Mexico holds ex-army Guatemalans
A group of armed Guatemalan men held in Mexico on suspicion of aiding drug gangs had been trained by an elite soldiers’ unit, officials say.
At least four in the group of seven men detained had been in the Guatemalan army, Mexico’s attorney general said.
Mexican authorities are investigating whether the heavily-armed group had entered the country to fight alongside a local gang of drug smugglers.
Mexico is battling a surge in violence blamed on competing drug gangs.
The seven men were arrested by Mexican authorities near the Guatemalan border on 10 September.
They were carrying six machine-guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition and are likely to face charges of weapons smuggling.
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Guatemalan officials confirmed on Thursday that four of the men had been trained by the country’s Kaibiles special forces unit, which specialises in jungle warfare.
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Mexico Army Brings Aid to Katrina Victims
A Mexican army convoy began crossing into the United States on Thursday to bring aid to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Carrying water treatment plants and mobile kitchens that can feed 7,000 people daily, the convoy bound for San Antonio is the first Mexican military unit to operate on U.S. soil since 1846.
The first green tractor-trailers, with Mexican flags attached to the tops of their cabs, crossed the international bridge at Laredo at about 8:15 a.m. The rest of the 45-vehicle convoy was in a staging area on the U.S. side in about 15
Cholestech partners with Mexico
Hayward-based Cholestech Corp. (CTEC) and Nutritional Science and Technology, Cholestechs Mexican partner, agreed to supply the Mexican Ministry of Communication and Transportation with its LDX System, a cholesterol monitoring tool.
Livermore-based UltraCell Corp., a manufacturer of high performance micro fuel cells for portable power, secured a contract from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Centers Army Power Division to speed up the development of a methanol fuel cell to be used as a power source for soldiers.
Soure: mercurynews.com
Mexico now doubts detaineees were members of elite force
Mexican officials are continuing to investigate seven Guatemalans detained while carrying prohibited firearms.
But Mexican authorities today said they now do -NOT- believe the men are former members of an elite Guatemalan counterinsurgency unit.The men, who face charges of weapons trafficking, were caught near the Guatemalan border on September tenth.Officials say the men had six large-caliber rifles and about 16-hundred rounds of ammunition.Authorities earlier said the men might be former "Kaibiles," an elite Guatemalan paratrooper unit, and that they had arrived to work with Mexican drug traffickers. Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All
Dana Corp. dissolves joint venture in Mexico
Dana Corp. announced plans to acquire full ownership of several operations based in Mexico, following the dissolution of its joint venture with DESC S.A. de C.V., known as Spicer S.A. de C.V.
Dana will assume 100 percent ownership of operations that make and assemble axles and driveshafts, as well as forging and foundry operations in which the company now holds an indirect 49-percent interest.
DESC, in turn, will assume full ownership of the transmission and aftermarket gasket operations in which it now holds a 51-percent interest.
The transactions are expected to close in the first quarter of
Army OF Americas Forming, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Kill Foreign $$ Dictators
I have good news. A move is on throughout the Americas for a new Army to retake the Americas for us, the Americans, the mix breeds of the old world with no allegiance to anyone but divine conscience for the humane kind. We are the poor by their caste design. International, trained, and unrelenting.
Below are excerpts from my website Mobile Audit Club. I am encouraging new trading partners and business ventures among the poor of the Americas, trading in anything they can under arranged exchanges at arms length. In
Arbol de la Noche Triste: Mexico City
The tree under which Hernán Cortés cried after suffering severe losses in a battle against the Aztecs in 1520. Under cover of darkness and rainfall, the Spanish army, along with its indigenous allies, began to retreat towards Tlacopan (Tacuba). However, they were spotted fleeing by the Aztec sentries positioned on the heights of Teocalli, who raised the battle cry on their shell horns. The pathway over the lake towards Tlacopan was cut in various sections and too narrow to permit a quick flight. Furthermore, the burdensome supplies carried by the Iberians made passage
UPDATE 2-Mexico central bank holds interest rates steady
Mexico's central bank held interest rates steady on Friday, although it is widely expected to push them lower later this month to help a struggling economy.
With manufacturing output weak, the central bank began pushing rates lower in August and markets expect further cuts ahead, but analysts differ over whether policy-makers will pause in the easing cycle as the race for July 2006 elections heats up.
The bank said in its twice-monthly policy review on Friday it was keeping its money market "short" steady at 79 million pesos a day and made no change
UPDATE 1-Mexico's central bank holds monetary policy steady
Mexico's central bank held monetary policy steady on Friday, pausing in its current loosening cycle as expected, despite record low inflation and a weak economy.
The central bank said in its twice-monthly policy review it was keeping its money market "short" steady at 79 million pesos a day. The short is one of the Banco de Mexico's main monetary policy tools.
A decrease in the short increases overnight lending to banks and tends to push interest rates lower, which encourages borrowing to stimulate economic growth.
At its last policy review on Aug. 26, Mexico's central
Mexico conservative holds election lead in new poll
The conservative ruling party candidate in Mexicos presidential race has a 2-point lead over his main leftist rival, according to a newspaper poll published on Thursday that confirms a recent trend.
The survey by Excelsior newspaper gave Felipe Calderon 36 percent support compared with 34 percent for former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. It was the first time Calderon has led the Excelsior poll, which last month showed Lopez Obrador ahead by 2 percentage points.
It follows a series of more closely watched newspaper polls that also showed Calderon moving ahead of the
UPDATE 1-Mexico central bank holds interest rates steady
Mexico's central bank held interest rates steady on Friday, although it is widely expected to push them lower again later this month to help a soft economy.
The central bank said in its twice-monthly policy review it was keeping its money market "short" unchanged at 79 million pesos a day and made no change to the country's overnight lending rate, which stands at 9.00 percent.
The short regulates overnight lending levels and was the central bank's main monetary policy weapon before it recently began explicitly telling markets how much rates should move.
With inflation under
