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Articles in SourceMex, NotiCen, and NotiSur for Feb. 27-March 1, 2013
City of Chicago Declares Drug Trafficker El Chapo Guzmán
Public Enemy Number One
Confirming his status as a larger-than-life figure,
Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán Loera was declared Public Enemy
Number 1 by the Chicago Crime Commission (CCC) on Feb. 14,
2013, replacing the infamous gangster Al Capone as the
city’s most reviled personality. While the declaration is
symbolic, the commission decided to single out the
notorious drug trafficker because a large share of the
drugs sold on city streets are thought to come from the
Sinaloa cartel, led by Guzmán Loera. El Chapo, who has
made the list of the world’s wealthiest people, also made
headlines in other places besides Chicago during February.
There were rumors that he died in a shootout in
Guatemala. And Mexican Interior Secretary Sergio Osorio
Chong candidly acknowledged that the capture of El Chapo
Guzmán was a top objective in President Enrique Peña
Nieto’s crime-fighting strategy.
-Carlos Navarro Read More
Former Ford Executives Charged with Crimes Against
Humanity in Argentina.
The Argentine judiciary has begun investigating former top
executives of the Argentina subsidiary of US-based Ford
Motor Company during the 1976-1983 civilian-military
dictatorship for crimes against humanity: kidnapping,
torture, murder, and disappearance of persons. The
executives could face life sentences . On Feb. 18, the
former president of the multinational Nicolás Enrique
Courard and three former executives, Pedro Müller,
Guillermo Galarraga, and Héctor Jesús Sibilla, joined the
list of civilians under investigation for collusion with
the military and benefitting from that collusion. During
those bloody years, the regime's policies left 30,000
disappeared, thousands murdered, some 500 babies taken
from their parents and given new identities, and tens of
thousands of exiles.
-Andrés Gaudín Read More
Honduran Congress Passes Revamped Law to Build Private
Cities; Opponents Gear Up to Bring It Down Again
In November 2012, Honduras' Supreme Court declared a plan
to create private model cities in Honduras
unconstitutional. But supporters of the notion appear to
have come up with an alternative plan. In January 2013,
a new, revamped private cities bill--Ley para la Creación
de Regímenes Especiales de Desarrollo--landed in Congress.
The ciudades modelos are now Regímenes Especiales de
Desarrollo, instead of Redes Especiales de Desarrollo,
changing one word in the label and keeping the acronym
RED. Promoters insist tthat the new version eliminates
the legal flaws that made it possible for the court to
declare the first bill unconstitutional. But opponents
are fighting the new effort.
-George Rodríguez Read More
Peruvian Women Say NO to Violence Against Women.
On Feb. 14, St. Valentine's Day, thousands of Peruvians,
including many couples, celebrated the day of love and
friendship by participating in a dance in 20 districts of
the capital Lima and in numerous other cities to say
"enough is enough" to violence against women. Peru thus
joined the international One Billion Rising campaign to
stop feminicide, which the Ministerio Público says claimed
97 victims in 2012, 93.8% of whom were killed by their
partner, ex-partner, or a relative (intimate femicide),
while 6.2% were killed by an acquaintance or by a stranger
(non-intimate femicide).
-Elsa Chanduví Jaña Read More
Nicaragua’s Eight-Month-Old Femicide Law Slow To Deliver
Results
A gruesome murder case in Nicaragua’s Matagalpa department
has brought new attention to what--despite the
implementation last year of a much-heralded femicide
law--remains a serious problem for the Central America
nation: violence against women and girls. Last year, 85
femicides (murders of women at the hands of men) occurred
in Nicaragua, nine more than in 2011, according to the Red
de Mujeres contra la Violencia (RMCV), a nongovernmental
women’s rights group.
-Benjamin Witte-Lebhar Read More
Avian Flu Outbreak in Guanajuato Raises Concerns about
Price Speculation for Eggs, Chicken
The dreaded avian flu has returned to central Mexico again
this year, this time causing significant poultry deaths in
Guanajuato state. The outbreak of the H7N3 virus--which
had forced poultry farmers in the state to destroy more
than 2 million birds as of the end of February—appears
confined to the municipalities of Dolores Hidalgo,
Juventino Rosa, and San Felipe in northern Guanajuato.
The Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad
Agroalimentaria (SENASICA) said the outbreak originated at
a poultry farm operated by the company Pilgrim’s,
initially spreading to 17 farms owned by the firm Bachoco.
The virus was later discovered on 20 other farms in the
area.
-Carlos Navarro Read More
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