PEMEX: Mexico Loses $700 Million Annually to Oil Theft

Sep 012009
 
 01/09/2009  Posted by PMC at 02:01 on 01/09/2009 1 Response »
PEMEX: Mexico Loses $700 Million Annually to Oil Theft

By Sylvia Longmire Normally when someone hears a story about oil theft or criminal groups hacking into pipelines, one thinks of places like Nigeria or Iraq. Unfortunately, oil looting is rampant in Mexico, and it’s costing the government millions. And it’s not just oil that’s being stolen. Mexican criminals have been tapping into Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) pipelines for years to steal gasoline, diesel, and even jet fuel, according to Reuters’ reports. Criminals dig up pipelines that are buried in rural areas, attach a valve, and then siphon off the fuel. They usually have no problem selling the stolen fuel to ….Read More

Mexico replaces Customs Agents, upgrades border security

Aug 172009
 
 17/08/2009  Posted by PMC at 20:34 on 17/08/2009 1 Response »
Mexico replaces Customs Agents, upgrades border security

Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to TVs and other big-ticket appliances smuggled to avoid import duties. The shake-up — part of a broader effort to root out corruption and improve vigilance at Mexican ports with new technology — doubled the size of Mexico’s customs inspection force. The inspectors were replaced with 1,400 agents who have undergone background checks and months of training, Tax Administration Service spokesman Pedro Canabal said Sunday. He said the previous inspectors were not fired. Instead, government did not rehire them when ….Read More

Seven charged in Mexico’s day-care center fire – Six more sought

Jun 222009
 
 22/06/2009  Posted by PMC at 18:23 on 22/06/2009 Comments Off
Seven charged in Mexico's day-care center fire - Six more sought

MEXICO CITY — Seven state officials have been arrested for negligent homicide in a day care fire that killed 47 children in northern Mexico, an official said Monday. The seven are officials with the northern Sonora state Finance Department, which operated a warehouse where the June 5 fire started, then spread to the adjacent day care center, said Sonora State Attorney General Abel Murrieta. He said arrests warrants have been issued for six other Finance Department officials. “They are employees and officials with the Finance Department who have a direct responsibility for the warehouse where the fire started,” Murrieta said ….Read More

Mexico will decriminalize some drug use

Jun 222009
 
 22/06/2009  Posted by PMC at 09:07 on 22/06/2009 Comments Off
Mexico will decriminalize some drug use

MEXICO CITY — Could Mexican cities become Latin Amsterdams, flooded by drug users seeking penalty-free tokes and toots? That is the fear, if somewhat overstated, of some Mexican officials, especially in northern border states that serve as a mecca for underage American drinkers. The Mexican legislature has voted quietly to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of pot, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs, an effort that in the past has proved highly controversial. There has been less protest this time around, in part because there hasn’t been much publicity. Some critics have suggested that easing the punishment on drug possession ….Read More

Mexico National Cemetary – Least we forget

May 232009
 
 23/05/2009  Posted by PMC at 22:20 on 23/05/2009 Comments Off
Mexico National Cemetary - Least we forget

Throughout the War with Mexico it was the practice of the U.S. Army, following major military engagements, to burythe dead in mass graves on or near the battlefield where they fell. Generally, this task was performed as quickly as possible for one very practical reason: the warm climate in which most of the war was fought hastened decomposition. The bodies of soldiers who died later of their wounds, or from some other cause, were also buried promptly, usually near whichever building was serving as an army hospital at the time. In towns garrisoned by American troops for long periods, burials ….Read More

Trucker faces 25 counts in Mexico crash – Bond set at $4.4 million pesos

Mar 192009
 
 19/03/2009  Posted by PMC at 07:28 on 19/03/2009 Comments Off
Trucker faces 25 counts in Mexico crash - Bond set at $4.4 million pesos

Jose Angel Herrera, coordinator of Coahuila’s public prosecution office, said Rodriguez Garcia remained in the hospital in stable condition but had bond set at $312,056, or about 4.4 million pesos. That’s 400,000 pesos for each death.

18 wheeler crashes head on into Grupo Sendor tour bus outside Saltillo Coahuilla

Mar 172009
 
 17/03/2009  Posted by PMC at 13:48 on 17/03/2009 1 Response »
18 wheeler crashes head on into Grupo Sendor tour bus outside Saltillo Coahuilla

The U.S. embassy in Monterrey confirms eight Americans died in a deadly bus crash in north central Mexico. Five Canadians were also killed. Another 12 U.S. citizens are in the hospital. The Coahuila state police have just released a list of those injured and the hospitals they are in. Grupo Senda coach number 8003 was enroute to Zacatecas from McAllen Texas when a day cab tractor driven by Julio César Rodríguez López, age 23, of Saltillo, collided with the coach, killing the driver, César García Huerta, 42 and 13 others, American and Canadian tourists. 12 suffered injuries of various degrees, ….Read More

Mexico state of Tamaulipas first to declare itself bilingual

Feb 052009
 
 05/02/2009  Posted by PMC at 08:27 on 05/02/2009 Comments Off
Mexico state of Tamaulipas first to declare itself bilingual

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico – It isn’t perfect English, but pretty darn close. Spoken in unison, the words flow effortlessly from a group of smiling students. So does their message. “English is important to me,” said 11-year-old Silvia Alejandra Briseño, “because it means more opportunities and better communication when I grow up. Hopefully a better job, too, here or there in Texas.” Her bilingual teacher, 36-year-old Mary Lou Tamez, said: “English is critical, especially when you realize who our neighbors are, Texans.” Without fanfare but with great hopes, the state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas, has declared itself the first bilingual ….Read More

Mexico launches effort to teach its students English

Feb 022009
 
 02/02/2009  Posted by PMC at 06:54 on 02/02/2009 2 Responses »
Mexico launches effort to teach its students English

With its economy increasingly hitched to the United States, Mexico’s government has launched an ambitious plan to teach English to every schoolchild, even those in kindergarten. Currently, educators in 21 states and the Federal District are offering the language in a smattering of elementary schools and experimenting with teaching methods. Beginning next fall, 5,000 schools will begin a pilot project with federal textbooks and funds. And within just six years, federal officials hope to have all 12 million public elementary school students learning English. “The ability to speak English in the 21st century is a must if we want to ….Read More

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