++ The Mexican Navy confirmed that it killed top drug kingpin Heriberto
Lazcano, a.k.a. as “El Lazca,” and the founding leader of the Los Zetas drug
cartel. The Navy issued a press release to say that Lazcano was killed on Sunday
in Sabinas, in Coahuila. Coahuila Attorney General Homero Ramos Gloria
confirmed that an armed group stole Heriberto Lazcano’s body from a funeral
agency. Ramos Gloria said Lazcano was killed by Navy troops when he refused to
have his car searched. During an interview in "El Primer Cafe" political roundtable the spokesperson for the Navy, Vice Admiral Jose Luis Vergara pointed out that he did not believe that in the short run drug related violence would increase,
++ President Felipe Calderón lauded the Mexican Navy for killing Los
Zetas’ leader Heriberto Lazcano. Once again he said that the next
administration must maintain the same strategy in the battle against organized
crime to achieve hard hitting results.
++ The Nuevo León government is offering a reward of nearly 250,000
pesos to anyone providing information that can help clarify the abduction and
murder of former PAN legislator Hernán Belden Elizondo on September 7.
++ Mexico and the United Nations signed a framework agreement to
cooperate against drugs and crime… Interior Secretary Alejandro Poiré said that
current administration has worked to weaken criminal organizations.
++ PRI senator Joel Ayala said that his party and unions would approve
labor reform because it would create greater employment opportunities. He said
that when Enrique Peña Nieto takes office as president PRI leaders and union
leaders will immediately seek substantial changes in issues such as pay by the
hour, temporary contracts and defining minimum wages on a national level.
++ Senate speaker and PAN politician Ernesto Cordero said that those
who object to union transparency and accountability in the labor reform draft
bill are only blackmailing and shackling workers, so, he said, his party will
not give up on this issue.
++ Labor Secretary Rosalinda Velez urged senators to approve the labor
reform bill, which appears to be facing obstacles.
++ The Finance Secretariat and the transition team began working on the
2013 economic package including next year’s Revenue Act and Spending budget.
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