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WORLD NEWSMonday 4 January 2016
Mexico mayor slain a day after taking office CARIBBEAN
In this Friday, Jan. 1, 2016 photo, Gisela Mota waves during her slaying of a Mexico mayor los’ mayors. News Briefs
swearing in ceremony as mayor of Temixco, Morelos State, who had taken office only One organization repre-
Mexico. The Morelos state Public Security Commission says at- a day earlier. The state’s senting mayors in the coun- AP: Puerto Rico
tackers invaded Mota’s house on Saturday morning and killed governor said organized try, the Association of Local reports its first
her. crime was behind the at- Authorities of Mexico, is- Zika virus case
tack. sued a statement saying
(AP Photo/Tony Rivera) Gunmen killed Mayor Gise- nearly 100 mayors have SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP)
la Mota Saturday at her been killed across Mexico — The U.S. territory of Puerto
MARIA VERZA ficials say they have killed house in Temixco, one of over the past decade, Rico is reporting its first case
several cities around Cu- “principally at the hands of of Zika, a dengue-like virus
Associated Press two people and arrested ernavaca that have been organized crime.” transmitted by mosquitoes.
struggling with kidnappings Her center-left Democratic Health Secretary Ana Rius
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Of- three others linked to the and extortions by orga- Revolution Party released said late last week that the
nized crime gangs. a statement describing unidentified patient had
Police quickly located a her as “a strong and brave not traveled recently and
car of presumed assail- woman who on taking of- lives in the island’s eastern
ants who opened fire on fice as mayor, declared region. Officials say symp-
officers, the Morelos state that her fight against crime toms are similar to those of
government said in a state- would be frontal and di- dengue and chikungunya
ment. rect.” and can include a slight
In a separate car, officials Temixco, with about fever, headache and pain
said they found two guns, 100,000 people, is a sub- in the hands and feet. q
one of them a semiauto- urb of Cuernavaca, a city
matic, and ski masks. famed among tourists for Haiti president
Three people were de- its colonial center, gardens says runoff set
tained — a 32-year-old and jacaranda-decked for January 17
woman, an 18-year-old streets. “The city of eternal
and a minor. Morelos Attor- spring” was long a favor- PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP)
ney General Javier Perez ite weekend getaway for — Haitian President Michel
Duron said the suspects people from nearby Mexi- Martelly has announced
have been tied to other co City. that a postponed presi-
crimes, but declined to Drug and extortion gangs dential runoff vote will be
provide more details. have plagued the state in held on Jan. 17. Martelly
On his Twitter account, Mo- recent years, driving away says he received two let-
relos Gov. Graco Ramirez some tourists and residents. ters from Haiti’s Provisional
attributed Mota’s killing to On its southwest border is Electoral Council warning
organized crime, without the gang-plagued state that to fulfill the constitu-
citing a particular cartel or of Guerrero, whose Pacific tional mandate of inaugu-
gang. He later announced Coast resort of Acapulco rating a new president on
state officials were es- has seen a sharp increase Feb. 7, the runoff should be
tablishing special security in murders. q held by Jan. 17 at the lat-
measures for all off More- est.
The council earlier post-
Guyana passes terrorism law with death provision poned the Dec. 27 presi-
dential runoff to allow a
GEORGETOWN, Guyana American nation does not “Draconian times require ther review. “This is a trav- five-member commission
(AP) — Guyana’s parlia- become a haven for terror- esty,” said Gail Texeira, an to address allegations of
ment has approved anti- ists. He says allowing rendi- Draconian measures,” opposition member of the multiple voting and ballot
terrorism legislation that tion would prevent abuses parliament. “Government tampering. The opposition
includes the death penalty of the extradition process. Ramjattan said during de- cannot state what is the is demanding an indepen-
for certain offenses and The ruling party used its urgency in passing these dent review of the late Oc-
would allow rendition of one-seat majority to pass bate that stretched into the bills.” Ramjattan brushed tober first round of voting
suspects to other countries. the bills during the National aside calls for removing the which it insists was rigged
Public Security Minister Assembly’s final session for night. Opposition lawmak- death penalty clauses, say- in favor of government-
Khemraj Ramjattan told the year. All members of ing the option of capital backed candidate Jove-
skeptical opposition law- the opposition abstained. ers said that the provisions punishment would “have nel Moise. Jude Celestin
makers during a debate President David Granger is that preventative, dissua- came in second.q
that the legislation is neces- expected to sign the legis- allowing the death penalty sive effect” on potential of-
sary to make sure the South lation into law. fenders. q
for terrorism offenses that
resulted in death would vio-
late human rights and they
criticized the government
of pushing through the leg-
islation without submitting
it to a committee for fur-
