by the El Reportero’s wire services
Some 10 000 federal police officers in Mexico were assigned to search for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, head of the Sinaloa cartel, including trained dogs to support the operation, it emerged today.
Interpol is also Looking for “El Chapo” Guzmán.
This will facilitate the checking of passenger and cargo vehicles, as to find clues that enable the capture of the man considered the most wanted drug trafficker in the world.
The Interior Ministry reported last night about the operating aimed at recapturing ‘El Chapo’, who escaped from the high security prison of Altiplano, in the state of Mexico last Saturday night.
The federal police will look in hospitals, hotels and funeral homes, while simultaneously distributed 100,000 flyers “with recent photographs of the fugitive”, he said.There are also warnings for the control of private flights and a rigorous passenger review.
The Secretariat also referred to the existence of 101 revision filters located in the main federal highways in 22 states of central and southern zones of the country.
As it was explained, one of the groups with greater specialization of the Federal Police is the Gendarmerie, which has about five thousand members. From these 180 members of special groups in this division, who perform search actions and location, were chosen.
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, was included in the list of the most wanted criminals by Interpol, to which 199 countries are linked. Guzman escaped from his cell through a tunnel 1.5 kilometers long leading to a house under construction.
Nicaragua police under fire after massacre of family
Anti-narcotics police in Nicaragua mistakenly massacred a family then allegedly tried to cover it up, sparking a backlash against a force that has previously been held up as an example in the region.
Preliminary reports state the police were lying in wait for a drug shipment when they were approached by a car carrying eight members of a local family. Mistaking the car for the suspected drug traffickers, the police opened fire, killing three people, including two children aged 11 and 12, reported La Prensa.
Witnesses on the scene told media how, after the shooting, police sealed off the area and prevented anyone from reaching the vehicle despite the cries for help that could be heard from within. The witnesses claimed police then confiscated cellular phones of people who had been filming the scene, then planted several suspicious objects in the car, according to La Prensa.
Income of Mexican households drops
In the first two years of President Enrique Peña Nieto the income in Mexican homes fell 3.2 percent in real terms, compared to 2012, revealed a survey released here today.
The National Household Income and Expenditure Survey indicated that the current average household income stood at 39.719 pesos quarterly (just over 2,700 US dollars), which represents a decline of 3.5 percent at constant prices, compared to 2012.
The survey conducted by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics reveals that households spend a higher percentage of their income in food, beverages and snuff, with 34.1 percent; transport and communication, with 18.8 percent; education and recreation, with 14 percent.
Expenditure on housing and fuel was the only category that showed an increase of 2.9 percent between 2012 and 2014. All non-cash components of the current expenditure also fell in the period, excluding the estimated rental for housing.
