Authorities in Mexico said 14 people died in a bus crash Monday morning after the bus left McAllen for the Mexican city of Durango A spokesperson for the Lerdo Fire Department in Mexico said the bus caught fire after crashing with a tractor trailer Ten of the 24 passengers on the bus made it out alive A spokesperson said the crash happened at 4 a.m and the bus was operated by the tour company Aser Tours The city of Lerdo is about seven hours away from McAllen and two and a half hours away from Durango two-day shopping excursion from Durango to McAllen Aser Tours released a statement on their Instagram page saying they will offer support to victims and the operator of the tractor trailer was at fault in the crash Channel 5 News has reached out to Aser Tours and is still waiting for a response President Claudia Sheinbaum on Saturday visited Durango’s new Guadalupe Victoria water treatment plant construction site The plant will provide clean water to Durango city in the northern Mexican state of Durango The facility is set to begin operations on March 25 Sheinbaum was mainly in Durango to launch the Mujeres Bienestar (Womens’ Well-Being) pension program for women between ages 60 and 64 she announced new programs and investments for the state in water and roads and also a program to turn Durango into one of Mexico’s major grower of beans as part of a food self-sufficiency initiative for the country The “Healthy Water for La Laguna” program was launched by former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in a bid to deliver clean water free of contaminants such as fluoride and arsenic to people living in the Durango and Coahuila states La Laguna is a metropolitan zone including the cities of Francisco I Matamoros and Torreón in Coahuila and the cities of Gómez Palacios and Lerdo in Durango The program has been rolled out in four municipalities in Durango to date – Mapimí The water treatment plant has “a very innovative technology developed by [The National Water Commission] Conagua itself which will allow the water that comes from the Guadalupe Victoria dam to pass through this water treatment plant and to reach the city of Durango,” said Sheinbaum in a video explaining the project This will also allow “the wells that are currently contaminated to stop being used and for there to be better quality water and more water” for that city The director of Conagua Efraín Morales and Durango’s governor Esteban Villegas accompanied the president at the Guadalupe Victoria site Morales said he expects the water treatment plant to supply over 200,000 inhabitants in Durango City with clean water The program supports Sheinbaum’s government’s aim to improve access to water The federal government has earmarked over 7.3 billion pesos to improve Durango’s water infrastructure during Sheinbaum’s six-year term It will collaborate with the state government to carry out works in the 39 municipalities prioritizing access to drinking water and flood prevention Morales stressed that 76% of Mexico’s water is currently destined for the agricultural sector The government is also investing in an irrigation technology program aimed at producing more food with less water In addition to the Guadalupe Victoria facility Sheinbaum and Morales discussed the development of the El Tunal II dam which is part of the 2025 National Water Plan The dam will be built over three years and is expected to supply Durango with drinking water for the next 50 years The government will invest an estimated 4 billion pesos in the project which is expected to help bolster Durango’s economy ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Voters overwhelmingly passed Prop 36 in November to add stiffer punishments for repeat offenders for retail theft and drug offenses which were softened by Prop 47.But if it involves jail time where do you put them?With a downsized prison system in California even holding someone for a few days can stress the system I recently walked through the Maximum Medium security building at Lerdo jail It's a similar story at the Mega barracks…But now some misdemeanors are being reclassified as felonies again meaning offenders will be facing jail time won't change in the near future," said Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood It won't solve the problem of not having jail beds without releasing felons." Youngblood tells me there are more than 300 murder and attempted murder inmates being held at Lerdo with more than 100 coming from the state.And due to legislative changes over the years and they want me to lock up the misdemeanors," said Youngblood we look at the least of the worst and release felons Youngblood says re-opening the Max/Med facility and the 360 beds within would require dozens of new staff members and millions of dollars.It was a topic that he and District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer addressed before County Supervisors in October during comments in support of a resolution backing Prop 36 Youngblood says his department has been hiring hundreds of new employees "We've hired over 400 people in the last two years The city asks when will we have those beds but there are so many moving parts," said Youngblood He told Supervisors that it would probably take close to 18 months to open the Max Med facility Assistant DA Joe Kinzel tells me they will be ready to start prosecuting those changes to Prop 36 Ia. — A 17-year-old Iowa girl who died after helping to clean a hog confinement building in Kossuth County was overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning was found unconscious Monday night in the building in rural Swea City She was taken to the Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona Autopsy results from the Iowa Medical Examiners Office said Parra-Lerdo's death was accidental She was a junior at South Central Calhoun High School in Lake City A power washer was being operated in the building's hallway near where Parra-Lerdo was working and inadequate ventilation caused her to be overcome by the fumes an average of 35 deaths and 300 emergency department visits relate to carbon monoxide exposure each year according to the Iowa Department of Public Health Property tax records show the deed holder of the facility is Cottonwood Investment Company, and it is managed by Christensen Farms of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, the Mason City Globe-Gazette reported Parra-Lerdo was not employed at Christensen Farms Her mother owns the company that was cleaning the facility Parra-Lerdo's funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at South Central Calhoun High School. Masks are required, according to her obituary South Central Calhoun High School principal Randy Martin recalled Parra-Lerdo singing in the hallways with her friends and said he'd remember her for her positive attitude.  "I don't know if I ever saw her in a bad mood and because the gas is colorless and odorless it's important to know how to identify signs of danger and how to respond wood or charcoal all produce carbon monoxide Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning usually include headache confusion and chest pains in people with heart or respiratory disease Prolonged exposure or high levels of carbon monoxide can cause unconsciousness and death UnityPoint Health offers these safety tips: a deputy at the Wasco City Substation began an investigation into the smuggling of marijuana methamphetamine and heroin into the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Lerdo Detention Facility The deputy identified two suspects – Noe Cantu Both are documented members of the “Varriou Wasco Rifas” criminal street gang the deputy got arrest warrants for Cantu and Betancourt on allegations of conspiracy to commit a crime smuggling illegal narcotics into a detention facility and participating in a criminal street gang The deputy also got a search warrant on their individual residences in the 1000 block of 4th Street in Wasco and the 3500 block of M Street in Bakersfield Cantu and Betancourt were both arrested and deputies found additional evidence to support the charges against the two Anyone with additional information regarding this investigation is requested to contact the Kern County Sheriff’s Office at (661) 861-3110 or Secret Witness (661) 322-4040 Japanese-Brazilian pianist LINA MORITA made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2013.  Her international career has taken her throughout the U.S. and the Czech Republic. Most recently she has been invited to present concerts at Sala Blas Galindo at Centro Nacional de Artes Mexico City; Capilla de la Biblioteca Miguel Lerdo de Tejada Mexico City; Auditorio Alfredo Kraus in Gran Canaria Spain; Salão Leopoldo Miguez in Rio de Janeiro Brazil; and in Mexico City (UNAM, Museo Mural Diego Rivera and at La Escuela de Musica “Vida y Movimiento” del Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli).  Other venues in which she has performed include II Festival Eleazar de Carvalho, IX Festival de Música de Santa Catarina in Brazil, the Bertramka Museum in Prague, the Music Center at Strathmore in Maryland Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington DC, the Connoisseur Series at the University of Southern Mississippi.  In August and September of 2024 she will be performing solo recitals as an invited guest pianist for the Ponce Project Foundation in Mexico City and Houston Lina Morita has performed recitals and taught master classes at colleges and universities throughout the United States and abroad and has collaborated with renowned musicians such as flutists Ransom Wilson Robert Spring and cellist Dennis Parker.  As a concerto soloist Morita performed Mozart’s “Jeunehomme” Concerto and the Chopin’s F Minor Concerto with the Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra in Washington D.C. and Virginia.  Other soloist appearances include Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Beethoven’s Concerto No 4 with the Lake Charles Symphony in Louisiana and the Washington Sinfonietta in Washington DC.  She has released CDs with soprano Carol Lines on Centaur Records and with cellist Dennis Parker on Nucello Recordings.  The latest CD, Landscapes with guitarist Jay Kacherski released by Frameworks Records in the Fall of 2022 has been deemed “an impressive album both in music and performances” by Soundboard Magazine and that “Kacherski and Morita are both virtuosi and play exceptionally well together” Lina Morita received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music; the Master of Music degree from Rice University; and the Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University.  Her primary studies have been with Nelita True, Robert Roux Morita is currently a Professor of Piano at McNeese State University in Lake Charles First Time Freshman Transfer Students Graduate Students International Students McNeese Online Financial Aid & Scholarships Freshman Advising Visit McNeese Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs Online Programs Academic Catalog Student Resources Colleges & Departments Academic Schedule Class Search Activities & Organizations Campus Amenities Health & Wellness Campus Housing Fitness & Athletics Campus Safety Internships & Employment Student Publications Our Mission History & Tradition Leadership Facts & Statistics Accreditation Visit McNeese McNeese State University has been trusted and respected as an institution of innovation and academic excellence Ranked as one of the top public universities in the United States and one of the finest regional universities in the South Accreditation Already a member? Log in Not a member? Sign up Explore our Food Tours → In our recent explorations of Mexico City’s Azcapotzalco neighborhood, we were taken to a taquería that was going to “blow our minds,” according to our host. After having some drinks at El Dux de Venecia we headed around the corner to Los Parados de Pepe for a visit Our first impression didn’t amount to much Half of this tiny hole in the wall was taken up by a large counter where tortillas were being made A sloppily hung menu listed just a few options and the grill in the back didn’t radiate culinary magic as we’ve learned with so many places in Mexico City Our guide insisted that one taco would be enough to satisfy our appetite as tacos in this city tend to be modestly sized Tacos here are 80 pesos (US$5) – a very high price for any taco in Mexico – and if you ordered it with cheese the price shot up to 140 pesos (US$9) Our guide ordered one beef taco and one beef taco with cheese for our group of five A taco at Los Parados de Pepe is like no other taco in Mexico City Each order comes piled high with a whopping 300 grams (11 ounces) of meat – a choice of bistek (steak) suadero (beef shank) or longaniza (sausage) And it comes accompanied by half a dozen fresh One taco can easily feed two customers or a single extremely hungry one For 80 pesos you can also order a quesadilla that comes in the same fashion with a large portion of Oaxaca cheese topped with several tortillas Los Parados de Pepe has been in business for 49 years His father started the business and it has remained in the family all this time The secret to this taquería’s success is very simple It all comes down to one single ingredient: All the meat is marinated in the lard from a female yearling sheep More lard is added to the meat while it cooks on the grill We can attest that this makes for an incredibly tasty (and surprisingly not greasy) taco – and a delicious-smelling taquería that Los Parados de Pepe’s success can also be attributed to a few other things It’s the kind of establishment where one can easily mingle with other eaters (parados refers to people who are standing which is how customers eat their tacos and quesadillas) The salsas are fresh and hot (use caution especially with the green one!) handmade tortillas are always a plus at any eatery in Mexico All of these – and the tacos themselves – make for a very impressive taquería loading map - please wait...Map could not be loaded - please enable Javascript!→ more information Scenes from Luis Echeverría’s presidential inauguration on December 1 1970. Credit: Proceso/Hemeroteca de la Biblioteca Miguel Lerdo de Tejada  CIA: Former Mexican President “Shares Heavily in the Blame” for Tlatelolco Massacre Intelligence Said Echeverría Left Mexico in “Psychological Crisis” 2022 - To mark this year’s anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre the National Security Archive today posted an essential collection of ten key U.S documents on Luis Echeverría Álvarez (1922-2022) the former Mexican president later charged with genocide for his role in the Tlatelolco and Corpus Christi student massacres documents depict Echeverría—a career politician in the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI)—as a man intent on crushing his enemies through manipulation and concluded that he “shares heavily in the blame” for the violence at Tlatelolco An Embassy memo produced days after the 1971 Corpus Christi massacre described the Echeverría government’s “continuing effort to co-opt and control [the] student movement.” Other documents featured in this collection illustrate an acute “period of tensions” in U.S.-Mexican relations during his administration and the “psychological crisis” that gripped Mexico after his presidency Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and President Richard Nixon illuminate his immense ambitions in global leadership Despite ample documentation of his involvement in the atrocities a special prosecutor was unable to sustain the case for genocide and Echeverría was later cleared of all charges at the age of 100 and was Mexico’s longest-living president The documents published today are the result of years of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and related archival research Some are drawn from previous National Security Archive postings while several others are published here for the first time The PRI dominated Mexican politics for 50 years after the end of the revolution in 1917 and these decades of relative stability instilled a measure of confidence in the one-party system rapid population growth and widening economic inequality created a crisis for Mexican president Gustavo Díaz Ordaz was a key member of the strategic committee of high-level officials that directed the government’s negotiations with the students A State Department Intelligence Note produced two months before the Tlatelolco massacre said the demonstrations–characterized in the press as “a battlefield not unlike Paris during the May-June civil disturbances”–were “never a threat to [government] stability,” though they were “highly embarrassing.” The government response was two-fold and reflected a strategy that would characterize Echeverría’s leadership: working “quietly” to “encourage demonstrations” and promote dissent among students and then relying on the use of “massive force” when the demands became intolerable the government’s “connections and controls within the student groups,” the State Department noted were likely to increase in response to the disturbances Over the years, Echeverría repeatedly denied playing a central role in the October 2 student massacre but a CIA Weekly Summary Special Report from January 1971 affirmed that he “shares heavily in the blame.” The CIA report said the “full consequences” of the Tlatelolco massacre “probably have not yet been realized,” even as Echeverría was attempting to reduce the “animosity initially engendered by his nomination.” The PRI was “more interested in quashing dissent than in absorbing critics into the system,” the CIA observed leading with ideological rhetoric and the open arms of negotiation but often reverting to repression and control the CIA was concerned that “an internal political crisis in Mexico could also spark latent anti-Americanism,” warning that an “unpopular crackdown on dissenters by security forces using US-made equipment would 'involve' the US in the incident" [Document 2] Echeverría assumed the presidency in 1970 in the midst of increasing civil discontent with the PRI while significantly weakened from the intense repression of Tlatelolco continued their activities in universities across the country Just days before the Corpus Christi student massacre a State Department report reflected on Mexico’s “youth problem.” Despite Echeverría’s “concerted effort to improve relations” with the students his reliance on “gestures and elements of style” appeared empty in the absence of any substantial concessions a “captive” of the political and economic reality in Mexico another one of the system’s “instruments,” according to the U.S some 10,000 student demonstrators were attacked by a group of plain-clothed paramilitaries during a protest in Mexico City leaving dozens dead and over a hundred injured were a parapolice group trained and armed by the Mexican government Echeverría’s violent response to the largest student protest since Tlatelolco dealt a fatal blow to his gestures of tolerance and open dialogue Embassy memo produced shortly after the crackdown detailed the government’s “continuing effort to co-opt and control [the] student movement” and said the government’s “more intense” involvement in student affairs “raises question [about] whether Echeverría really intends [to] allow students greater freedom.” [Document 4] Records about Echeverría’s involvement in global politics show a different side of his legacy and shed additional light on his domestic security policies he championed economic programs in developing countries and often spoke on behalf of “Third World” interests in sweeping international tours the two men engaged in a sprawling conversation on geopolitics and the threat of communism in the hemisphere Nixon acknowledged Mexico’s unique position as a bridge between the U.S and Latin America and encouraged the Mexican president to “speak up for the whole hemisphere” [Document 5] Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met with Echeverría at Los Pinos in 1974 Kissinger noted the success of Mexico’s one-party system saying “you have to capture as much ground from your opposition as possible” and acknowledging that the U.S took the same approach with its own domestic opposition to the Vietnam war “how do you elect a president?” Echeverría replied Its leaders are in contact with all the country’s social forces.” He told Kissinger that he had risen above the rest because he “joined with [President] Díaz Ordaz and maintained order” in the face of “communist and student outbreaks.” At the same time Echeverría told Kissinger that Mexico needed “something to capture the imagination of youth,” adding that they needed “to liberalize the political process” and that “it can’t be done with bayonets.” [Document 6] generally tolerated the Mexican government's harsh measures despite rising levels of violence committed by state forces and just as new policies were being developed in Washington to condition U.S Declassified documents also reveal Echeverría’s close ties to intelligence networks including a history of direct involvement in both producing intelligence and in coordinating operations Echeverría presided over the Dirección Federal de Seguridad (DFS) the principal intelligence and security agency of the Mexican government The DFS led counterinsurgency operations against guerrilla groups and the student movement and was dissolved in 1985 amidst allegations of widespread human rights violations and corruption Echeverría was also providing intelligence to the CIA station in Mexico City Echeverría warned of the influence of “dark force” foreign intelligence services highlighting the threat they posed to both Mexico’s domestic affairs and to developing solidarity between countries in the “Third World.” Whether sincere or not the declassified record demonstrates that Echeverría likely understood the political value in making these accusations Claims of CIA interference in international affairs was a card Echeverría found garnered immediate support from other developing countries he would apply the same allegations to the Mexican left in a desperate The March 1975 incident at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in which an outburst from students during Echeverría’s speech led to his memorable accusation that the students were “manipulated by the CIA,” illustrates both an impulsive and calculating response to criticism published for the first time in this posting pulls back the curtain on this episode and its consequences for U.S.-Mexican relations Ambassador Joseph Jova characterized Echeverría’s accusation that the CIA was orchestrating the student groups as “wounding” in an exchange with an Echeverría associate adding that the Mexican government was “playing poker with our chips.” Noting the “many months (or years) of public confrontational language” aimed against the U.S the ambassador said the new attack was like “rain falling on sodden ground.” Jova observed that the U.S and Mexico were reaching a “period of tensions” and urged caution and discretion from both governments [Document 7] the Embassy referenced the UNAM episode and Echeverría’s assertion that “deliberately accusing the students of [an] affiliation they would abhor” serves to “steal the banners from the left” [Document 8] Anticipating and diffusing opposition in this manner was a strategy of Echeverría’s throughout his career and did little to stem rising levels of unrest The “psychological crisis” that gripped Mexico at the end of Echeverría’s presidency is described in a 1977 State Department report from the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) The national economy was in dire straits with an inflated foreign debt and following the devaluation of the peso in late 1976 Pressure from the private sector over Echeverría’s “anti-business diatribes” coupled with rising discontent among campesinos with the government’s failure to follow through on promised land redistribution were significant issues awaiting incoming president López Portillo Appealing to all sides with the promise of dialogue and then bitterly denouncing opposition when it reached “unacceptable” levels left Mexican society deeply divided The State Department confirmed that diplomatic relations “suffered” during Echeverría’s presidency and described his “verbal blasts at the US and allusions to ‘dark interests’” (presumably referring to the CIA and shady U.S business interests) as damaging to “US goodwill.” In evaluating his immediate legacy upon leaving office Echeverría “said that the accomplishments of his administration will be better understood in the future than they are today.” The INR report concludes that he was probably right [Document 9] a newly-created Office of the Special Prosecutor for Social and Political Movements of the Past (Fiscalía Especial para Movimientos Sociales y Políticos del Pasado – FEMOSPP) began to prosecute those responsible for state repression against students Special Prosecutor Ignacio Carrillo charged Echeverría with genocide for his role in the Tlatelolco and Corpus Christi massacres An Embassy cable from 2005 detailed the “slow judicial progress” made by the Special Prosecutor’s Office and the “controversial effort” to charge former President Echeverría with genocide While the case was stalled pending a Supreme Court appeal the Embassy speculated that Carrillo defined genocide in the case of the Corpus Christi massacre as “the state’s concerted effort to eliminate a specific group of individuals” [Document 10] Echeverría was eventually cleared of all charges Tlatelolco Massacre A report from the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research produced two months before the October 2 massacre at La Plaza de las Tres Culturas evaluates recent developments in the student movement Describing the “deployment of tanks and armored cars against student barricades,” the report ultimately determines that the “monolithic nature of the Mexican political system” ensures government stability even in the face of the “unprecedented” riots Echeverría’s strategic committee works quietly with student leaders while the government line for “face-saving reasons,” will “probably continue to stress the communist role” in the student disturbances The report notes there is little evidence to support this theory A CIA Weekly Summary focusing on Mexico details the political transition from Díaz Ordaz to Echeverría In evaluating the incoming president’s relationship to Mexican youth and the student movement the report references the Tlatelolco massacre and acknowledges that Echeverría “shares heavily in the blame.” The agency describes the rise of the “politically aware Mexican” that threatens the unity of the official political system and notes that the PRI has found its recent experiments with liberalization to be “increasingly dangerous.” The Corpus Christi Massacre A State Department report reflects on the first six months of the Echeverría administration and its relationship with Mexico’s youth The Embassy observes Echeverría’s “basically moderate position” on key economic issues despite his insistence on the “need to bring about a more equal distribution of national wealth and social progress.” The report notes that while Echeverría’s statements “closely coincide with youth views,” his administration is “less publicly…devoting considerable resources to the control of student groups.” National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Embassy memo describes Echeverría’s response to the student situation in the wake of the Corpus Christi Massacre The memo details the Mexican government’s “conciliatory posture” and “willingness to hear the students” following the violence of June 10 and remarks on the present disunity among student groups at the expense of the government's public image appears to have successfully divided the opposition The Nixon Tapes Presidents Nixon and Echeverría meet in the Oval Office for the first time. The majority of the conversation is centered around the spread of communism in Latin America. In discussing hemispheric issues, Echeverría acknowledges the “atmosphere of reciprocal understanding” reached by the two leaders. Listen to the conversation Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meets with Echeverría at Los Pinos for a discussion ranging from the need for foreign investment in Latin America to Boumédiene and Tito Echeverría advocates for a stronger alliance between U.S business interests and Mexico to counteract the appeal of the “communist mirage” and to “capture the imagination of youth.” Kissinger jokes that “all countries have domestic problems except Mexico.” An undisclosed source referred to as Echeverría’s “hombre de confianza” visits the home of U.S Ambassador Jova at the president’s request following the March 14 events at UNAM The source relates to Jova the “political necessity” of accusing the leftist students of CIA affiliations though the Mexican government recognizes there is no such involvement Ambassador Jova advised the Mexicans to avoid making public statements on “these very subjects (CIA et al)” and what he referred to as “internal problems of friendly government.” NARA Access to Archival Documents (AAD) database This Embassy cable notifies the State Department of Echeverría’s campaign for the post of Secretary General of the United Nations The Embassy describes Echeverria's personal character as reactionary particularly during the student massacres in 1968 and 1971: "On both occasions Echeverria was undoubtedly a key decision-maker and his response to the disorders was drastic and violent." Relating his career in Mexican politics the Embassy asserts that “the system fits him like a glove.” A State Department report from the Bureau of Intelligence and Research assesses Echeverría’s immediate legacy and the challenges that face incoming president José López Portillo Echeverría “surprised observers by outlanking the left with rhetoric–a favorite move being to call leftist students ‘fascists’.” The report also describes Echeverría’s ambitions in international affairs and his “frenetic involvement in every Third World cause.” Mexico's 1971 Corpus Christi Massacre, Fifty Years Later This Embassy cable details the “slow judicial progress” made by the Special Prosecutor’s Office and reports on the “controversial effort” to charge former President Echeverría with genocide In a report on the status of the prosecutions in early 2005 Embassy described the progress made by FEMOSPP and the obstacles they still faced including the office’s hyperfocus on “administrative tasks and processes,” noting that they appear “somewhat closed to victim outreach.” LITEMPO: The CIA's Eyes on Tlatelolco: CIA Spy Operations in Mexico The Dawn of Mexico's Dirty War: Lucio Cabañas and the Party of the Poor Tlatelolco Massacre: U.S Documents on Mexico and the Events of 1968 The Nixon Tapes: Secret Recordings from the Nixon White House on Luis Echeverría and Much Much More The Corpus Christi Massacre: Mexico's Attack on its Student Movement Human Rights and the Dirty War in Mexico Echeverría’s speech to students and the chaos that followed in the Salvador Allende auditorium at UNAM Echeverría is interviewed thirty years after the Tlatelolco massacre and says the number of victims is an “enormous exaggeration.”  Gelman LibraryThe George Washington University2130 H Street Phone: 202/994-7000Fax: 202/994-7005Contact by email     ​ support our work - donate The National Security Archive is committed to digital accessibility. If you experience a barrier that affects your ability to access content on this page, let us know via our Contact form Contents of this website (c) The National Security Archive, 1985-2025For educational or noncommercial use, contact the Archive using the form above for permission Print BAKERSFIELD — In the face of an ever-growing homelessness crisis cities across California have been searching for solutions from adding shelters and affordable housing to improving mental health and substance abuse services officials are considering a more radical approach: They want to put homeless people in jail for misdemeanor drug offenses and potentially for trespassing The tactic would fly in the face of criminal justice reform over the last decade in California as the state has leaned away from incarceration for low-level It also would counter mainstream thinking on preventing homelessness and addressing the reality of it which is being spearheaded by Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood and Kern County Dist But it has widespread support from the corridors of power in Bakersfield and Kern County the pilot program will need approval from the Bakersfield City Council for the appropriation of funds but it won’t require any official changes in policy Although the county operates the jails and courts a substantial portion of the money for the proposal is likely to come from the city The lack of opposition to trying to use the criminal justice system to deal with homelessness speaks to the political climate in this part of the Central Valley it’s a more conservative approach,” Youngblood said describing Kern as “the last large conservative county Homelessness is not a new problem in Bakersfield but it has surged dramatically in recent years recorded a 108% increase in unsheltered homeless people compared with the prior year which law enforcement and residents associate with the homeless population “The pressure from the public is enormous,” Youngblood said “When I say that the people in San Francisco and Los Angeles are fed up and they care about this issue Youngblood and Zimmer stressed that the homeless people who would receive jail sentences would be repeat offenders The focus would be on jailing those charged with misdemeanors for heroin and methamphetamine possession and use but Zimmer said she would also like to see trespassing charges included California First in a series: Big Mama and her neighbors live in a homeless encampment in Los Angeles Through a special housing initiative they’ll soon have the opportunity to move into apartments The sheriff said he fears that if something isn’t done more people will start trying to take matters into their own hands “We already have some people that go out and try and move people when they don’t have the authority to do that the city unveiled a new logo and slogan: “The sound of something better.” It references the iconic country music genre known as the Bakersfield sound and what draws many here — the idea of a better life where what might have been out of reach in L.A This is a place where the average rent for an apartment is $1,016 and you’re likely to know your neighbors An increasing number of downtown restaurants celebrate the agricultural bounty of the surrounding Central Valley with farm-to-table fare that’s marketed as such “As we continue to write our city’s new narrative we must move quickly to find solutions for those experiencing homelessness elevate the quality of life for all people and improve public safety,” Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh said via email a 1-cent sales tax focused on enhancing public safety and reducing homelessness A homelessness crisis was officially declared by the City Council a day after the measure passed which is expected to provide about $58 million annually in new funding Both of the city’s existing shelters — the Mission at Kern County and the Bakersfield Homeless Center — are at capacity Bakersfield is working to add 40 beds to each as well as construct a new “low-barrier” shelter to accept homeless people regardless of their sobriety and the planned low-barrier shelter does not yet have a location there are plenty of beds — about 600 — at the Kern County jail complex The effort would begin with a now-empty “mega-barracks” that could house roughly 120 individuals Using the empty beds wouldn’t require any new laws or sentencing guidelines to go into effect a ballot initiative passed by California voters in November 2014 nonviolent crimes from felonies to misdemeanors meaning they no longer carried state prison time But many low-level theft and drug misdemeanors can still carry a potential sentence of up to one year behind bars It’s just that those sentencing maximums aren’t typically followed and misdemeanor drug crimes rarely result in jail time Proposition 47 had taken away his department’s ability to provide drug treatment to individuals while incarcerated “This really isn’t about locking people up because they have a drug problem,” he said “It’s about keeping them incarcerated so that they can receive treatment for whatever their affliction is.” a homelessness policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California said there’s no evidence that substance abuse treatment during incarceration is more effective The ACLU recommends community-based treatment with a heavy emphasis on diversion “because all of the research shows that this is a much more effective and humane way to help people improve their health and mental health and get back to their lives,” Garrow said Numerous studies also have shown that not all homeless people have a substance abuse problem But Youngblood admitted the proposal isn’t just about drug treatment It’s also about quality of life for residents “I think people have been hesitant to say these kinds of things for a while even people in law enforcement,” Zimmer said it’s just so sad and it’s so pitiful and you sound like you’re so mean.” But we’ve got to put some of these people in jail.” Zimmer was careful to distinguish between homeless people who are down on their luck and drug addicts and criminals She believes that the homeless population in Bakersfield is overwhelmingly composed of the latter categories and that the city differs from other California cities in this respect because it still has affordable housing She estimated that 80% of the local homeless population is severely addicted to drugs “Some people have severe mental health issues The latest point-in-time count of homeless people in Kern County found that 51% of those surveyed reported a substance abuse issue The idea that criminal justice reform efforts are responsible for the homelessness crisis might be considered fringe in other parts of California voiced by civic leaders on down to business owners speaking at City Council meetings So much so that a slide in a city-prepared PowerPoint presentation titled “The Face of Homelessness in 2019” juxtaposed demographic data from the point-in-time count with bullet points of changes in California law — including Assembly Bill 109 “The size of the homeless population is going to be impacted by numerous variables, so it’s hard to know how much Prop. 47 affected it,” Soderborg said. Josth Stenner, a community organizer with the grass-roots nonprofit Faith in the Valley, said Bakersfield has a “tendency of kind of picking the scapegoat of the year. Last year, immigrants were causing all of our problems. This year, it’s the homeless. “But in reality, it’s so much more nuanced, and so much more of a confluence of all of the different things that are wrong with the way that we structure our economy, the way that we view our responsibility as citizens to take care of each other,” he said. A few things would have to happen for the plan to become a reality. City Manager Alan Tandy said Bakersfield has already agreed to pay roughly $300,000 a year for two assistant district attorneys to actively prosecute “serious” misdemeanors instead of just issuing tickets. Judges also would need to cooperate with the decision to follow sentencing maximums. In an emailed statement, Presiding Judge Judith K. Dulcich of the Kern County Superior Court said that Zimmer had informed her of the plan but that judges could not decide on sentences before defendants appeared in court. The largest hurdle to surmount will be staffing at the jail complex. Youngblood estimates that 12 new deputies will be necessary to operate that first 120-person mega-barracks. The Kern County Sheriff’s Department will need to hire and train those new deputies, which will take time. The cost of paying the deputies and operating the reopened section of the jail would be about $1.6 million ayear, according to the department. The cost would grow to more than $3 million if a women’s section is opened, the sheriff estimated. The amount the city will pay remains under discussion. Officials plan to use Measure N funds, which would require City Council approval. There is not yet a firm timeline in place for reopening sections of the jail, but Youngblood said that, best-case scenario, the first facility could be up and running in four to six months. Zimmer said the proposal is not a done deal yet by any stretch of the imagination. “We’re all just very prayerful,” she said, pointing to a Bible on her desk, which was open to the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. “I just hope that God helps us and gives us wisdom to make the best decisions that we can for the public.” Julia Wick is a political reporter at the Los Angeles Times. She and her colleagues won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for reporting on a leaked audio recording that upended Los Angeles politics. She was also part of the team that was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist for work covering a fatal shooting on the set of the film “Rust.” Before joining the Times, Wick was the editor in chief of LAist. Politics Climate & Environment Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map Cities across the world have always competed with each other for holding records Lists have been created ranking cities based on sustainability Here is one such list ranking the world's cities by elevation this list includes only the major cities with a population of over one million Check to see if any city in your country features in this list of sky-high cities: Declared to be the headquarters of the Union of South American Nations Quito also serves as Ecuador’s political and cultural epicenter Officially referred to as Toluca de Lerdo, the city of Toluca – Mexico’s fifth-most populous city situated at an elevation of 2,648m above sea level in central Mexico Toluca is located in a valley at the bottom of the Nevado de Toluca volcano approximately 63km southwest of Mexico City Being at the heart of the Greater Toluca metropolitan area Toluca’s rapid economic growth is attributed mainly due to its proximity to the country’s capital Cochabamba, situated at an elevation of 2,621m above sea level in central Bolivia, is the fourth-highest city in the world. Cochabamba is located in the Cochabamba valley of the Andes Mountains and is considered the biggest urban center placed between the cities of La Paz and Santa Cruz The city is well-known for its gastronomic richness and currently serves as one of Bolivia's significant political Bogota – Colombia’s capital and largest city situated at an elevation of 2,601m above sea level on the Bogota savanna in the southwestern portion of Altiplano Cundiboyacense in Andes Mountain’s Eastern Cordillera Bogota is South America’s third-highest capital city Bogota also serves as the country’s political Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s capital and largest city, situated at an elevation of 2,361m above sea level, is the sixth-highest city in the world. Addis Ababa is located at the base of Mount Entoto in a grassland biome that forms a portion of the Awash River’s watershed This highly developed city also serves as Ethiopia’s significant administrative It also houses the headquarters of several major international and continental organizations Mexico City – Mexico's capital and largest city, situated at an elevation of 2,316m, is the seventh-highest city in the world. Mexico City is placed in the Valley of Mexico in the high plateaus in the country's south-central portion. Mexico City serves as Mexico's administrative, educational, cultural, and economic center. It is also North America's most populous city and a significant financial center Xining is often referred to as China's "Summer Resort Capital." Sana'a – Yemen's capital and largest city Sana'a is located in the western portion of Yemen at the west base of Mount Nuqum in the Yemeni Highlands Sana'a is also one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities It serves as Yemen Highlands' significant political Puebla – Mexico's fourth-largest city, situated at an elevation of 2,176m, is the tenth-highest city in the world. Located in Central Mexico's southern portion in the Valley of Puebla, Puebla is strategically placed on the main route between the country's capital, Mexico City and Veracruz – its main Atlantic port Puebla also serves as the capital of the Mexican state of Puebla and is well-known for colonial architecture As discussed in the above article, most of the world’s highest cities are in South America, followed by Central America, Eastern Africa, and Eastern and Western Asia. Of the aforementioned ten highest cities, 6 of these cities serve as national capitals. Many of these high cities are also placed on plateaus and valleys of the Andes Mountains. Although Asia has the largest continental population only two of its major cities are located at an elevation of more than 2,000m photos and original descriptions © 2025 worldatlas.com fatally shot by police after he failed to pull over Four municipal police officers are under investigation in relation to the death of the young man after the victim’s neighbors staged violent protests and attempted to lynch the officers Special forces police officers stand guard after residents protested the death of Brando Arellano Cruz grieves as her husband Delfino Arellano embraces the body of their son A damaged Veracruz state police patrol car lays on its side burned by residents protesting the death of Brando Arellano Cruz A relative holds a smartphone displaying a photo of Brando Arellano Cruz Erika Maria Cruz grieves next to body of her son The Veracruz Public Security Department said in a statement the officers from Lerdo de Tejada They were handed over to the prosecutor’s office to investigate the death of 27-year-old Brando de Jesús Arellano Cruz The identities of the officers were not released Arellano Cruz was shot Friday night while in his vehicle His family speculated the police may have flagged Arellano Cruz down and he didn’t stop out of fear of the local security forces who are highly mistrusted by local residents and told him that the officers were following him and that he was on his way to his grandmother’s house Arellano Ramírez said that just after the call he went to the grandmother’s house and that when he arrived his son’s vehicle was stopped and he heard two gunshots “He stopped the car because he arrived at his grandmother’s house .. he saw the impact of the bullet in the glass and he looked through the window “I saw that my son was on his face and was already dripping blood,” he said Arellano Cruz’s father and mother — who arrived at the scene shortly afterwards — said they rebuked the officers asking for explanations but the officers intimidated them and told them that they had nothing to do with what happened dozens of neighbors surrounded the local police officers and began to beat them angrily The other four were rescued by state police and the National Guard and taken to a hospital those are the four officers who are under investigation Residents said the crowd was furious and went on to set fire to the town hall a van and part of the town hall building had been burned and dozens of angry people were still there Mayor María Esther Arroniz said on social media that she lamented Arellano Cruz’s death but condemned people who used the event “to feed hatred Residents have repeatedly denounced abuses by security forces Shopkeeper Julio Cesar Ramirez recounted Friday night how he was detained twice and falsely accused of carrying illegal substances “Perhaps this is not the correct way the people should have acted but we must also understand that the people are tired of abuses Only 1% of all crimes committed were reported according to a survey by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography A Dutch company is investing US $1.5 billion to build a fertilizer plant in Durango that is expected to drastically reduce Mexico’s reliance on foreign imports Durango Governor Esteban Villegas Villareal and federal Interior Minister Adán Augusto López announced the investment by fertilizer producer Tarafert earlier this month which will be capable of producing approximately 1 million metric tonnes per year of the substance The ammonia and urea plant will be built in the municipality of Lerdo and could produce enough fertilizer to cover 50% of Mexico’s demand for the substance, Tarafert says on its website At a business event in Durango on Thursday Villegas highlighted that there are currently no fertilizer manufacturers in Mexico and that the cost of the imported product has increased significantly due to the Russia-Ukraine war Villegas thanked Tarafert “for showing confidence in this government and Durango.” “I cannot thank the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador enough for its invaluable support,” he added Thomas Berkvens, director of project development for Tarafert, expressed the company’s “excitement” at having the support of federal and state authorities, according to a Durango government statement Villegas said Thursday that construction of the plant will generate 3,000 jobs and that the facility will employ 400–500 people in “very well paid” jobs once it begins operations The municipal government of Lerdo will sell treated wastewater to the plant meaning that it won’t deplete drinking water supplies Lerdo’s director of economic development said earlier this month that Tarafert’s plant complies with environmental requirements and posed no threat to the Nazas River The $1.5 billion investment is a new record for the municipality located in the Comarca Lagunera region of Durango and Coahuila “Tarafert will be the anchor company that will bring five other supply companies [to Lerdo]. They will be the base of the first industrial park … in this municipality, thanks to the intervention of the Caxxor group which has dedicated itself to the design and construction of the park,” Castrillón said He said that one factor that convinced Tarafert to build its plant in Lerdo is the municipality’s proximity to railroad tracks and highways including the Gómez Palacio-Durango City freeway Another is the proximity of the El Encino-La Laguna gas pipeline At Thursday’s “Invest in La Laguna” business event Villegas said that several other companies are close to announcing nearshoring investments in Durango The “Invest in La Laguna” website says the region is at “the center of North America’s most dynamic economic corridor.” High productivity and the availability of industrial space and specialized labor are among the reasons why the Comarca Lagunera region is an attractive place to invest With reports from Milenio and El Economista (KBAK/FOX58) — The Kern County Sheriff's Office said 35 were arrested in the alleged operation of an illegal indoor marijuana grow operation in northwest Bakersfield.On Feb deputies and the KernCounty High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (KC-HIDTA) executed a search warrant for a warehouse in the 3400 block of Getty Street Personnel from theCalifornia Department of Fish and Wildlife/Cannabis Enforcement Program (CEP) and Kern County Probation helped in the arrests of the 35 people who allegedly were involved in the operation of an illegal marijuana grow Law enforcement seized 2,591 marijuana plants KCSO said 14 people tried to hide in different rooms during the search and refused to comply with law enforcement after commands 21 other people tried to run from the back of the warehouse All 35 people were eventually detained without further incident and Lerdo Jail section along with Agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) also assisted the KC-HIDTA Task Force in the investigation The following were arrested for maintaining a place for drug sales They were transported and booked into the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Four municipal police officers face homicide charges after a 27-year-old father was killed in Veracruz on Friday The Veracruz Attorney General’s Office said that four male officers are accused of murdering Brandon Arellano Cruz in Lerdo de Tejada a municipality about 100 kilometers south of Veracruz city A judge ruled that the police must remain in custody as they await trial Arellano — who was reportedly mistaken for a thief — was shot after officers ordered him to stop his vehicle said that his son continued driving before parking his car outside his grandmother’s house Arellano Cruz was shot in the head and neck while he was still in his vehicle and died immediately “After having been chased by municipal police he arrived here to this address … and they shot him with two bullets,” Arellano Ramírez said adding that his son was the father of a six-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl residents detained the officers and set two police cars on fire They reportedly attempted to lynch the officers by beating them But the officers weren’t killed and were eventually arrested and taken away by state police Residents — who denounced frequent abuses of power by municipal police — later set the Lerdo de Tejada municipal palace and a local government vehicle on fire told the El Financiero newspaper that residents are “tired” of the abuses committed by municipal police and that “the people need justice.” police frequently detain people and plant drugs on them before demanding an on-the-spot payment Lerdo de Tejada locals also accuse municipal police of beating some residents Arellano Cruz was buried at the Lerdo de Tejada municipal cemetery on Sunday His mother told the news website La Silla Rota that she now feared for her own life “If [municipal police] were capable of taking one piece of my life they could take another piece of my life or put an end to my life … I fear for my personal safety,” Érika Cruz said Veracruz Governor Cuitláhuca García announced Monday that the National Guard and the army had assumed temporary control of security in Lerdo de Tejada a coastal municipality with a population of around 20,000 A “digital city” data center facility and a fertilizer plant are part of a newly-announced US $3.7 billion investment in the northern state of Durango by Mexican technology company Grupo Fermaca During President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Thursday morning press conference, co-president of Grupo Fermaca Fernando Calvillo said that these investments are part of Sheinbaum’s Plan Mexico which seeks to turn Mexico into the world’s 10th largest economy Both projects will take about three to four years to be completed Fermaca Digital City will include a hyperscale data center with the capacity to generate its own electricity The facility will have an installed capacity of 250 megawatts making it  the largest such facility in Latin America the data center will serve large national and international companies in the digital industry to store their e-commerce data and files Companies that will benefit from the facility include Amazon four projects will simultaneously create more than 3,500 jobs: Calvillo said that the data center facility is set to begin construction in the coming weeks Fermaca’s second investment is the Fermachem nitrogen fertilizer plant in the municipality of Lerdo The plant is expected to produce 600,000 tons of urea fertilizer per year supporting the national fertilizer production and Mexico’s food self-sufficiency This output will complement the 1.5 million tons that Pemex already manufactures Mexico imports between 80% and 90% of fertilizers the company seeks to eliminate intermediaries and provide competitive prices for the farmers “With cutting-edge technology and a strong commitment to environmental protection this plant will produce quality fertilizers in Mexico to replace imports,” Calvillo noted Fermaca is a Mexican company founded over 60 years ago that specializes in the development and execution of high-impact infrastructure projects It has developed several gas pipes in Mexico such as  the Villa de Reyes – Aguascalientes – Guadalajara gas pipeline Grupo Fermaca comprises eight companies in the infrastructure and energy sectors in Mexico LAS CRUCES - Construction of the new La Entrada monument at Albert Johnson Park is nearing completion according to a city of Las Cruces news release The original La Entrada monument was on a portion of what is now the re-opened Main Street near the Rio Grande Theatre where it resided from 1997 to 2006 when it was removed for the Main Street reopening More: Young Park parking lot to be cleaned, restriped The current monument is a re-imagination of the previous using original tiles from Las Cruces’ sister city Lerdo Some of the original tiles broke when the original monument was disassembled whose art is displayed on Las Cruces water tanks has been instrumental in the entire construction project including monument design Low retaining seat walls were installed to blend the monument into the park topography and to allow spaces for viewers to sit while they enjoy the monument The final touch is for the Parks & Recreation Department to plant creeping germander in the monument’s center within the next few weeks the statue of Albert Johnson has been placed near its original location at the park’s main entrance at the corner of Picacho Avenue and Main Street TEHACHAPI, Calif. — The Pawsitive Change program is a unique prison program that started in California City and expanded to four other prisons in 2017 Now that program is expanding even further another Pawsitive Change program is opening at Tehachapi Correctional Institution The program also announced they are in negotiations to open programs in Riverside County at the California Rehabilitation Center and the Boys Juvenile Camp outside of Lerdo County Jail in Bakersfield "Rescue dogs are inherently rehabilitative and promote great self awareness and growth The crux of our program is emotional awareness and intelligence which we lead us to make better decisions in life because we have a better relationship with ourself," the program wrote in the post Pawsitive Change is a volunteer-based prison program that pairs inmates with rescued dogs over a 14-week period under the shadow of Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue The program's curriculum is designed to ready the men and dogs for the Canine Good Citizen Certification It is operational at North Kern State Prison Corcoran State Prison and now Tehachapi Correctional Institution Inmate selection is based on conduct while incarcerated and demonstrated interest in the program and are required to fill out a survey and write an essay outlining why they want to participate in the program Adore Jesus’ Real Presence in the Eucharist Explained’ Series Addresses Marian Devotion in Arlington Diocese and Beyond Congress Must Act Against Online Child Exploitation Oklahoma Board Approves First Catholic Charter School in the Country Pope Francis Names Two New Auxiliary Bishops for San Diego Who Immigrated to US as Teens Catholic honored for helping raise money to restore Paris cathedral Bishop Seitz walked and prayed with a group of migrants at the Lerdo International Bridge in El Paso as they sought asylum in the U.S By Catholic News Service • Posted June 28 The following is the text of a statement by Bishop Mark J on the immigration situation at the border at El Paso and Ciudad Juarez that he delivered June 27 before he crossed the Lerdo International Bridge that connects the U.S As a Catholic and Christian leader on the border I am often called to be a doctor of the soul how do we begin to diagnose the soul of our country A government and society which view fleeing children and families as threats; a government which treats children in U.S custody worse than animals; a government and society who turn their 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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper* She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006 visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas Ellie has also taken part in judging panels such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022) Photographs of middle and upper-class citizens are on display at an exhibition in Mexico City Mirror Out of Your Skin is a collection of photographs that celebrates the 180th anniversary of the arrival of the daguerreotype in Mexico Over 700 photographs are divided into 36 thematic groups and in chronological order beginning in 1860 The taking of portraits was commercialized in that year with the use of glass photographic plates that allowed people to make copies of small portraits known as “cartes de visite” (visiting cards in French) “The exhibition is also a homage to 19th-century Mexican photographers who gave the image to Mexicans both the powerful and those in the middle class who could afford to have their photo taken,” said curator Gustavo Amézaga Heiras Also on display will be a number of objects and pieces that give an account of how the phenomenon of photography permeated daily life at the time It will include objects like photo albums and original pieces of furniture featured in the pictures Amézaga said the exhibition also includes the albums of prominent businessmen and the health records of prostitutes from 1868 which are normally housed in the Miguel Lerdo de Tejada Library in Mexico City Critic and art historian José Antonio Rodríguez who participated in a pre-inaugural viewing of the exhibition said Mexico is a country that really took to photography “We are one of the few countries that has photographic power but we are a photographic powerhouse,” he said Rodríguez added that the 19th century in Mexico was complex an era that saw great changes in photography The exhibition is on until next April at the Museo del Estanquillo (Museum of the Little Shop) at Isabel La Católica 26 in Mexico City’s historic center Source: La Jornada (sp) This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page 2024 at 11:31 pm PT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}The victims were identified as 80-year-old Arabella De Leon 53-year-old Rodrigo De Leon and 49-year-old Merceditas De Leon CA — Authorities this week identified the names of the four people killed in a Granada Hills home in a murder-suicide According to the Los Angeles County medical examiner and the Los Angeles Police Department 79-year-old Rodrigo De Leon shot and killed his wife and adult children before turning the gun on himself His victims were identified as 80-year-old Arabella De Leon Saturday in the 11600 block of Lerdo Avenue north of the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway next to Zelzah Park Los Angeles Police Department Officer Rosario Cervantes told City News Service Arriving officers knocked on the door but no one answered so they forced entry and were met by a witness who directed them to the deceased people CBS News identified the witness as the couple's adult daughter with special needs who was able to survive by barricading herself in a room and calling 911 police told reporters at a press conference “The only positive point is that you at least have one witness who has survived this incident,” LAPD Capt. Kelly Muniz said, according to the Los Angeles Times “I don’t know how much more terrifying and horrific of a scene it could be.” Video from the scene showed a large police presence in the neighborhood as the shooting was investigated The shooting ratled the quite neighborhood filled with single family homes and longtime residents On Sunday, a UPS driver for the area who was acquainted with the family stopped by to leave flowers outside of the home. "I've been on this route for 24 years and I think they've been here even longer," Fernando Flores, a UPS driver who left flowers outside the home told CBS News An investigation continued into the motive for the shootings City News Service contributed to this report Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Ia. — A family owned textile business in Sioux City has been sold to a Mexican-based company Jean and denim producer Grupo Siete Leguas closed on its deal Feb One of Aalfs' managing partners, Alex Rodawig, told the Sioux City Journal that Aalfs will be a subsidiary of Siete Leguas and that Aalfs' employees will continue doing what they're doing workforce of about 100 — 40 of them in Sioux City The combined company will employ more than 10,000 in the United States produce up to 20 million pairs of jeans a year and export to more than 40 countries Rodawig described the companies as friendly competitors over the years An exhibition commemorating almost 200 years of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United Kingdom was inaugurated in the Foreign Ministry Museum to mark the bicentennial of Mexico's independence The UK officially recognized Mexico's independence in 1823 and began the negotiations that would result in a Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation between both nations The inaugural ceremony was led by the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Emerita Carmen Moreno.  Other participants included the UK ambassador to Mexico Jon Benjamin; the Director General of the Matías Romero Institute Alejandro Alday; and the exhibition's curator The exhibition is supported by the Foreign Ministry's Archives of Diplomatic History; the Mexico City Historical Archives; the Miguel Lerdo de Tejada Library; El Universal; the National Photo Library of the National Institute of Anthropology and History; Liverpool and TecnoPrint It is curated by the art historian Veka Duncan with the participation of the historian Horacio Acosta and with the support of the British Embassy in Mexico and the Matías Romero Institute The exhibition includes objects and documents from key moments of the bilateral relationship including the visits of the royal family and British prime ministers to Mexico and of Mexican presidents to the United Kingdom The museum is open Monday to Saturday from 11:00 a.m Visitors will have their temperature taken and hand sanitizer applied on entry.  Visits are limited to 45 minutes and a maximum of 10 people per room is allowed in compliance with the government's "New Normal" plan and its health guidelines For more information, email  museodelacancilleria@sre.gob.mx or call 3686 5100 ext Exhibition: United by Friendship: Mexico - United Kingdom Relations Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/museodelacancilleriamx/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/museodelacancilleriamx/ Es el portal único de trámites, información y participación ciudadana. Leer más i&&ui_pixel_url[f](l)>0&&(j=ui_pixel_url[g](0,i-8).lastIndexOf(l),ui_pixel_url=(ui_pixel_url[g](0,j)+k+"cut="+r(ui_pixel_url[g](j+1)))[g](0,i)),c.images?(m=new Image,q.ns_p||(ns_p=m),m.src=ui_pixel_url):c.write(" Fulfilling your resolution to read more books this 2022 will be easier inside these peaceful and beautiful spaces These are the most beautiful libraries in the CDMX This is one of the best kept treasures of the Historic Center as it is housed in the former Oratorio de San Felipe Neri a beautiful baroque construction from the 18th century it is worth entering to contemplate the amazing murals that decorate the main hall of the library painted by the Russian-Mexican painter Vlady Because it belongs to the Ministry of Finance this library specializes in the safekeeping of titles on economics: it has more than 25,000 and many are more than 400 years old Another beautiful library in the CDMX with a lot of history behind it as the building where it is located was once a cigar factory as well as a children’s room and another for people with disabilities It also houses the personal libraries of great figures of Mexican culture this huge cultural complex is one of the favorite spots for Instagram lovers as its impressive interior architecture and the fossils hanging from the ceiling give it a look like something out of a fantastic book It was inaugurated in 2006 and has more than 600 thousand books of all kinds of subjects Decorated entirely with classic furniture of fine wood its library specializes in the conservation of bibliographic pieces from the 16th to the 19th centuries especially those dedicated to art and design Two of its most precious collections are also surprising: a Conventual Fund composed of more than 400 handwritten religious parchments which has 800 copies of Don Quixote de la Mancha in 19 languages No list of the most beautiful libraries in Mexico City would be complete without the Central Library of Ciudad Universitaria was named a World Heritage Site along with the central complex of Ciudad Universitaria created by Juan O’Gorman with thousands of colored stones takes a journey through the history of Mexico its collection consists of more than one million books you can’t miss this other impressive library which is also located in “UNAM territory” specifically inside the Centro Cultural Universitario Inside you will find valuable books that are part of the National Library’s collection as well as newspapers and magazines that are part of the National Newspaper Library One of its most impressive spaces is the Sala Mexicana a space of great architectural beauty where publications from 1554 to 1821 are kept Do you like to read? Check out the best spots in the city to do so Open in NewsBreak|Sign inChoose your location Arvin police tell 23ABC that on Wednesday one or more persons broke into the city's Public Works lot and stole several equipment the skimmable summary above is generated with the assistance of AI and fact checked by our team prior to publication Read the full story as originally reported below the Public Works Lot behind me was broken into While the case is still under investigation When employees from the city's public works department went into work early Wednesday The chain that keeps the gate closed had been cut and several equipment was missing "As my officers responded over there they determined it wasn't just some items missing—there's a plethora of items missing from there—the place was broken in to along with 4 of their new trucks," said Arvin Police Chief Alex Ghazalpour authorities say the city allocated about 200 thousand dollars for the purchase of four F-150 trucks With the help of Kern County Auto Theft Taskforce and technology including automated license plate readers and flock cameras 3 trucks were located on Wednesday in different locations "The main suspect admitted to the theft admitted to being the person behind the theft Police say the main suspect is 30-year-old Arturo Baltazar Cantero of the Arvin and Lamont areas Baltzar was booked in Lerdo and is facing a variety of felony charges The three individuals traveling with Baltazar were also booked into Lerdo and are being investigated further The fourth and final truck was found Thursday morning in Bakersfield Police Chief Alex Ghazalpour addresses those entering Arvin to commit crimes "To those who believe they can enter our city or our county and commit crimes against our residents or our municipal infrastructure let this serve as your warning: We will find you and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law." 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