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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | November 2006 
Calderon Pleads for Support
 Prensa Latina
| | California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger shakes hands with Mexican president-elect Felipe Calderon before a private meeting at his headquarters in Mexico City November 10, 2006. (Reuters/Tomas Bravo) |
Mexican president elect, Felipe Calderon, is calling on society for support of his future government to adopt measures and use State power to bring the country peace and tranquility.
He explained that combating delinquency implies difficult decisions and presupposes greater assignation of funds to strengthen security.
Participating in the National Labor Forum, he indicated that in the last few months violence and organized crime has grown alarmingly, a scenario that must be changed.
He pointed out that Mexico cannot be seen as a country with unpunished daily executions and bloody events, but said taking on this task will take time, money and perhaps cost more human lives.
Calderon added that rescuing security is of prime importance to generate labor and investment.
This week was considered the most violent in the year, so far, with the assassination of municipal president in Tabasco and Walter Herrera, representative of the Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD).
Also, five members of the ministerial police and one agent of the Attorney General's office were ambushed and killed in the Dos Aguas community in Michoacan, by at least six gunmen who fired more than 600 times with high caliber rifles.
Unofficial figures reveal that 482 persons have lost their lives in that state so far this year, but state authorities claim that only about 350 can be attributed to organized crime.
With these last six deaths, there have now been 30 agents and police chiefs killed in Michoacan in 2006. |
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