' ... AP/BLOOMBERG NEWS


WASHINGTON - U.S. lawmakers criticized the Defense Department on Tuesday for not making the drug violence in Mexico as big a priority as Afghanistan and for not coordinating U.S. resources to confront it.
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Yo, Citlali


Por: Janet Vázquez, Miércoles, 01 de Abril de 2009
A sus cinco años la vida le arrebató a su madre y se aferra a la esperanza de un hogar


La pequeña Citlali fue recogida un día de septiembre pasado en la carretera Irapuato–Salamanca cuando su madre, una joven de 23 años, cayó fulminada de un paro cardíaco.

Citlali, quien tiene secuelas de quemaduras en diferentes partes de su cuerpo, ya está a salvo en la Casa Cuna de Irapuato, pero confunde su nombre, los lugares en los que ha estado y su edad.
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'`War on drugs hit by downturn'

REUTERS


ROME - Mexico's economic downturn is complicating the battle against drug trafficking, draining state budgets and boosting the ranks of the unemployed who may turn to criminal gangs for work, a government secretary said on Tuesday.
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