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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — KWHY-TV 22, the MundoFOX Los Angeles television network affiliate posted one of its strongest ratings books to-date, according to Nielsen’s November 2014 Sweeps, finishing as the fastest growing late newscast in Los Angeles, with viewership now comparable to the 10 p.m. English language newscasts.
“Noticias 22 is in fact ‘The Voice of Our City‘, and our growth is breaking news,” affirmed Otto Padron, President of Meruelo Media, “our team of highly dedicated journalists, have earned this trademark by producing compelling, impactful, and engaging reporting and delivering resounding results.”
KWHY-TV 22 MundoFOX November Ratings & Broadcast Highlights:
- Noticias 22 at 10 p.m. is L.A.’s fastest growing late newscast, based on average weekday ratings among both Adults 18-49 (up 93% from November 2013, from 0.27 NSI rating to 0.52) and Adults 25-54 (up 95%, from 0.43 NSI rating to 0.84) — a bigger increase than any other late newscast: 10 p.m. or 11 p.m., Spanish or English.
- For the key demographic of news viewers (Adults 25-54), Noticias 22 at 10 p.m. (Monday through Friday) averaged 0.84 NSI rating, beating the competing newscasts on KTTV-Fox (0.68), KTLA-CW (0.82), and neck-to-neck with KCAL-TV (0.85).
- In primetime, KWHY-TV 22, for the first time in a ratings period, scored higher ratings among Adults 25-54 than KFTR-UniMas, averaging 0.52 rating (Monday to Friday, 7-11P) compared to 0.42.
- Noticias 22 delivered a compelling investigative series from Israel, “Tierra Santa, Tierra Prometida” where main news anchor, Palmira Perez, visited the holy land, bringing viewers a unique perspective of its biblical and historical sites to include a rare interview with Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu during the recent Jerusalem disturbances.
- Also, Noticias 22 brought its viewers stories that impacted their lives and LA’s communities such as an investigate series on the negative effects of water conservation within an aging Los Angeles aqueduct; as well as series on police brutality, homelessness and an alternative cure using magnetic currents.
- Noticias 22 also led with breaking and continuing coverage from Las Vegas on President Obama’s Immigration Reform Executive Order; as well as following the Brown Case developing racial tensions in Ferguson, Missouri as well as the local perspective in Los Angeles.
For more information on MundoFOX Canal 22 and Noticias 22 please visit www.mundofox22.com.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126
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Source Article from http://www.marca.com/2014/12/02/baloncesto/nba/noticias/1417508162.html
BAJA CALIFORNIA
Firman convenio en Baja California para sanear Issstecali
Esta mañana se realizó la firma de la iniciativa de reforma y el financiamiento para el saneamiento financiero del Issstecali, donde se solicitará un endeudamiento de dos mil 800 millones de pesos para atender el rezago de la institución.
CAMPECHE
Campeche, listo para aplicar nuevo sistema penal procesal acusatorio
Desde los primeros minutos de este miércoles, en Campeche se aplicará el Sistema Procesal Penal Acusatorio, con lo cual se ratifica la convicción y la congruencia con la determinación de fortalecer el Estado de derecho, afirmó el gobernador Fernando Ortega Bernés.
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO
Separan del cargo al Oficial Mayor de la ALDF
De manera inesperada la comisión de Gobierno de la Asamblea Legislativa del DF dio a conocer la separación del cargo como Oficial Mayor de la propia legislatura local, de Aarón Josué Ramos Miranda.
No dieron a conocer los motivos de la separación del funcionario, a quien en un video que apareció en las redes sociales del autodenominado grupo “Anonymous” lo señaló de estar presuntamente involucrado con la delincuencia organizada.
COAHUILA
Noviembre, con menos homicidios: Gobierno de Coahuila
En noviembre se registró una disminución del 33.33 por ciento en el estado en relación a los homicidios dolosos del mismo mes, pero de 2013, con 38 hechos, índice que fue de los más bajos del año.
DURANGO
En 2014, 70 nuevos casos de VIH-SIDA en Durango
En lo que va del presente año se han diagnosticado 70 nuevos casos entre Virus de Inmunodeficiencia Humana (VIH) y Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida (SIDA), informó el secretario de Salud del Estado, Eduardo Díaz Juárez.
GUERRERO
Nombran secretario de Seguridad en Iguala a policía estatal
A 67 días del secuestro de los 43 normalistas de Ayotzinapa, el presidente municipal de Iguala, Silviano Mendiola Pérez, tomó protesta al nuevo secretario de seguridad pública, Jorge Berrios Flores.
JALISCO
Amplían videovigilancia a 50 escuelas de Guadalajara
Con miras a mantener vigilado el entorno educativo, el sistema de cámaras con circuito cerrado de la Secretaría de Educación Jalisco (SEJ) se ampliará este ciclo escolar a 50 planteles escolares, para dar un total de 100 escuelas públicas que cuentan con este equipo de seguridad.
Así lo dio a conocer el secretario de Educación, Francisco Ayón López, quien informó que el costo de dichos equipos será de un millón 750 mil pesos para beneficiar a 30 mil estudiantes.
Aplicarán sanciones a invasores de espacios ciclistas en Jalisco
Dentro de 15 días la Policía Vial comenzará a aplicar multas a los automovilistas que invadan las ciclovías y otros espacios ciclistas en el polígono de MiBici, programa que arrancó ayer lunes. Para vigilar la zona se enviaron a partir del lunes 40 cicloviales.
MICHOACÁN
Plan Michoacán concluirá año con 12 MMDP para infraestructura
El subsecretario de Infraestructura de la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, Raúl Murrieta Cummings, dijo que el “Plan Michoacán” está vigente y se aplica correctamente en el estado, y precisó que el techo financiero 2014 en materia de infraestructura es de 12 mil 600 millones de pesos.
NUEVO LEÓN
Fase I de Los Ramones aumentará importación de gas natural: Peña Nieto
La Fase I del gasoducto “Los Ramones” incrementará en 45 por ciento la importación de gas natural, anunció el Presidente Enrique Peña Nieto.
Al inaugurar la obra en Nuevo León, el mandatario dijo que esta primera fase impactará y detonará otras regiones de Nuevo León y de Tamaulipas en la ruta de llevar más gas natural al centro del país.
OAXACA
Mando Único tendrá que hacer excepción en Oaxaca: DDHPO
Ante la propuesta del Ejecutivo federal para establecer un mando policial único en el país, el defensor de los Derechos Humanos del Pueblo de Oaxaca (DDHPO), Arturo Peimbert Calvo, señaló que es prioridad conocer los mecanismos en los que se generará dicha fuerza, pues en el caso de Oaxaca no se puede ignorar la plurietnicidad, ni pasar por alto la existencia de las policías de los municipios regidos por Usos y Costumbres.
SINALOA
Policías despedidos de Sinaloa viven en la incertidumbre
Algunos policías de los 27 despedidos en el pasado examen de control y confianza aseguran que no han tenido aún resolución sobre su jubilación y pensión, a pesar de que siguen recibiendo la quincena que les corresponde.
SONORA
Analizan programa de remediación para el Río Sonora
El gobernador Guillermo Padrés Elías participó por primera vez en la reunión del Fideicomiso Río Sonora el lunes, donde se presentó el Plan de Remediación, mismo que será analizado.
TABASCO
Presentan el proyecto Agua Chocolate en Tabasco
El gobernador Arturo Núñez Jiménez se reunió con la titular de Sectur Federal, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, en Palacio de Gobierno; después se dirigieron al municipio de Comalcalco donde realizaron un recorrido por la hacienda cacaotera “La Luz”.
VERACRUZ
Reportan avance en ampliación del Aeropuerto de Veracruz
El administrador del Aeropuerto Internacional Heriberto Jara Corona, Simón Salazar Antón, reportó un avance del 55%, en las obras de ampliación y remodelación de las instalaciones.
Source Article from http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2014/563092/6/mexico-en-resumen-las-noticias-del-02-de-diciembre.htm
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126
BAJA CALIFORNIA
Gobierno de Baja California anuncia paquete económico 2015
El Gobierno del Estado, por medio del secretario de Planeación y Finanzas (SPF), Antonio Valladolid Rodríguez, presentó el presupuesto del paquete económico 2015, acorde a las perspectivas económicas nacionales y elaborado con enfoque a resultados.
CHIAPAS
No estoy satisfecho con lo alcanzado: Peña Nieto
A dos años de haber jurado como presidente de la República, Enrique Peña Nieto aseguró que no puede estar satisfecho con lo alcanzado hasta ahora por su administración. El mandatario entregó viviendas de la Fondo Nacional de Habitaciones Populares (Fonhapo) y apoyos del Programa Prospera en Cintalapa, Chiapas.
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO
Mitin en el Ángel de la Independencia se nubla de vandalismo
Después de que concluyó en calma el mitin del Ángel de la Independencia, un grupo de 100 encapuchados vestidos de negro avanzó sobre la calle de Florencia hacia la Zona Rosa, y arremetió con piedras y bombas molotov contra sucursales bancarias y negocios que se ubican en esta avenida.
DURANGO
Relegan empleo a discapacitados en Durango
Ninguna empresa local tiene el dos por ciento de su plantilla laboral destinada a discapacitados. Sin embargo, el Gobierno tampoco ha cumplido con los beneficios fiscales para las empresas que sí están ofertando fuentes de empleo para los discapacitados.
JALISCO
Protocolo de seguridad en el Jalisco es perfectible: Ramiro Hernández
El presidente municipal de Guadalajara, Ramiro Hernández García, consideró que el operativo implementado el domingo en las afueras del Estadio Jalisco, se hizo de acuerdo a parámetros internacionales en eventos masivos, sin embargo, dijo que todos los protocolos son mejorables.
Se manifiestan dentro de la FIL por normalistas
Alrededor de 15 personas se manifestaron dentro de la FIL exigiendo el esclarecimiento de los 43 normalistas desaparecidos de Ayotzinapa, al grito de ¡vivos se lo llevaron, vivos los queremos! se alzaba la voz pidiendo la renuncia de Enrique Peña Nieto.
MICHOACÁN
Michoacán, líder nacional en la producción de flor de nochebuena
El secretario de Desarrollo Rural de Michoacán (Sedru), Jaime Rodríguez López, aseguró que Michoacán se consolidó como líder nacional en la producción de flores de nochebuena con 6.5 millones de plantas.
PUEBLA
Plantean en la Conago ‘suelo parejo’ para detonar comercio exterior
Plantear estrategias que permitan detonar las exportaciones en entidades federativas que aún no comercian sus productos a otros países, y la exploración de nuevos mercados para México, fueron parte de los acuerdos que se signaron durante la instalación de la Comisión Ejecutiva de Comercios Exterior de la Conferencia Nacional de Gobernadores (Conago), que tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Puebla.
SONORA
Calificar de peor desastre a derrame del Río Sonora es exagerado: mineros
El calificativo que se le dio a la contaminación del Río Sonora por parte de la empresa Buenavista del Cobre como el peor desastre ecológico provocado por una empresa minera en el país, es exagerado, consideraron representantes y especialistas del sector minero.
TABASCO
La Profeco adelanta operativo navideño en Tabasco
Con la finalidad de evitar abusos de los consumidores en los precios de los productos, la Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor (Profeco), inició ayer lunes el operativo de verificación en la Central de Abastos de Villahermosa.
VERACRUZ
Veracruz afina logística para Cumbre de Jefes de Estado
Con el objetivo de afinar los detalles en materia de logística y seguridad, el Estado Mayor Presidencial, ya se encuentra en la conurbación Veracruz-Boca del Río, que será sede de la Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y Gobierno, del 7 al 9 de diciembre, informó el Secretario de Turismo y Cultura del Estado, Harry Grappa Guzmán.
Gobierno de Baja California anuncia paquete económico 2015
El
Gobierno del Estado, por medio del secretario de Planeación y Finanzas
(SPF), Antonio Valladolid Rodríguez, presentó el presupuesto del paquete
económico 2015, acorde a las perspectivas económicas nacionales y
elaborado con enfoque a resultados.
CHIAPAS
No estoy satisfecho con lo alcanzado: Peña Nieto
A
dos años de haber jurado como presidente de la República, Enrique Peña
Nieto aseguró que no puede estar satisfecho con lo alcanzado hasta ahora
por su administración. El mandatario entregó viviendas de la Fondo
Nacional de Habitaciones Populares (Fonhapo) y apoyos del Programa
Prospera en Cintalapa, Chiapas.
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO
Mitin en el Ángel de la Independencia se nubla de vandalismo
Después
de que concluyó en calma el mitin del Ángel de la Independencia, un
grupo de 100 encapuchados vestidos de negro avanzó sobre la calle de
Florencia hacia la Zona Rosa, y arremetió con piedras y bombas molotov
contra sucursales bancarias y negocios que se ubican en esta avenida.
DURANGO
Relegan empleo a discapacitados en Durango
Ninguna
empresa local tiene el dos por ciento de su plantilla laboral destinada
a discapacitados. Sin embargo, el Gobierno tampoco ha cumplido con los
beneficios fiscales para las empresas que sí están ofertando fuentes de
empleo para los discapacitados.
JALISCO
Protocolo de seguridad en el Jalisco es perfectible: Ramiro Hernández
El
presidente municipal de Guadalajara, Ramiro Hernández García, consideró
que el operativo implementado el domingo en las afueras del Estadio
Jalisco, se hizo de acuerdo a parámetros internacionales en eventos
masivos, sin embargo, dijo que todos los protocolos son mejorables.
Se manifiestan dentro de la FIL por normalistas
Alrededor
de 15 personas se manifestaron dentro de la FIL exigiendo el
esclarecimiento de los 43 normalistas desaparecidos de Ayotzinapa, al
grito de ¡vivos se lo llevaron, vivos los queremos! se alzaba la voz
pidiendo la renuncia de Enrique Peña Nieto.
MICHOACÁN
Michoacán, líder nacional en la producción de flor de nochebuena
El
secretario de Desarrollo Rural de Michoacán (Sedru), Jaime Rodríguez
López, aseguró que Michoacán se consolidó como líder nacional en la
producción de flores de nochebuena con 6.5 millones de plantas.
PUEBLA
Plantean en la Conago ‘suelo parejo’ para detonar comercio exterior
Plantear
estrategias que permitan detonar las exportaciones en entidades
federativas que aún no comercian sus productos a otros países, y la
exploración de nuevos mercados para México, fueron parte de los acuerdos
que se signaron durante la instalación de la Comisión Ejecutiva de
Comercios Exterior de la Conferencia Nacional de Gobernadores (Conago),
que tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Puebla.
SONORA
Calificar de peor desastre a derrame del Río Sonora es exagerado: mineros
El
calificativo que se le dio a la contaminación del Río Sonora por parte
de la empresa Buenavista del Cobre como el peor desastre ecológico
provocado por una empresa minera en el país, es exagerado, consideraron
representantes y especialistas del sector minero.
TABASCO
La Profeco adelanta operativo navideño en Tabasco
Con
la finalidad de evitar abusos de los consumidores en los precios de los
productos, la Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor (Profeco), inició
ayer lunes el operativo de verificación en la Central de Abastos de
Villahermosa.
VERACRUZ
Veracruz afina logística para Cumbre de Jefes de Estado
Con
el objetivo de afinar los detalles en materia de logística y seguridad,
el Estado Mayor Presidencial, ya se encuentra en la conurbación
Veracruz-Boca del Río, que será sede de la Cumbre Iberoamericana de
Jefes de Estado y Gobierno, del 7 al 9 de diciembre, informó el
Secretario de Turismo y Cultura del Estado, Harry Grappa Guzmán. – See
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto faced fresh questions on Wednesday about his dealings with a company at the center of a conflict-of-interest scandal, after it emerged that he enjoyed rent-free use of a house belonging to the firm as a campaign office.
Already under pressure over the government’s handling of the presumed massacre of 43 students abducted by corrupt police in southwestern Mexico in September, Pena Nieto is facing his most difficult period since taking office two years ago.
On Nov. 3, the government announced a Chinese-led consortium had won a no bid contract to build a $3.75 billion high-speed rail link in central Mexico.
Three days later, the government abruptly canceled the deal, just before a report by news site Aristegui Noticias showed that a subsidiary of Grupo Higa, a company that formed part of the consortium and had won various previous contracts, owned the luxury house of first lady Angelica Rivera.
Under public pressure, Rivera said she would give up the house. But neither she nor Pena Nieto have addressed the apparent conflict of interest stemming from the government’s business with Grupo Higa.
On Wednesday, Aristegui Noticias published a new story that said Pena Nieto used a different property belonging to another Grupo Higa subsidiary as an office when he was president-elect in 2012.
Eduardo Sanchez, the president’s spokesman, said Pena Nieto unwittingly used the property. Sanchez said it was leased from the Grupo Higa firm by Humberto Castillejos, the president’s legal adviser, who lent it rent-free to Pena Nieto’s team.
“If I invite you to my house, do you come to my house and ask me under whose name it is? Neither does the president,” Sanchez said, denying there were conflicts of interest.
The spokesman also said there were no more properties Pena Nieto or his team had used belonging to Grupo Higa.
“No, there is no other house that was used in a professional capacity,” Sanchez said.
Castillejos could not immediately be reached for comment.
Jorge Luis Lavalle, a senator with the opposition conservative National Action Party, said the public saw a clear conflict of interest in the dealings of Pena Nieto and his government with Grupo Higa.
“It needs to be investigated. All these doubts need to be dispelled fully and clearly,” he said. “We now have another case with no explanation.”
(Additional reporting by Ana Isabel Martinez; Editing by Simon Gardner and Tom Brown)
Source Article from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/us-mexico-president-idUSKCN0JA22220141126