Jaltemba Sol

The Almost Twice Weekly Newspaper for the Jaltemba Coast

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June 2, 2008

Los Ayala, Rincon de Guayabitos, La Penita, Lo de Marcos, San Pancho, Sayulita, Los Ayala and Chacala

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MEXICO HEADLINES

Tropical Storm Arthur Weakens over Mexico

After lashing the Yucatan Peninsula, tropical storm Arthur has weakened as it neared southeast Mexico. The storm thus is now a tropical depression with maximum sustained winds of around 35 miles per hour. The change has made the governments of Belize and Mexico have discontinued all warnings related to the first tropical storm of the 2008 season, which in fact started today…..More

'La Niña' Effect May be Behind Mexico Shark Attacks

Zihuatanejo, Mexico – Cooler than normal sea-surface temperatures due to the La Niña phenomenon may be partly responsible for a spate of fatal shark attacks off Mexico's Pacific coast, a U.S. shark expert said Friday. …..More

Mexico Drug Smugglers Make Jesus Statue of Cocaine

Nuevo Laredo, Mexico - U.S. customs officials have seized a statue of Jesus Christ made from plaster mixed with cocaine - the latest sophisticated attempt to smuggle drugs from Mexico. …..More

Revolutionary Prostate Cancer Treatment Comes To Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico is home to the new and modern San Javier Hospital and the even newer Cornerstone Hospital, both of which provide just about every kind of medical service available anywhere in the world. …..More

Mexico Lifts Import Tariffs on Staple Foods

Mexico City - Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Sunday he would eliminate import tariffs on corn, rice, wheat, sorghum and other products to prevent shortages amid pressure in global food markets. …..More

Mexico takes economic gamble to keep fuel cheap

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A $19 billion fuel subsidy, meant to shield Mexicans from spiraling world oil prices, could swallow a chunk of Mexico's precious crude oil export windfall revenue this year, and may only delay an inflation spike…..More

Schwarzenegger to hold 'Hollywood' meeting on drugs

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Visiting California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said he will hold a Hollywood meeting on drugs and immigration between Mexican and US officials.

"We'll hold the meeting in Hollywood. It will be full of action, in true Hollywood style, and I really hope all the border governors will come to Hollywood for the meeting," he said in a translation of his speech provided by the Mexican government. …..More

Mexico, Central America propose global Green Fund

May 29 (DPA) The summit on Climate Change and the Environment in Honduras approved a Mexican proposal for the creation of a global Green Fund. …..More

US Border Governors Head to Mexico as Violence Rises

Governors from both sides of the border are meeting in Mexico City to push for more crime-fighting and border security amid unprecedented violence in Mexico. The governors of California, Texas and New Mexico planned to offer support to Mexican President Calderon on Thursday for his crackdown against the drug trade, in which he has deployed more than 20,000 federal troops across Mexico. …..More

Ford Fiesta to be built in Mexico

Non-U.S. construction of the subcompact could be blow to union plants.

Ford Motor Co. plans to build its new subcompact Fiesta in Mexico for sale in the U.S., a person familiar with Ford's production plans said Thursday. …..More

Texas cities join suit against Mexico border fence

Coalition says communities weren't consulted

Despite efforts by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to push ahead with erecting 670 miles of fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border, even issuing waivers to bypass environmental concerns, a groundswell of opposition is growing - with two more Texas border communities joining in a lawsuit to halt the project. …..More

Mexico's federal police ask for better weapons

Mexico's federal police need more-powerful weapons to battle heavily armed drug cartels, a senior police official said Wednesday …..More

Laurean Researched Life In Mexico Before Fleeing

Cesar Laurean was arrested by Mexican authorities on April 10th.

Investigators say Laurean entered Mexico on a bus in January 14th after he fled North Carolina. He remains in Mexico pending extradition to the United States. …..More

2 held on suspicion of buying babies to sell in U.S.

Police in northern Mexico have arrested two people accused of buying Mexican babies to sell to U.S. couples for a profit, investigators said Wednesday. …..More

Mexico's Ixe wins approval to open consumer bank

Mexico's Ixe financial group which in the past has focused on wealthy clients, said on Wednesday it received approval to open a bank aimed at offering services to the "middle class." …..More

Shark attacks have Mexico resort area in panic

Spate of attacks that killed 2 surfers, injured another keeping tourists away

No one could even remember a shark attack along this resort-studded stretch of Mexican coast popular with surfers and Hollywood's elite. Many of the large predators had been pulled from the ocean by fishermen. …..More

Enhanced Driver's License to Travel to Mexico and Canada

Gov. David Paterson announced Tuesday that a new enhanced DMV license will allow drivers to cross the Mexican and Canadian borders. This special drivers’ license is going to allow the identification of the motorists. …..More

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Ja’qui Needs Your Help

At press time Ja’qui remains in the Compostela prison. Her frail health is well known within our community and her partner Sara has delivered doctor’s documents to authorities to that effect.

Ja’qui is not a flight risk and should be under house arrest to ensure her health and dietary requirements are met. As a community we can all take 2 minutes to write the American Embassy and ask them to ensure that Ja’qui is released immediately for those reasons.

consularagentpvr@prodigy.net.mx

The US Embassy is charged with the responsibility to help Americans who have been incarcerated in another country. The following is information from their website:

SUMMARY: One of the most essential tasks of the Department of State and of U.S. embassies and consulates abroad is to provide assistance to U.S. citizens incarcerated abroad. The State Department is committed to ensuring fair and humane treatment for American citizens imprisoned overseas. We stand ready to assist incarcerated citizens and their families within the limits of our authority, in accordance with international law. We can and do monitor conditions in foreign prisons and immediately protest allegations of abuse against American prisoners. We work with prison officials to ensure treatment consistent with internationally recognized standards of human rights and to ensure that Americans are afforded due process under local laws.

Take 2 minutes to help ensure the Embassy and local Consulate understands that there are grounds to have her removed from prison for serious health concerns and placed under house arrest until the legal issues can be resolved.