These are the most important news today, May 3, in Mexico: The Presidency of the Republic asked the Supreme Court of Justice to resolve pending issues from 2018 before Plan B. Meanwhile, Mexico finally released its vaccine against COVID-19 , which will be used to place reinforcements.
News from Mexico
- Electoral Tribunal orders the reinstatement of a deputy from Morena linked to the Light of the World
The substitute deputy for Morena (and linked to Luz del Mundo), Favio Castellanos Polanco, must be reinstated in his position, as resolved by the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (TEPJF), since it considered that the request leave of absence for an indefinite period does not create any vacancy in the position, as justified by the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Deputies.
With a majority of votes. The Superior Chamber of the TEPJF determined to revoke the determination of the technical secretary of the Presidency of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Deputies, this at the proposal of magistrate Mónica Aralí Soto Fregoso. In this Wednesday’s session, magistrates Reyes Rodríguez Mondragón and Indalfer Infante were absent for a justified reason.
- This we know about Ayline Rubí, who disappeared after allegedly getting on a patrol
Ayline Rubí Jiménez Huerta, a 17-year-old woman with a disability, has been missing since April 13. This Wednesday, the relatives carried out a blockade on Av. Montevideo, belonging to the Gustavo A. Madero mayor’s office, where the young woman was last seen aboard a patrol of the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC).
Jaqueline, the mother of the minor, narrated how her daughter’s disappearance was: on April 13, an SSC patrol went to the minor’s home, under the argument of presenting her to the Prosecutor’s Office; When she entered for some documents, the patrol car left and the policemen were on board, as well as individuals who rented at the victim’s home, she expressed in words for Foro TV.
- Mayan Train soars: its cost has already risen by more than 200 billion pesos, according to El Economista
The obsession with inaugurating the Mayan Train at the end of 2023, as promised; Line changes and above all improvisation are the main causes of the Mayan Train having a 130 percent cost overrun, explained Luis Miguel González, director of El Economista.
The Mayan Train, with an advance of 58.3 percent, already presented for the first quarter of 2023 a cost overrun of 130 percent over what was initially planned (156 billion pesos), with an estimated cost of 359 thousand 863.3 million nominal pesos , as stated by the reporter Alejandro de la Rosa, in the newspaper El Economista this Wednesday.
- Presidency vs. the Court: requires you to resolve pending from 2018 before Plan B
The Legal Counsel of the Presidency of the Republic asked the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) to first analyze the challenges to the General Law of Social Communication (LGCS), promoted by senators, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) and Movimiento Ciudadano (MC), before Plan B.
Through a statement, the Legal Department considered that justice must be “expeditious, impartial and without political bias” and recalled that the highest court of justice has not offered a resolution to the LGCS for almost five years. Said body affirmed that its main purpose is “to avoid the issuance of contradictory sentences.”
- The dollar is weak… and the peso “takes advantage”: it reaches its best level since 2017
The Mexican peso took advantage after the monetary policy announcement of the Federal Reserve (Fed, for its acronym in English), which led to a global weakening of the dollar.
Data from the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) indicate that the currency closed at 17.9251 units per dollar, which represents an approximate appreciation of 0.39 percent.
- Heat waves 2023: the second will ‘melt’ you with up to 45 degrees in these states
If today you felt that the sun hit harder and you drank more water, this is because the second heat wave of 2023 began to manifest its effects, but which states will have temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius and what precautions should be taken? take before the heat? we tell you.
And it is that according to the forecast of the National Meteorological Service (SMN) this phenomenon, whose duration could be 5 days or more, will hit mainly in the west, center and southeast of the national territory.
- Tamaulipas ‘burns’ for drug trafficking: And the 4T is running out of time to ‘avoid’ the fire
In recent days, the increase in violence in Tamaulipas, shootings and drug blockades have generated terror among the inhabitants. Especially after Sunday morning a convoy made up of approximately 20 vehicles, most of them luxury vans, with armed men was captured while driving from Matamoros to San Fernando. What made visible the power that organized crime groups have in the entity.
After what happened, the entity’s Secretary of Public Security activated the red code and requested the support of the Armed Forces, as well as the National Guard, to repel members of organized crime.
- The chiaroscuro of Pemex: it earns 56 billion pesos in the first quarter… but it falls short
The Mexican state company Pemex reported on Wednesday that its earnings for the first quarter of the year were lower than those of the equivalent period of 2022 due to a drop in sales and other income, as well as an increase in the impairment of assets, which were partially offset by profits. you would change
The net profit of the oil company, the largest company in the country, was 56 thousand 752 million pesos (3 thousand 149 million dollars) in the first quarter compared to 122 thousand 676 million pesos between January and March of last year.
- AMLO protests against Biden: he sends a letter for US financing to ‘opposition’ organizations
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) revealed that he did carry out the diplomatic protest with the United States, since he sent a letter of estrangement to the Joe Biden government for USAID’s support for Mexican opposition organizations.
In said document, AMLO described that the actions of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are an interventionist act, “contrary to international law.”
- Homeland vaccine: it is finally ready and can be used as a reinforcement against COVID
The director of Conacyt, María Elena Álvarez-Buylla, reported that the Patria vaccine is now ready and can be used as a reinforcement in people against COVID-19.
“We already have the Patria vaccine as a booster, the final data is successful, meeting the criteria established by the World Health Organization (WHO) for booster Covid vaccines,” he said during the morning conference.
CDMX News
- Line 12 will expand its service: Sheinbaum promises to open 5 stations on the elevated section in June
The government of Mexico City (CDMX) announced that it plans to reopen 5 more stations of Line 12 of the Metro for next June, part of the elevated section of this segment that collapsed in May 2021 and that after the mishap caused the death of 26 people and left a hundred injured, according to the head of the capital’s government, Claudia Sheinbaum.
“Our objective is that by the end of June the section that reaches Periférico will be opened, everything has been done to make this happen,” the head of government reported.
- Alert by Metro Pantitlán: They show breaks and structural failures in the elevated section due to subsidence
The Metro station currently most used by citizens, the Pantitlán station, presents failures, fractures and loss of connection between sections, columns and beams, as shown by images presented by reporter Humberto Padgett, ‘Por la Mañana’.
“There we are seeing what the exit platform is, where the trains leave to circulate in the direction of the Tacubaya terminal. You can see the separation that exists in the construction joint (…) It is repeated and in fact, later We continue to see this type of separation in meetings,” said the chief inspector of the Pantitlán Metro, Gerardo Rosales, in an interview with Humberto Padgett.
- Santiago Taboada vs. CDMX Prosecutor’s Office: will denounce Ernestina Godoy and her spokesperson for political persecution
The mayor of Benito Juárez, Santiago Taboada Cortina, advanced the Ciro Gómez Leyva team that will present a complaint against the capital prosecutor Ernestina Godoy Ramos and her spokesperson Ulises Lara López.
“I am not going to remain silent, I am going to respond to each of their accusations. Today, of course, I am going to denounce them before the Attorney General’s Office for the issue related to the intervention and the request they make to a telephone company to control my communications and my geolocation from 2021”, announced Santiago Taboada Cortina in an interview with Ciro Gómez Leyva ‘Por la Mañana’.
World News
- Fed da last? pressure against inflation: the interest rate rises 25 points
The United States Federal Reserve (Fed) increased its interest rate by 25 basis points, placing it in the range between 5.00 and 5.25 percent.
This corresponds to the highest level since June 2006, which it maintained until September 2007.
- Attack on Putin! Ukraine tried to kill the president with drones, accuses Russia
Ukraine tried last night to attack the Kremlin with drones and assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin, denounced the Russian Presidency today, which threatened retaliatory measures.
“Tonight the Kiev regime attempted to hit the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation with unmanned aerial vehicles,” the Kremlin said in a statement posted on its website.
2023-05-04 04:07:57
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