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Effective of the flaming Federal Police they cover the principal avenues of the Mexican capital; their approximately 700 were mobilized to City Juárez on Monday, the 2nd. Photo: Miguel Tovar / AP.

Mexican consul general in DC does not believe that exodus takes place
of settlers in search of refuge in the USA

Víctor Caycho
Washington Hispanic

The government of Mexico has declared “a frontal combat against the organized crime in any of his forms”, for which in this moment categorical and determined actions are adopted, affirmed Consul general of this country in Washington, Enrique Escorza.

“ Here there is a commitment, and even the proper American authorities admit openly that the president Felipe Calderón ‘has been wrapped’ to face these criminal groups”, he thought It foreshortens, during an interview that it offered Washington Hispanic.

The diplomat was referring to the mobilization of a new body of safety, so called Federal Police officer, towards City Juárez, where the violence of the drug trafficking develops in an uncontrollable way for many months.
A force of 700 federal police officers was presented in the streets of Mexico DF and then it was mobilized from Monday, the 2nd up to the above mentioned northern, frontier region with Texas (USA), joining approximately 3.200 agents sent last weekend. Also, another 800 federal police officers took positions in the international airport of the Mexican capital and his surroundings, for the purpose of putting preserve to the wave of assaults and sequestrations that criminal groups do victims between the travelers.

Before this situation, It Foreshortens he asked to be united with the governmental actions opened against the organized crime, “and to understand that there is not easy this moment, in which there must be the solutions and the necessary spaces of cooperation to solve this topic”.

Nevertheless, he rejected that these facts can provoke a climb of requests of political asylum originated from Mexicans who reside in the affected area. “We do not foresee that really this situation could be translated in a massive exit and that the people look for refuge here”, he repeated, to add that “the violence is well focused and there is no motive for thinking that the people should think about how to go out of the country”.

On this matter, it qualified like “the adapted way to be continued” the recent meeting supported between the United States and Mexico on the subject of safety. Nevertheless, it supported that “to be effective in the action of the combat against this type of criminal organizations it is necessary to operate in both sides of the border, with entire respect towards the authorities of each of the states but with the steadfastness that gives to us the fact that we are in the presence of phenomena that question very hard the calmness of the persons”.

The Consul also appeared in accordance with the recommendation adopted in the above mentioned binational meeting, to avoid the weapon traffic from the United States towards Mexico.

IN THESE STUDENT HOLIDAYS
“Tourists are welcome”

• Mexico is for tradition a destination of reception and very important tourist attraction, “and for it we will give the welcome to the American students and other travelers who visit us in this period of spring break (student holidays)”, affirmed Mexican Consul general, Enrique Escorza.

• This was his answer before the warning directed on Monday, the 2nd to the American students for a dependency on the Department of Justice, so that they avoid to travel to the areas of the north of Mexico, especially to City Juárez and Beach Rosarito.

• “Certainly there are his appreciations”, he answered. “But we hope that the tourists should keep on visiting since they are going to enjoy a very agreeable time in Mexico”.

• The Mexican general consul pointed out that in any city of the world “there are places into which one cannot get, for sure that she is, and for that it is necessary to appeal to the common sense”.

• It foreshortens he said that Mexico offers “everything what is to our scope so that the people spend his good, amuse themselves and find a very productive and pleasant stay”.

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The overseer Penny Gross committed herself in the achievement of an examination with the firemen to detect all the violations of the code of housing. Photo V.O.I.C.E.

I expire in spite of paying the revenue and the proprietors do not support the apartments”
BROWN RAMON Tenant of Sight Gardens

Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic

More than one hundred of neighbors who reside in the Latin Culmore quarter in Virginia assembled in the church San Antonio of Padua in Falls Church to sue the authorities a prompt intervention that he allows them to live in worthy conditions in the complex of apartments that they inhabit known like Sight Gardens.
The tenants per years support a series of discomfort for the absence of maintenance of the administration of the building putting in risk his lives and his health.

“ For 13 years nobody comes to paint my apartment. I live surrounded with cockroaches, mice and thumbtacks, and we do not know to whom resort. If we go to the office they us do not pay attention and do not attend to the problem”, it expressed to Washington Hispanic, Ramón Moreno (57 years) of Salvadoran origin.
Between the complaints of the tenants they mentioned the absence of lighting, the alarms lack against fire in the corridors of the buildings and the big quantity of cables of electricity peeled in highly journeyed areas, especially for children.

Per years these tenants have expressed his complaints before which the persons in charge of the administration have done dull ears, for this reason they decided to join and with the support of the organization V.O.I.C.E. and the catholic community of the Church San Antonio of Padua they requested a hearing with the overseer of the District Freemason, where Seen Gardens belongs, Penny Gross, to express the situation for which they are crossing his housings.
“ It is not just, we expire in spite of paying the revenue on time, if not, they receive fine from us and are they those who do not expire”, added Ramón Moreno.

The overseer Penny Gross met the tenants of Sight Gardens on Wednesday, the 4th of March and listened with attention to the claims. In company of two representatives of the Fire department he promised to order a team of inspectors of the Firemen's Department to realize an examination of the buildings and then to be able to present in writing the violations of the code of housing which Sight Gardens is incurring.

Washington Hispanic tried to communicate with the administrative office of Sight Gardens, but they did not want to express any declaration. Of equal way it was mentioned that a strategy will be designed to work as a whole to eradicate the plagues that exist in the complex, as well as to offer a good maintenance that will be executed in the next two months. With help of the groups of support of the Church San Antonio and of the tenants they will think about how to identify the proprietors and responsible for Sight Gardens. For March 10 a walk has been programmed by the building complex in company of the leaders and activists to evaluate the progress of the arrangements.

“ These living conditions are unacceptable. We are inviting the authorities of the government so that they exercise pressure on the owner and it expires with his obligations. The families are paying the price of the Market for these apartments and the services deserve that we wait for any of us”, said Fr. Grinnel of the Church San Antonio.

“ I invite the proprietors of these buildings so that they come to live here only for one week. We see these injustices and want to help these tenants who are a part of our community because often they do not know his rights as tenants”, there finished Maria Calacán, worker of the parish and connect with the community.

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AGENCIES
Washington Hispanic

Citigroup Inc. collapses in Wall Street affected by the financial crisis. On Thursday, the 5th of March the cost of the actions of the group - that one day was the most powerful bank of the USA - they did history, on having gone so far as to quote at least of a dollar. The roles of the Holding bank - several times rescued by the authorities of USA - fell down 13,27 % and they were quoted at 98 cents of dollar.

This way, the actions of Citigroup fell down 85 % in little more than 2 months. In January every role was costing US$ 7.08. According to the analysts, this fall is a sign that the shareholders lose the confidence of which the bank could overcome his financial situation.

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