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Tuesday 24 OcTOber 2017

Spanish tourist killed by military police in Brazil In Mexico:

Fabio Cardoso, an inspec- Train robberies
tor with the civil police
force, which investigates are increasingly
crimes. The car contained turning violent
two other Spaniards and
a Brazilian tour guide, ac- MEXICO CITY (AP) — Train
cording to Valeria Aragao robberies in central Mexico
of the tourism police. are growing more violent
Cardoso told reporters and attracting criminals
that a probe was being who used to steal fuel from
launched. government pipelines.
“This is unacceptable,” But authorities and rail lines
said Cardoso. “We are go- exchanged blame Mon-
ing to work to identify and day for the rise in robbery
jail the person who did of merchandise from the
this cowardly act against trains.
a Spanish tourist.”Aragao Puebla state police said
said the tourism police they have been asking
would investigate the sale railways for months to take
of a tour in Rocinha, which steps to combat robberies,
she described as “a con- but they have failed to do
flict area.”In recent weeks, so. Police say the railways
Police officers patrol in the Rocinha slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. Brazilian
military police say officers killed a Spanish tourist when the vehicle she was traveling in came un- military police and Army don’t report incidents un-
der fire after ignoring a police checkpoint. A military police statement says the incident followed soldiers have conducted til an average of six hours
a firefight between police officers and suspected drug traffickers early Monday in Rocinha, one several operations in Ro- after they happen, then
of Brazil’s largest slums. cinha, which borders some don’t file criminal com-
(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) of Rio’s most affluent neigh- plaints and give incorrect
By RENATA BRITO firefight between police of- driver and a guide were borhoods in the southern information about freight
Associated Press ficers and suspected drug inside. The Spanish woman, part of the city. Authorities shipments and timetables
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A traffickers early Monday in identified as 67-year-old say they are searching for of trains running through
Spanish tourist who was on the Rocinha slum. Two offi- Maria Esperanza Jimenez high-level drug traffick- areas known for robberies.
an organized tour of one cers were reported injured. Ruiz, was taken to a local ers, who themselves have Police said some union-
of Brazil’s largest slums was Then around 10:30 a.m., a hospital but died from her been battling for control ized engineers simply stop
shot and killed by military car drove past police and injuries. Authorities said she of the area.For years, visits their trains on the tracks
police in Rio de Janeiro on officers opened fire, ac- was shot in the neck and to slums, or favelas, were when their shifts end, mak-
Monday when the vehicle cording to a police state- suffered cardiac arrest. common. Many of the ar- ing them vulnerable to at-
she was traveling in failed ment. The driver of the car, who is eas are culturally and ar- tacks.An official of Ferro-
to stop at a police check- When officers reached the an Italian who lives in Bra- chitecturally rich, and in- mex, one of the nation’s
point, officials said. vehicle they learned that zil, said he did not see any clude top samba schools, leading railways, told an
The incident followed a three tourists along with a checkpoint, according to musicians and artists. q industry journal last week
Macri says reforms expected after election victory that a significant percent-
age of the 35 trains per day
Argentina (AP) — Argen- the election results.Macri the company operates in
tine President Mauricio told reporters Monday that the area around Puebla
Macri says he will seek more Argentines should expect and the neighboring state
sweeping reforms for Ar- reforms in tax, education of Veracruz are attacked.
gentina after his governing and labor, without provid- “It gets to the point where
coalition scored a resound- ing details.The conserva- you don’t have the flow
ing victory in congressional tive leader has been push- needed to provide an effi-
elections.Macri’s center- ing a free-market reform cient service,” Ferromex of-
right coalition remains a agenda to overhaul Argen- ficial Lourdes Aranda told
minority in both houses of tina’s struggling economy. the internet site T21. She
Congress. But the coalition Left-leaning ex-President said bandits are now us-
on Sunday won in 13 out 23 Cristina Fernandez won a ing assault rifles to threaten
provinces as well as the Ar- Senate seat, but she came train employees.Train rob-
Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri talks at the government beries have increased in
house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. gentine capital. Argentine in a distant second in her Mexico, but haven’t previ-
(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) stocks and bonds rose on multi-seat district.q ously been so violent. q