by the El Reportero’s wire services
The Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon appointed seven career consuls in the United States as part of a plan of the government of Mexico to protect the Mexican community abroad, was confirmed this Saturday.
In a press release, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explains that all the appointed officials have the experience and professional training necessary to protect the rights and interests of Mexicans outside their country and to implement the protection strategy of the Mexican government.
The seven new incumbents will serve in the consulates of Calexico, San Bernardino, and Fresno, all three in California; Las Vegas, Nevada; McAllen, Texas; and Douglas and Tucson, Arizona.
The new consuls will implement the mandate of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard to seek a new vision focused on human rights and the commitment of the Government of Mexico to revitalize the relationship with communities of Mexicans abroad, ends the note.
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Federal and state authorities inaugurated a statewide security system in Michoacán on Wednesday that is the biggest of its kind in Latin America.
The C5-i system (short for Command, Communications, Computation, Control, Coordination and Intelligence) connects 11 sub-centers around Michoacán that allow authorities to monitor activities across the state.
Governor Silvano Aureoles told the inauguration ceremony in Morelia, the state capital, that he hopes to collaborate with the federal government on security policy through the C5-i.
The governor also announced that one of the first tasks of the C5-i will be a pilot program to combat homicide.
“Learning from the experience of the anti-kidnapping program, we’re going to start a pilot program to fight homicide,” he said. “We’re also going to invest in the Attorney General’s Office, because it’s another vital part of any strategy against violence and impunity.”
Federal Public Security Secretary Alfonso Durazo praised the governor for his collaboration in creating the system.
“Governor Silvano Aureoles has been a great ally to the federal government in general, but today I want to recognize specifically his commitment to public security,” he said.
Durazo also thanked Michoacán business owners for agreeing to a tax increase of between 2 percent and 3 percent to pay for public security efforts.
The C5-i has 360 employees who monitor 18,250 emergency panic buttons in public places and over 6,000 security cameras around Michoacán.
Source: La Razón (sp), Reporte Índigo (sp).
