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January 06 2010
MARCUS HORTON ACES SAME HOLE TWICE IN ONE GAME
World Record Set!
Marcus Horton of Anchorage Alaska and a winter resident of Lo de Marcos
on the Riviera Nayarit in Mexico accomplished what no known other golfer
has done before, shooting two hole in ones on the same hole on the same
day. That's according to PGA Hole in one king Mancil Davis
who currently holds the world record of most holes in one and keeps an
official list of hole in one record holders.
Davis wrote to the Sol saying
"While I am aware of several cases of two aces in one round, I do
not recall or know of any reports of someone making an ace on the
same hole in the same round. I do know that there have been
documented accounts of acing a hole on consecutive rounds (Arnold
Palmer did it on consecutive days, and I aced a hole on a Tuesday,
didn't play on Wednesday, and aced it on Thursday). Obviously the
nine hole layout affords the opportunity, but it's quite a feat
under any circumstances," Davis said.
Markus accomplished the feat on hole number 2 at the Field of Dreams
golf course in El Monteon Nayarit.
Horton, a man who is very rarely at a loss for words said of his
achievement, "I went numb when I saw it go in for the second time."
the length of the shots were 106 and 148 yards consecutively.
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Mexico expresses "deep concern" at migrant death
MEXICO CITY—The Mexican government says it is concerned by the fatal
shooting of a Mexican migrant by a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Mexico's
Foreign Relations Department says it will closely watch investigations
into the case, and has expressed the government's "deep concern" over
the shooting.
As more reports of violence surface amid Mexico's drug wars, California
state officials issued new warnings Monday for travelers headed south of
the border. …..Click
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4.0
Earthquake in Northern Mexico
SAN DIEGO - Two small earthquakes struck Baja California Sunday, the
second and larger of which was felt in southeastern San Diego County,
but no local damage was reported.
A magnitude 3.1 shaker struck at 9:25 a.m. at Guadalupe Victoria, a
small farming town about 19 miles south-southeast of Mexicali, according
to the U.S. Geological Survey.…..Click
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Mexico Captures 3rd Brother Of Famous Drug Family
The capture of a reputed kingpin following the death of his brother has
knocked out most of a brutal drug trafficking dynasty after a Mexican
crackdown on corruption stripped the Beltran Leyva cartel of many
snitches within security forces. Carlos Beltran Leyva was arrested in
the Pacific coast state Sinaloa, where he and several of his brothers
were born and allegedly started their gang. A judge ordered him held for
at least 40 days while officials investigate possible charges of
organized crime, the Attorney General's Office said in a statement
Sunday.…..Click
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Mexico Spending $90M on Ads for Tourism
If the rich, famous and pretty are returning to Mexico's beaches now
that officials say the swine flu epidemic is waning, won't everyone
else?
That's the message of a $90 million campaign aimed at luring tourists
scared off by the outbreak, which has killed at least 83 people in
Mexico…..Click
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Mexico City battling water crisis with taxes and pleas
VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico -- Lake Avandaro has long
been the emblem of leisure in this wealthy, colonial town west of Mexico
City, but the capital sucked it half-dry last spring. …..Click
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Mexican stocks hit intraday high on US factory data
Mexico's benchmark stock index hit an all-time high on Tuesday after a
report on U.S. factory orders showed a rise for the third consecutive
month, boding well for a recovery in Mexico's exports.…..Click
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Jennifer
Aniston plans to open a Mexican restaurant
Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston has said she wants to open a Mexican
restaurant later this year.
The 40-year-old star has plans for the restaurant, which she says would
be in the Big Apple.…..Click
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Why Mexico Is Anxious About Its Bicentennial
Forget 2012. As far as many Mexicans are concerned, the ancient Mayas
were being generous: the sky's actually going to fall next year. Why?
Because it's 2010, Mexico's bicentennial, and Mexican history has an
eerie way of repeating itself. Mexico's 1910 centennial, after all, saw
the start of the bloody, decade-long Mexican Revolution, which killed
more than a million people. And that cataclysm was precisely a century
after the start of Mexico's bloody, decade-long War of Independence in
1810. …..Click
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In
Mexico, ladies ring in the New Year in brand-new underwear
A visitor here might be confused when suddenly, at
the end of December, there appears in street stalls and market bins a
mountain of underwear for sale.…Click
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The
benefits of sharing a border
Modern Arizona was built on the brains and brawn of
people of many different skin tones. Latinos were chief among them. They
have deep roots in this Valley. They are not newcomers.…Click
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Ban
continues work on climate change
World leaders embrace the idea that global climate
change requires attention but differ on the best way forward, the U.N.
secretary-general said in New York.…Click
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Why
Mexico Is Anxious About Its Bicentennia
Forget 2012. As far as many Mexicans are concerned,
the ancient Mayas were being generous: the sky's actually going to fall
next year. Why? Because it's 2010, Mexico's bicentennial, and Mexican
history has an eerie way of repeating itself.
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Bachoco Announces Effects of Mexican Tax Reforms
Mexico's leading producer and processor of poultry
products, today announced that following the Mexican Stock Exchange
recommendation, the Company is disclosing the main effect resulting from
the reform of the Mexican tax laws,
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Quepasa
Announces DSM Ad Campaign on Behalf of Acapulco
quepasa
Corporation (OTCBB: QPSA), one of the world's fastest-growing Latino
social networks, announced that it will be conducing a campaign on
behalf of Mexican tourist destination Acapulco,
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Rotary Club of Jaltemba Bay announces 1st Annual Dinner
Dance”
First Year Anniversary to raise funds for two major 2010 projects
La Peñita de Jaltemba, Nayarit, January 4, 2010 -- Sebastian Marin,
President of Rotary Club of Jaltemba Bay – La Peñita announced today
that the club, celebrating it’s first year, is hosting it’s
First Annual Dinner Dance
on Saturday January
23 rd at Toñita’s
III in La Peñita. The event is open to all Rotarians,
business and community leaders, and the public at large.
he Dinner Dance is schedule from 6:00 – 12 midnight and
tickets are available from Rotary members, in Guayabitos at Piña
Colada Restaurant and Fitness Pad and in La Peñita at Xaltemba
Restaurant, Youcha Centros Quiroprácticos and Sebastian Realty.
Tickets are 300 pesos per person, which includes dinner dance, and
one drink, there will be dancing to a wide variety of music.
he Jaltemba Bay Rotary Club is a young club founded in late
2008.It is made up of
local business owners and some foreign business owners and retirees
who live here a major part of the year.The event is bound to be a great opportunity to celebrate the
clubs first year and meet the local business owners who are working
hard to improve the community.
he funds raised will be used to finance the building of a new
kindergarten at Las Cabras in La Colonia and classroom repairs and
computers for Cebeta/Zaeta Extension Preparatory School in Zacualpan.The Club has received initial support and donations from
Rotary Club of South Cowichan (Mill Valley) B.C., Rotary Club of
Ladysmith B.C. Canada, and commitments from Rotary Clubs of
Sebastopol, Middleton,
and Santa Rosa in Northern California.
otary International is the world's first service club
organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs
worldwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally,
regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and
sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and
eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.
Club Rotario meets every Wednesday at 7:30 am for Breakfast meeting
at Piña Colada in Guayabitos located on Highway 200 lateral street.
Las Cabras Kindergarten, La ColoniaWeeklyRotary
Club meetings at Piña Colada
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Mexico: An Insider's Guide to Rural Tourism David Simmonds - SFGate.com
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January 02, 2010
This is Mexico as it was and is,
away from the big cities, the politics, the cartels. Indiana
Jones and Jane Goodall would feel right at home, although
probably not together.
The year was 1970, and I was about to turn 21. The Chicago Seven Trial
was winding down, the Vietnam War was in full rage, Nixon had lowered
the voting age to 18, and the Beatles had released their final album,
"Let It Be." The message to my generation was "Keep on Truckin'." So
naturally, I figured it was a good time to take a Mexico road trip.
I called an old boyhood friend, regaling him about a place in the jungle
called Puerto Vallarta. The first paved road there from Tepic had just
been completed. Using advanced calculus, with gas costing 15 cents a
gallon and sleeping on the beach costing nothing, I estimated we could
do a two-week trip from San Diego for about $100 each. So off we went in
my 1966 VW van with no jack, a case of beer, and four bald tires. I had
no idea then that this trip would come to define my life.
This was long before all of the freeway-like toll roads in Mexico, so we
drove through every town and village along Highway 15 heading south. The
term hadn't been invented yet, but this was "rural tourism."
Beyond Puerto Vallarta: Cabo Corrientes
That first trip I took to Puerto Vallarta spurred a life-long
fascination with Mexico that endures today. I recently went back to
Puerto Vallarta for about the hundredth time, exploring an area a short
distance south of town called Cabo Corrientes. You may know it as home
to the town of Yelapa, which was once primarily accessible only by boat.
Today, the entire region can be reached by auto, although most of the
roads are dirt.
I hooked up with Brad Wollman, who lives in Yelapa and has a tour
business specializing in exploring this backcountry. Cabo Corrientes has
over 50 villages in total, from the mountainous jungle surrounding
Chacala to the pristine beaches of Tehuamixtle and Pisota. It is hard to
fathom that you are just an hour or two from Vallarta, as few tourists
venture this far out of the city. This is Mexico as it was and is, away
from the big cities, the politics, the cartels. You notice more burros
than cars, more smiles than scowls. Indiana Jones and Jane Goodall would
feel right at home, although probably not together.
The gateway town to Cabo Corrientes is El Tuito. It has a few hotels,
and some of the interior villages have very rustic accommodations (a cot
in a room) if you ask around. Otherwise, it is close enough to Puerto
Vallarta that you can be back to your hotel there by sundown if you get
an early morning start. The other small villages of Corrientes are
quaint, pristine and amazingly self-sufficient. They raise farm animals
and grow produce and tropical fruits, as well as the maguey cactus,
which is harvested to make the notorious tequila-like alcohol, raicilla.
Many migrating birds can be seen, as well as macaws and parrots. The
locals can direct you to hot springs and ancient petroglyphs. The
beaches are empty, except for a few fishermen working the crystal-clear
waters where you can snorkel or scuba, or simply walk for miles,
undisturbed by anyone. Paradise is an over-used word, but this comes
pretty close.
Deep into the jungle
We spent another day driving deep into the jungle-covered mountains
behind Puerto Vallarta. From town the hills look uninhabited, but a
large network of dirt roads eventually leads all the way to Guadalajara
(about six hours, except in rainy season, when the many rivers that
cross the road tend to rise), or to the colonial mountain towns of
Mascota, San Sebastián and Talpa de Allende.
The road into the hills, heading east, begins flanking the Rio Cuale
near the tunnel, bordering the Romantic Zone of PV (ask anyone for
directions). Within a few minutes of leaving town you are climbing
jungle terrain, seemingly 1,000 miles away from anything. The jungle is
Amazon-dense, jade-green, and noticeably cooler as you gain elevation.
You see an occasional rancho and a few small villages. It is quiet and
stunning.
Contact Wollman, mentioned above, for this trip, as well. Or if you feel
comfortable enough, rent a Jeep in town for around $40.00 – $60.00 a
day. I have driven tens of thousands of miles in Mexico without losing
any limbs or my mind (although that's debatable). So can you.
The wide world of rural tourism
These are just two of many examples of rural tourism around Vallarta.
You can find similar options anywhere in Mexico. Within an hour's drive
of Cancún, Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas, Ixtapa or Oaxaca City, you can find
a way of life unfamiliar to most gringos. Mexico is a huge country,
two-thirds the size of the United States; its 31 states boast terrains
and cultures of every category. The state of Oaxaca alone has 16
indigenous groups, each with their own language. It produces some of the
world's finest textiles and folk art, primarily in small, rural
villages. Every region of Mexico has its own art, music and food on
display in the everyday life of rural Mexico. Grab a map and you will
see the blue roads snaking throughout the country, dotted with names
like Zempoala, Jacalito and Tejocote. There are thousands of them —
fascinating places a world removed from the metropolises of Mexico City,
Monterrey and Puebla.
Economic stimulus package
Today, tourism is the No. 1 money generator in third-world countries,
getting money to people who need it the most in areas where age-old
agricultural practices can no longer sustain a village. In these hard
economic times, tourism is more important than ever for Mexico. And
nothing could spur the industry better than the growth of rural tourism,
because the-yet-to-be-discovered destinations are endless.
For example, Mexico has around 6,000 miles of coastline, but relatively
few towns have become tourist centers. Have you ever wondered what the
other 5,800 miles are like? Well, I've seen most of them, and you can
too. It's safe, fascinating and cheap — not a bad combination. If you
don't relish the thought of driving, Mexico's buses run everywhere. From
third-class beaters to first-class luxury liners that put Greyhound to
shame, the country gets around on buses. It's easy to find scheduling
information from any town you fly in to. For the best information on the web concerning rural tourism in
Mexico, go to Ron Mader's award-winning Planeta site. Ron, who lives in
Oaxaca City has been a long-time leader of responsible travel and
ecotourism in Latin America. Oaxaca and Ron will be hosting the 10th
annual Rural Tourism Fair in Oaxaca January 17- 30, 2010.
In
Mexico, Ladies Ring in the New Year in Brand-New Underwear William Booth - Washington Post
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January 02, 2010
It is a popular New Year's ritual for
women in Mexico to don fresh briefs to ring out the old and
ring in the new - red for love and yellow for wealth.
Mexico City - A visitor here might be confused when suddenly, at the
end of December, there appears in street stalls and market bins a
mountain of underwear for sale. At subway stops, in grocery aisles,
in department stores, it's all about ladies' undergarments, and
always in the colors red or yellow. The recently arrived might take
a guess. A bitter sporting rivalry? The Red Devils against the
Yellow Hornets? Nope. It is a popular New Year's ritual for women in
Mexico to don fresh briefs to ring out the old and ring in the new,
and apparently nothing says Happy 2010 like a pair of bloomers - red
for love and yellow for wealth (and no fair wearing both).
Because the choice of a color signifies one's aspirations for the
coming year, newspapers in Mexico send out reporters to quiz vendors
about the national mood, and as 2009 - a year of soaring drug
violence and deep economic tremors - shuddered to a stop, the vote
was clear.
"Yellow. That's all they want. I am selling twice as much yellow as
red," said Lucia Mendoza, making some last-minute sales on New
Year's Eve on the sidewalk outside the central market in the
capital's Coyoacan neighborhood.
Milenio News reported a go-go market for yellow. El Universal found
yellow ahead by a mile. Makes sense. Mexico's $1 trillion economy
shrank by more than 7 percent in 2009, the hardest-hit in Latin
America, a victim of the recession in the United States, Mexico's
No. 1 trading partner. Everybody here is ready for a jump-start in
2010.
The donning of red and yellow panties is a relatively new phenomenon
in Mexico, which values its old holiday traditions but appears ready
to try on another one. New Year's Eve is usually celebrated with a
late dinner of turkey or cod at home with family and friends
drinking punch and waiting for the fireworks. At the stroke of
midnight, Mexicans gobble a dozen grapes, making a wish with each
one.
There are plenty of superstitions. Wishing to travel more in 2010?
Pack a suitcase and walk around the block. Going through a rough
patch? Spill water on the walk in front of your home, and all the
past year's tears will be washed away.
"This will be a tough holiday season in Mexico, as we have a crisis
that is very rough," said Guadalupe Loaeza, a columnist for Reforma
newspaper and author of satirical books about the foibles of the
rich and infamous.
Loaeza is a traditionalist. If she wants something in the new year,
she eats grapes. The underwear fad is just kitsch. "It's a vulgar
custom," she said. "It's not even Mexican, or even American, and it
is just an import, probably from somewhere in Latin America. This
red underwear thing is the height of bad taste. If someone were to
give me a pair, I would say, better to give me the money and let's
buy something worthwhile."
María José Díaz, an editor of a magazine devoted to horoscopes,
said: "Until recently, you only saw the red panties, but then they
started selling the yellow, yellow for gold, for money. It was a
commercial decision."
Díaz said that she was not a fan of the phenomenon herself but that
she gets the idea. "Half the people wear them and believe that it
might bring them love or money, but the other half just wears them
for fun, because maybe they just like to show off their red
underwear." Researcher Gabriela Martinez contributed to this report.
Mexico's
Health Insurance Covers 10.3 Million People Xinhua
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January 05, 2010
President Felipe Calderon said
that every child born after his inauguration in 2006 now has
health insurance.
Mexico has improved its government-funded health insurance to cover 10.3
million people, or almost one in every 10, by the end of 2009, the
Mexican president said Monday.
The health insurance scheme, created in 2003 with an envisaged goal of
universal coverage by 2012, covers treatment of 80 percent of the
diseases that are most common in Mexico.
President Felipe Calderon said that every child born after his
inauguration in 2006 now has health insurance.
The president made the remark while inaugurating a new hospital in
southern Mexico.
Calderon said that budget spending on public health had increased to 52
billion pesos (4 billion U.S. dollars) in 2009, up from 18 billion pesos
(1.3 billion dollars) in 2006 when he took office.
Mexico now has two major public health insurance systems - the Mexican
Social Security Institute (IMSS) and the Institute of Social Services
and Security for Civil Servants (ISSSTE).
The IMSS, created in 1943, attends to private-sector, formal, salaried
workers and their families; the ISSSTE covers government employees and
their families.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
estimated in 2004 that the IMSS covers approximately 40 percent of the
Mexican population, while the ISSSTE covers 7 percent of the population.
By 2005, the Mexican government funded 45.5 percent of the country's
health-care spending. Meanwhile, private insurers funded around 4
percent.
No figures were available for the current situation.
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Mexico
Detains Brother of Slain Drug Boss Cyntia Barrera Diaz - Reuters
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January 03, 2010
This photo released by Mexico's Federal
Security Secretary Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, shows Carlos Beltran
Leyva at an undisclosed location after his arrest. (AP/Mexico
Federal Security Secretary)
Mexico City - Mexican forces have detained the brother of a powerful
drug boss killed two weeks ago in a movie-like raid that landed a key
victory for President Felipe Calderon's drug war, the security ministry
said on Saturday.
Carlos Beltran Leyva, 40, was detained in the northern state of Sinaloa
on Wednesday but the ministry gave no details as to why the announcement
was made three days later.
Beltran Leyva is one of five brothers who allegedly ran one of Mexico's
most powerful drug organizations, notorious for their grisly killings
and for moving big shipments of marijuana and cocaine into the United
States.
A source from the ministry told Reuters that Beltran Leyva had been
transported to Mexico City.
His brother Arturo was killed in a navy-led operation on Dec. 17 in
central Mexico. Another member of the drug family, Alfredo, was captured
and jailed in 2008.
Despite the deployment of 49,000 troops across Mexico, broad daylight
shootings are common and killings by drug gangs sore to an unprecedented
7,000 last year alone.
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Book Takes
Mexico Drug War to Task Ken Ellingwood - Los Angeles Times
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January 04, 2010
Soldiers at a Mexico City military school line
up before leaving to aid in drug crop eradication. Two former
top officials write in a recent book critical of the
government's campaign against narcotics traffickers, "If what is
good for us is decriminalization, that is what we should fight
for." (Dario Lopez-Mills/Associated Press)
Mexico City - Almost everything to do with the Mexican government's war
against drugs is wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
The threat from narco-trafficking is overblown. Fighting cartels won't
stop the flow of illegal drugs or erase Mexican corruption. The real
battle over drugs lies on the U.S. side of the border.
That's the gist of a provocative new book that challenges virtually
every premise on which Mexican President Felipe Calderon has based his
3-year-old offensive against drug cartels.
"El Narco: La Guerra Fallida" ("Narco: The Failed War"), by two top
officials under Calderon's predecessor, Vicente Fox, is one of the first
book-length looks at the crackdown launched by Calderon when he took
office in December 2006.
The Spanish-language book, which has sold well here, is controversial
and stubbornly contrarian, to the point of suggesting that Mexico might
be better off coming to terms with the drug capos and focusing on
smaller-bore crimes that plague Mexicans.
"Calderon could have easily launched a major crusade against insecurity,
violence and unorganized crime, on the type of minor misdemeanors that
gave birth to Rudy Giuliani's zero tolerance stance in New York," the
authors assert. "But that crusade would never have unleashed the
passions, support or sense of danger that a full-fledged war on drugs
actually did."
In "El Narco," former Fox spokesman Ruben Aguilar and former Foreign
Minister Jorge Castaneda attempt an end run past the usual debate over
whether the Calderon anti-crime strategy is working. Instead, they
maintain that the offensive was unnecessary, and they seek to poke holes
in many of the reasons Calderon has offered for launching a campaign
that has claimed more than 15,000 lives.
The president's assertion that Mexico faced a crisis of deepening drug
consumption at home? They present figures showing that though domestic
use has risen, it is minuscule compared with countries such as the
United States.
Calderon's contention that drug violence had reached alarming levels
when he decided to act? The authors quote studies showing that the
nation's overall homicide rate had been in decline for years. (It has
gone up since.)
"Why in the world was it necessary to declare an all-out war against the
cartels because of growing violence, when violence was actually
diminishing?" the authors ask.
The book argues that U.S. drug use - the motor of the violent
trafficking industry - is largely unaffected by Mexico's enforcement
actions. The answer for Mexico, it says, lies in swinging debate north
of the border in favor of drug decriminalization or legalization.
"If what is good for us is decriminalization, that is what we should
fight for," write Aguilar and Castaneda, a leftist intellectual and
commentator who is the better known of the two.
The authors propose some public-safety measures, including creation of a
national police force and a no-fly zone over southern Mexico. But rather
than send troops to fight drug cartels, they argue, Mexico should focus
on limiting the "collateral damage" that most aggrieves Mexicans:
kidnappings, extortion, car theft and corruption.
This could mean "tacit quid pro quos" with gangs to get them to keep
down criminal mayhem in Mexico's streets, the writers say, but it
doesn't require a formal handshake.
"The narcos understand," they say. "If they were imbeciles, they
wouldn't be rich."
Aguilar and Castaneda contend that in launching the drug offensive, the
conservative Calderon sought to win legitimacy for his presidency after
a disputed election victory in 2006. That thesis is heard often on the
Mexican left.
Calderon hasn't directly referred to the authors, but he has sharply
criticized those who he says would have Mexico run from the drug war or
cut deals with traffickers. He says such approaches would "erode the
foundations that support our society, as a state based on law."
Calderon has frequently characterized his crime crackdown as an attempt
to clean and modernize a system that had become thoroughly corrupted
through decades of official acceptance of the drug trade, or even
outright collusion with it.
Last month, he urged Mexicans to "ignore those who naively want the
government to just walk away from the fight, as if the problems would
solve themselves by magic."
The outspoken authors of "El Narco" are uncharacteristically spare when
it comes to solving Mexico's graft problem. They agree that drug-related
corruption has long been part of the Mexican landscape, especially in
small towns, but are skeptical of reports that traffickers' penetration
of the system had hit grave new depths when Calderon sent troops into
the streets.
"This is Mexico, not Norway," they write. "Narcos' complicity with
municipal, state and federal authorities wasn't born yesterday." ken.ellingwood(at)latimes.com
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Bus Plunges
Off Cliff in Northern Mexico; 14 Dead Associated Press
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January 03, 2010
Tijuana, Mexico — A bus carrying farm workers and their families home
plunged off a cliff in northern Mexico on Saturday, killing 14 people
and injuring 21.
The bus was traveling along a treacherously winding stretch of highway
before dawn when it veered off at high speed over a cliff halfway
between the border cities of Tijuana and Mexicali, according to reports
from police and prosecutors.
Baja California state prosecutors said the bus fell about 330 feet (100
meters) and broke in two, scattering luggage, seats and passengers along
the slope below the highway.
The cause of the crash was under investigation. One man injured in the
crash told investigators the bus appeared to have brake trouble before
the wreck and quoted the drivers as saying a mechanic would be available
in Mexicali.
Among the 14 dead were two young boys and an infant. Nine men and two
women died.
The bus was transporting the workers from El Papalote ranch in the
Pacific coast town of San Quintin to another ranch hundreds of miles
(kilometers) south, in Villa Juarez outside the Sinaloa state capital of
Culiacan.
Among 21 people treated for injuries at nearby hospitals were five
children, ages 8 months to 10 years, listed in serious or delicate
condition.
Banks to Charge Only One Fee for ATM Use The News
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January 01, 2010
A client
withdraws money from an
automatic teller machine (ATM)
of BBVA Bancomer in Mexico City
on Wednesday. (The News)
Mexico City - In 2010, the Bank of
Mexico (Banxico) will inact a new
regulation in order to prevent undue
commission fee charges for ATM users.
The effort won't be easy, said Banxico
Director of Operations Systems and
Payments, Ricardo Medina. He
acknowledged that there is currently no
limit to the commission fee “we will be
vigilant regarding the rate of increase
in order to determine whether or not
another type of regulation will be
required.”
Last October the central bank reported
that from next year banks will only
charge cardholders once for ATM
transactions, after detecting that banks
were charging ATM users double
commissions without informing them of
the charges. The change is to enter into
effect from 15 January and 30 April, the
new regulation will limit the number of
commission fees charged and require
banks to notify users of the fees before
charging them.
In an interview Ricardo Medina explained
that with these measures the central
bank will resolve a problem with
transparency in ATM operations. “We
think that it is very healthy and
recommendable for cardholders who use
ATMs that before they realize their
transaction they clearly understand how
much the bank will charge them for the
transaction and on the basis of this
authorize the transaction.”
“It has become common practice that each
bank, that which issued the card and
that which operates the ATM, each
charges a commission of their own.” In
these cases the cardholders do not
realize they will be charged twice “and
this can become quite expensive.”
In the face of this situation Banxico
has outlined within the new regulation
that banks will have until 15 January,
2010 in order to regularize and make
transparent their commission charges for
transactions where the ATM operator and
bankcard are from the same bank, and
until 30 April for different
institutions.”
Ricardo Medina emphasized that “through
the new regulation Banxico will
eliminate one of these two commissions.
The ATM operator will have the right to
charge the commission and if the ATM
operator decides to charge the
commission then the bank that issued the
card will no longer be able to charge a
commission fee.” He said that there
still does not exist a limit on rate of
commission that can be charged
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