The Governor of the troubled Mexican State of Morelos, where a Mayor Elect was shot dead, has thrown down the gauntlet to organized crime rings, as regional correspondent James Blears reports.Listen Morelos State Governor Graco Ramírez has declared: "The Government will not be intimidated by organized crime." Accordingly, he has ordered State Pólice to take control of 15 cities, towns and municipalities away from local Municipal Pólice. This follows the assassination of Gisela Mota, on Saturday. less than 24 hours after she'd been inaugurated Mayor of Temixco. She was gunned down in her home. Pólice shot dead two of her attackers and arrested three others, including a 32 year old woman, an 18 year old man and a youth.The Bishop of Cuernavaca Ramon Castro held a mass at Gisela Mota's home on Sunday, before her funeral.Drug cartels often target figures of respect, authority and power to intimidate the rest of the commun...
The Governor of the troubled Mexican State of Morelos, where a Mayor Elect was shot dead, has thrown down the gauntlet to organized crime rings, as regional correspondent James Blears reports.
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Morelos State Governor Graco Ramírez has declared: "The Government will not be intimidated by organized crime." Accordingly, he has ordered State Pólice to take control of 15 cities, towns and municipalities away from local Municipal Pólice. This follows the assassination of Gisela Mota, on Saturday. less than 24 hours after she'd been inaugurated Mayor of Temixco. She was gunned down in her home. Pólice shot dead two of her attackers and arrested three others, including a 32 year old woman, an 18 year old man and a youth.
The Bishop of Cuernavaca Ramon Castro held a mass at Gisela Mota's home on Sunday, before her funeral.
Drug cartels often target figures of respect, authority and power to intimidate the rest of the community. The State Governor is pressing for State Pólice to hold control of all law and order matters. Gisela Mota supported this proposal, but not all Mayors want to relinquish this power to the State.
Pope Francis speaks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Sept. 25, 2015. / L'Osservatore Romano.Rome Newsroom, Apr 25, 2024 / 07:22 am (CNA).Pope Francis is reportedly considering returning to the United States in September to speak before the United Nations General Assembly.The news was initially reported by the French Catholic newspaper La Croix and has not yet been officially confirmed by the Vatican. A source from the Vatican Secretariat of State, meanwhile, told CNA this week that "a formal invitation has arrived from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and Pope Francis seems inclined to respond positively."If the New York trip occurs, the pope would visit the United Nations during its "Summit of the Future," which the international body will convene from Sept. 22 to 23.The possible trip to the United States could change the pope's already-busy September travel schedule. The Holy See Press Office has announced that Pope Francis will be in Indonesia...
Chuck Robbins, the chief executive of the multinational digital communications conglomerate Cisco, signs the Rome Call for AI Ethics, a document by the Pontifical Academy for Life, on April 24, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Apr 24, 2024 / 11:06 am (CNA).The CEO of Cisco Systems signed the Vatican's artificial intelligence ethics pledge on Wednesday, becoming the latest technology giant to join the Church's call for ethical and responsible use of AI.Chuck Robbins, the chief executive of the multinational digital communications conglomerate, met privately with Pope Francis on April 24 before signing the Rome Call for AI Ethics, a document by the Pontifical Academy for Life. Pope Francis meets with Chuck Robbins, the chief executive of multinational digital communications conglomerate Cisco, on April 24, 2024, at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican MediaThe document, first published by the pontifical academy in February 2020, has previously been signed ...
null / Credit: Brian A Jackson / ShutterstockCNA Staff, Apr 24, 2024 / 13:35 pm (CNA).Catholics Charities Corporation in Ohio was found partially negligent this week in the 2017 death of a 5-year-old boy who was being supervised by one of the organization's caseworkers at the time he died.A jury in Cuyahoga County ruled in the wrongful death suit that the Catholic charity group was 8% responsible for Jordan Rodriguez's September 2017 death, local media reported. Rodriguez's body was discovered buried in his mother's backyard three months after he died.The boy's mother and her boyfriend earlier pleaded guilty to several charges stemming from his death, including involuntary manslaughter. Jordan was developmentally disabled and incapable of speaking.In the civil wrongful death trial this week, Catholic Charities Corporation was ordered to pay $960,000 into Jordan Rodriguez's estate. Several ...
