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...US prosecutors called a number of former cartel members, including Sergio “El Grande” Villarreal Barragán and Sinaloa accountant Jesús “El Rey” Zambada, who testified that he oversaw millions of dollars...
...Gil is also looking forward to selling the Calderón....
...“If one compares the strategies of [his predecessor] Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto, there is no doubt that Enrique Peña Nieto has got better results in the fight against criminal bands,” said Sergio...
...September 2010: Sergio Villarreal Barragán, known as “El Grande” and a leader of the Beltrán Leyva, is arrested....
...The previous administration of Felipe Calderón had made it a priority to capture or kill the heads of the various cartels....
...Six years ago, as he started his presidential term, Mexico’s centre-right leader Felipe Calderón put on a military uniform and declared war on organised crime....
...Sergio Marchionne, Fiat/ Chrysler’s chief executive, said in January that the Toluca plant would soon be making Fiat’s Ducato vans for export to South America, too....
...“Investors have already discounted any effect the elections could have,” says Sergio Martín, HSBC’s chief economist in Mexico....
...As Sergio Martín, chief economist for Mexico at HSBC in Mexico City, says: “The country is consolidating its exporting vocation.”...
...Sergio Martín, Mexico economist at HSBC, said that Mr Cordero’s departure now could even be positive for the country given that any further delay to his long-awaited resignation could have interfered with...
...But he lags in the race to be the party’s candidate, despite his close professional relationship with Felipe Calderón, the Mexican president....
...“We see an important potential in second generation biofuels for the Mexican economy,” says Sergio Alcócer, head of energy planning at Mexico’s energy secretary....
...Members of the Marines paraded Sergio Villarreal Barragán before a gathering of press and television reporters following his capture on the weekend....
...As Sergio Sarmiento, of Mexico’s Reforma newspaper, pointed out , 3.50 pesos per kilo was hardly a sacrifice for the large commercial grain merchants....
...Sérgio Augusto de Abreu e Lima Florêncio Sobrinho, Brazil’s ambassador to Mexico, is upbeat about the possibilities....
...“Organised crime has ruined the country’s civic celebrations,” Sergio Belmonte, the city government’s spokesman, said. “We can’t risk holding a public gathering.”...
...As a result, says Sergio Martin of HSBC in Mexico City in a report, the country’s automotive sector in the last quarter of 2009 returned to the production levels it had registered on average in 2008....
...As Sergio Almazán, director-general of the Mining Chamber of Mexico, declares: “Mining is Mexico’s vocation.”...
...Sergio Serra, Brazil’s ambassador for climate change issues, described the result of the talks as “disappointing”....
...Sergio Sarmiento, one of Mexico’s leading columnists, praises the strategy. “We have a much better management of public finances, so to do this now is fiscally sensible,” he says....
...Even so, the administration of President Felipe Calderón has opted for a “lite” approach....
...This month, Mexico’s conservative government led by President Felipe Calderón presented congress with an initiative that it believes will help turn things round....
...That would be a setback for Mr Calderón, who until now has gained a reputation for his ability to work with Congress....
...He said that if Felipe Calderón, Mexico’s centre-right president, did not scrap his plans for reform, he would send “brigades” of volunteers to surround strategic installations around the country, including...
...The attacks will doubtless worry Mr Calderón’s administration, which has sought desperately to heal the deep political divisions caused by last year’s presidential election, in which Mr Calderón’s National...
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