especially those that bolster cultural understanding and embrace a city’s diversity That is what the city of Racine continues to do after it became sister cities with Zapotlanejo Pablo Davalos is a native of Zaplotanejo and lives in Racine along with the Federation Club of the State of Jalisco pushed for the initiative to become a reality He admits that there was some resistance at first "Although at first the Racine Sister Cities Commission was reluctant to sister with a Mexican city in the end they gave in after they visited Zapotlanejo and the twinning process went very quickly," he said The principal sources of income for the people there are agriculture and textiles But it's been the textile industry that Racine city leaders sought to bring to Wisconsin They promote quality products at an affordable price Join CBS 58 as we put a spotlight on the culture of the Hispanic community by profiling local Latinos making a difference all month long Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and a group of commercial banks in connection with a senior secured term loan facility extended to Gasoducto de Zapotlanejo a subsidiary of Grupo SIMSA and owner of a natural gas transportation pipeline located in the State of Jalisco The proceeds will be used by GAZA to repay existing debt and for other corporate purposes arranger and hedge coordinator for the facility The White & Case team was led by partners Sean Goldstein (Miami) and Juan Ruenes Rosales and local partner Juan Carlos Llorens Rojas (both in Mexico City) and included associate Gustavo Neyra (Mexico City) as well as counsel Rhys Bortignon and associate Zhou Bo (Joseph) Chen (both in New York) who provided support on the hedges for the facility Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome Four police officers were killed Wednesday night in a confrontation with armed subjects in the city of El Salto Local police responded to a 911 call late Wednesday night reporting that two individuals had been led from a van into a house by a group of armed assailants As the police arrived on the scene they were met with a hail of bullets from inside the house and fired back on the aggressors Four police officers were also killed on the scene during the exchange of bullets The three wounded assailants have been taken into police custody as well as the two kidnapping victims who are receiving necessary medical attention Also reported was a patrol car crashing into a tree nearby believed to be part of the Zapotlanejo police force who were headed to the scene to help fellow police officers Despite state officials reporting a more than 50% decrease in crime in the first part of 2022 in comparison to the same period last year, Jalisco is still consistently listed as one of Mexico’s most violent and dangerous states, reporting over 2,700 homicides last year alone Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez wrote on Twitter: “During this current moment in Mexico we in Jalisco are clear that there cannot be a truce with those that would threaten our peace and calm We will continue working.” He also expressed condolences to the families of the fallen officers and pledged to help them in any way possible With reports from El Occidental and Milenio ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC Print MEXICO CITY — It might have been an obscure regional court that released notorious drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero from prison but it will be the 8-month-old government of President Enrique Peña Nieto that will have to handle the furious fallout was freed Friday after serving 28 years for the kidnapping The court vacated his conviction and lifted what remained of a 40-year sentence said it was “deeply troubled” that the “mastermind” of his murder had been freed Justice Department suggested it would pursue efforts to extradite Caro Quintero to the U.S “It is a travesty that this guy’s guilt can be called into question 28 years after the fact,” David Wilson “There is no reason in the world for the Mexicans to do what they did Under the previous government of President Felipe Calderon law enforcement in extraordinarily broad ways the number of extraditions of Mexican suspects to the U.S They included a former governor and several major drug lords who was returning to the presidency the Institutional Revolutionary Party that had governed in autocratic fashion for more than seven decades The PRI government has indicated it wants a more arms-length involvement with the U.S PRI politicians were known for their cozy relations with drug barons But Peña Nieto has struggled to change that perception and portray a new The release of a major drug trafficker who killed an American official is a tricky case for Peña Nieto and will pose a new challenge to his efforts to reform the PRI’s image Jesus Murillo Karam said the government had to respect a court’s decision but would review the procedures and determine whether there could be further legal action Several legal experts said the technicality cited by the court where Caro Quintero was imprisoned and where his powerful cartel dominated The court decided that Camarena was not a diplomat; therefore his accused killer should have been tried in a state court The court then used that discrepancy to throw out the entire case “It’s absurd and it creates more impunity,” said Samuel Gonzalez a former top drug-case prosecutor in the Mexican government He said the court could have simply turned Caro Quintero over to a state court for a new judgment instead of releasing him The overriding suspicion among many Mexicans and Americans alike was that corruption played a major role in freeing Caro Quintero much as payoffs and other illicit pressures have derailed many legal proceedings in Mexico Retired DEA officials recalled efforts to capture Caro Quintero after Camarena’s murder where he boarded a private jet while corrupt local police held the agents at bay Caro Quintero was captured later in Costa Rica said the group planned to urge government officials to pursue Caro Quintero anew “I have high hopes we are not done with this guy yet,” he said wilkinson@latimes.com California World & Nation Hollywood Inc. Subscribe for unlimited access Site Map 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 Thousands of tanker trucks delivering gasoline to relieve a critical shortage in at least 10 states must be a tantalizing target for highway robbers One such truck carrying a total of 62,000 liters of gas was stolen yesterday as it travelled through Jalisco on the way to Zacatecas Officials said the incident took place as the truck was traveling on the Guadalajara-Tepatitlán highway in the municipality of Zapotlanejo The investigation has revealed that the thieves were traveling in a red pickup truck when they intercepted the truck and stole it The mayor of Zapotlanejo said the incident took place near the border with the neighboring municipality of Acatic and that some 15,000 heavy cargo vehicles travel on the road every day The state government questioned why the double semi tractor trailer was not following security protocols Much of the fuel being distributed following the closure of major pipelines is being shipped in convoys Source: Milenio (sp) Print MEXICO CITY — The United States government has formally requested the extradition of Rafael Caro Quintero the Mexican drug lord who was convicted of slaying a U.S anti-narcotics agent in 1985 but was freed last week by a Mexican court on a technicality 60 — a notorious co-founder of one of Mexico’s first major modern drug cartels — was released from a prison in Mexico’s Jalisco state early Friday morning after a surprise ruling by an appeals tribunal It is unclear where Caro Quintero went after walking out of the prison or Mexican forces have been keeping close tabs on him According to a statement Wednesday from the Mexican attorney general’s office officials have presented Mexican prosecutors with a “provisional arrest order” for Caro Quintero based on “various crimes” he is charged with in federal district court in California The arrest order was approved by a Mexican federal judge; in theory this should trigger a hunt for him by Mexican security forces Caro Quintero has a number of federal charges pending against him in California including conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana; violent crimes in aid of racketeering and murder and kidnapping charges related to the 1985 abduction and slaying of Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Caro Quintero had been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the slaying of Camarena and he served 28 years before being freed by last week’s controversial court ruling which many here suspect was the result of either incompetence or corruption The slaying of Camarena severely strained U.S.-Mexico relations in the mid-1980s suspected Mexican government officials of orchestrating a cover-up The freeing of Caro Quintero is threatening to strain tensions once again but the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto appears to be taking pains to assuage its angry northern neighbor Mexican Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Antonio Meade said the government would attempt to reverse the ruling that liberated the drug lord saying it was not “respectful” of the Mexican “legal framework.” extradition order could not be based on charges relating to the Camarena slaying but they left open the possibility that he could be extradited for other charges pending against him in the United States Embassy in Mexico declined to comment on the case Hopes fade for 18 sailors after blast on Indian sub In Egypt, mosques turn into hospitals; death toll climbs to 281 9 of the most memorable images from Egypt’s explosive summer Former staff writer Tracy Wilkinson covered foreign affairs from the Los Angeles Times’ Washington, D.C., bureau. Did parishioners of a Catholic Church in Jalisco witness a miracle last week Many seem to think they did although the church itself is urging caution in reaching conclusions about what they saw But one church-goer recorded the event on video and it shows the church’s monstrance a vessel that contained the consecrated Eucharistic host — the wafer used during communion The video taken at Nuestra Señora del Rosario church in Zapotlanejo has gone viral on the web and the incident is being described as a miracle by the church’s priest He said a medical doctor has reviewed the tape and concurred that the palpitations mimicked that of a beating heart representative of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara has urged Mexico’s faithful to be cautious saying there’s been no formal request for an investigation by the archbishop and that in general the office of the archdiocese is hesitant to believe in such miracles Milagro en mexico mientras el padre Carlos Spahn exponía el santísimo la hostia empezó a palpitar. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💖💖 pic.twitter.com/DkOjnBzgQi — Deydea Galindo (@DeydeaGalindo) July 25, 2022 an official declaration can be made about whether something naturally inexplicable happened to determine if it is real or not so that people will not be fooled The best thing to do is to be very cautious doesn’t require supernatural elements The celebration of each Mass that we attend as believers is a miracle,” said Gutiérrez He also said an investigation would take into account scientific evidence and analysis from a doctrinal point of view at the parish of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in the city of Zapopan another possible miracle is awaiting an investigation: parishioners saw a statue of the Virgin Fatima crying blood on May 13 Reports from Mural and NTV Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.