Carolina Gomez Aguiñaga
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco

Samuel Pelayo was appointed manager of the Municipal Treasury Office of Puerto Vallarta, although the mayor advancement that will also be proposed the full council to take  the position formally

In an interview, the mayor said Samuel Pelayo had not been working since the beginning of this administration, but that just made the invitation.

"He worked in the Ministry of Finance for two years, also worked in the Jalisco State Congress, was my representative on the Finance Committee and is now incorporated as Treasurer," said Guerrero.

For its part, pledged Pelayo to the media to provide monthly reports on the finances of the municipality as n the regulations.

Samuel Pelayo will be the third person to take charge of protest in the City Treasurer, after Gabriela Reyes and Benito Carranco quit the post, the first after a month and the second a few days after starting the administration

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City lawmakers have approved prison terms for animal cruelty, previously considered a civil offense sanctioned with fines and detentions.

The capital's legislative assembly unanimously agreed that people who intentionally abuse and cause animals harm will face up to two years in prison and pay up to $500. If the animal is killed, they can face up to four years in prison and a $2,000 fine.

Antonio Padierna, president of the assembly's law enforcement and justice committee, said late Friday that if animals are killed for food, the death must be quick and not cause pain.

The lawmakers agreed current administrative laws weren't doing enough to end animal cruelty. In Mexico City, animals are sometimes killed by being burned, beaten or shot.

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Juan Jose Cuevas Garcia, deputy chairman of the Commission for Social Rehabilitation Congress of Jalisco, presented to the plenary of the LX Legislature two bills, the first states that will ask the Executive Branch of State financial resources that were intended to pay for federal crimes inmates in state prisons and have already moved or will soon be moved to federal prisons, are applied to improve the conditions of local prisons, the second initiative proposes that the name be changed Legislative Commission on the Social Rehabilitation of Social Reintegration Commission.

The legislator said in its preamble that there are more than 16,000 inmates, distributed in the 13 prisons in the state of Jalisco, which are exceeded in some capacity to over 100%, with a total deficit of more than 7000 spaces, ie, prison overcrowding is in the range of 79%, of which 206 are 3000 inmates who committed crimes under federal jurisdiction.

Cuevas Garcia said the actions that federal and state governments are doing to the depressurization of the prison population, internal transfers to federal CEFERESOS, noting that the November 22, Jalisco has a population of three thousand and five federal inmates, of which 427 are processed one thousand and one thousand 578 sentenced, knowing that this program does not bring down a whole facing prison overcrowding Jalisco, so it requires the implementation of more concrete actions.

The initiative is consistent with the increase in the inmate population and the lack of resources for creating spaces that maintain a state of latent security risk, health, among others, and prevent from a hotel worthy inmates as according to the United Nations Organization (UNO), an overcrowding rate of over 20% is considered cruel and inhuman treatment, what happens in the prisons of Jalisco, is nothing more than a humanitarian crisis, says the legislator Vallarta.

With this movement of inmates from state prisons to federal, will free resources that can be allocated to county jails (whatever name called) to try to provide more humane conditions for those who must be detained therein.

The second initiative presented by Juan Jose Cuevas together with Rep. Sanchez Victor Manuel Orozco, notes that before the changes made in Justice Reforms since 2008 forced to change the name of the Legislative Committee for the Social Rehabilitation of Reintegration Commission reforming Social Articles 73 and 98 of the Organic Law governing the legislature.

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The simple truth is very hard to live with these memories live every day thinking that we're through all my colleagues and me," said a survivor of the explosion.

With the impact of fire and heat, death came.

"View beaten fellow classmates charred companions never really thought of them that way is hard to relive all those images to see," said one of the survivors of the explosion

After watching the video of the moment of the explosion, which shows the workers running desperately trying to escape the flames, employees feel again expressed despair that lived that day.

"If it was an explosion that almost was gained ground and was reaching multiple partners in different areas and it was very difficult to see that they ran and the flames and explosion reaching them is a very big helplessness and not being able to see this actually do much" said another survivor of the explosion

Relatives of the victims were shaken to see the pictures and know the size of the devastating explosion.

"I was very surprised by the explosion that was, of course if I shivered myself much. A very sad thing last night we were watching the video again and if it is a very sad thing," said Omero de la Fuente de los Santos, the father of a deceased worker during the explosion

The great explosion prevented the implementation of the protocols established by civil protection and fire and Petróleos Mexicanos.

The scale and speed of events prevented any security measure.

"It was an explosion that split-second situation there was the survival instinct that helps many people to leave the place. Despite having all the knowledge and experience could not stop or immediate arrest," said Carlos Leal, director of Civil Protection of Reynosa.

Authorities in Reynosa, Petróleos Mexicanos insisted that extreme security measures to prevent tragedies like the one on September 18 at the receiving natural gas from the Burgos basin, the day of the big bang.

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The Finance Committee of the House of Representatives unanimously approved, in general and in particular, the opinion of the Revenue Act of the Federation 2013.

With the adjustments made to the initiative, there is an increase of 25.072 million pesos in revenue compared to what was originally estimated by the Federal Executive.

In addition, Members of the commission adjusted upwards the price of a barrel of oil from 84.9 to $ 86, which is intended to capture 4,800 million pesos.

In the approved document, asks the federal government more efficient collection tax and non-tax, in order to capture another 18,000 million pesos.

After a break of more than six hours, the chairman of the Finance Committee, José Isabel Trejo, explained in detail the changes made to the proposal sent by the federal government.

Revenues 956,361.6 pass 3 trillion pesos instead of the 3 billion pesos 931,289.5 million initially proposed.

This increased income will consist of a 2% increase in oil revenues and 5.7% in the non-oil, he said.

The opinion was estimated ceiling 7,000 million for foreign borrowing and 415.000 million pesos for detainees. In addition, they endorsed a debt ceiling 5,000 million pesos for the Federal District in 2013.

The resolving of the Finance Committee will be submitted to the full House of Representatives for discussion next and where appropriate, approval.

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The U.S. State Department's Nov. 20 update to its travel warning on Mexico was notable more for the lack of hue and cry that has attended every alert since 2008,

Last September was braking updating partial plans in districts Metropolitan Center and Minerva, but the City Planning Commission (Coplaur) of Guadalajara provides substantial changes to legacy projects, as a result of the exposure that is done to the people involved.

"In January we will present the changes they chose our citizens and deliver technical position with the council of Guadalajara," said José Luis Valencia Abundis, Coplaur holder. "If it were updated in the past administration is because they have some inconsistencies or a specific set of rules that were not possible approval, especially on the issue of density and land use changes in which neighbors disagreed" .

He insists that work together with residents and businesses, an approach that allows progress in projecting city a better model.

In both districts inhabited around 400 000 Guadalajara. Historically, a sector of the population in these areas has shown uncertainty urban changes that lead to buildings, but also by the coexistence of living spaces with shops. However, there are also residents and businesses are saying otherwise and favor.

"We are in that 70% are in favor of changes to 30%, not" revealed Horacio Manzanedo Villaseñor, director of Planning and Urban Design Coplaur. "But I do not marry the idea of ??resistance because everyone is cooperating, we will do it together for the good of the city."

Some of the colonies in which there are more disagreements are Lafayette, Modern, Providencia and Monraz Terrazas, among others.

"I think the legacy projects will be changed by 50%, mainly due to disagreements on land use," says Villaseñor hours. "There is everything: some want to grow, others keep up to rescue and other land use. If we start from scratch, we will. The topic is to discuss it with neighbors and merchants and then deliver the documents to the council, who will have the last word. "

On the issue of different density, highlights, everything is subject to existing infrastructure. During the last administration was updated Municipal Program for Urban Development and partial plans Huentitán, Oblates, Olympic Tetlán and Southern Cross. Just subtract the central and Minerva.

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U.S.-Mexico security cooperation, led by the Merida Initiative, is vital and must continue.

Police, Firefighters and Road Agents Working Together for the Safety of Pilgrims
he Department of Public Safety, Traffic, Civil Protection and Fire, continuously working to provide security for hundreds pilgrims flooded the streets of downtown, so what the police department has stepped up surveillance on the streets and colonies the municipality, for the purpose of caring for the integrity of citizens and visitors.

During the last days of the pilgrimage, police operations, road agents, firefighters, lifeguards, including municipal authorities, will increase the ground foot patrols and patrolling in the downtown area of ??Puerto Vallarta, as well as delegations and municipal agencies.

The head of the police unit, Silvestre Chavez Garcia, has emphasized to continue working to provide a quality service to people who live and visit this beach destination, so that they continue to monitor expressed intensely in order to maintain the city as Safe House Vallartenses all.

He said not tolerate criminal acts or offenses to Police Regulations and Corporate Governance, as malvivencia, drinking or drugged and aggressive riding on the streets, so apply heavy hand of those who affect the daily lives of others and more during the last season of religious pilgrimages

Public Security operatives be strengthened 24 hours a day, because many people leave their homes to pilgrimages and leave home alone, so it will be very aware of these details and in the streets of the center will Scammers beware pickpockets that abound these days.

Similarly, the recommendation is to visitors and residents, to seal their vehicles and not leave anything of value in sight, not counting money in front of others to prevent theft, the same way, to fit well the doors of their homes and make sure to instruct his neighbors that if they see movement of strangers, immediately report to cell 066 and / or for 29-00-502 are met and thus provide an immediate response and prevent criminal

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Amendments to the Revenue Act of Puerto Vallarta for the financial year 2013 polarized Members of different political parties represented in the local Congress.

Lawmakers left the Legislature last approved in committees and presented at first reading revenue laws of all municipalities, but the current deputies found it necessary to make adjustments in the proposal that they inherited the former deputies.

In the proposal to the municipality's income from Puerto Vallarta established an increase of 14% and to 38% in property taxes, lawmakers unanimously endorsed that generally stay with increases of 14%.

Deputies PRI, the PAN, and Jaime Alberto Iñiguez Esquer and Citizens Movement bloc quitting endorsed changes in increments of 14%, the rest of the PAN legislators and three PRI; Rafael Gonzalez Pimienta, Gustavo Gonzalez and Martin Lopez Cedillo were on the original proposal.
He endorsed changes in collection of overtime to turns with liquor. With 32 votes in favor, was that the additional charge for extra hour would be 500 thousand pesos in grocery stores, the convenience store will be charged two thousand 500 pesos per extra hour just like the restaurants, the clubs must pay four thousand 144 pesos per hour extra.

At the stroke of 19:00 was voted by the full state legislature to amend Article 96 of the Revenue Act charges they called "moral crimes for", are of the highest fines in the Revenue Act.

Charges will range from one million to two million 500 thousand pesos for display of child pornography in the municipality.

The vote was similar to the farm; PRI deputies, two of the PAN and the Citizens Movement bloc endorsed changes, the rest of the PAN legislators and three PRI; Rafael Gonzalez Pimienta, Gustavo Gonzalez and Martin Lopez Cedillo; against .

It was also voted the rest of the revenue laws, which according to the president of the Committee of Finance, minor modifications were implemented that have more to do with the form and not the substance of the original proposals.

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The mayor of Puerto Vallarta, Ramón Guerrero Martínez, met with members of Citizens Movement Party (MC) in the state Congress in Guadalajara with whom he discussed among other topics, the necessary resources for the construction of a tertiary hospital in Puerto Vallarta, with investment from the three levels of government, on the order of 100 million pesos.

At the time, a couple of weeks ago, this initiative by the councilor Candelaria Villanueva, was referred to the Committees on Finance, Public Works and Sanitation and Hygiene for analysis, opinion and subsequent study and it sets up the possibility that City Hall done for this project the city-owned property located opposite the prison complex, identified by the number 370, Las Palmas and the road adjacent to the Federal Electricity Commission.

It also proposes the necessary arrangements are made ??with the Secretary of Health Jalisco for being generated and resources allocated to the creation of the hospital in the city and so guarantee citizens Vallartenses worthy and necessary medical care, contributing to the development of the above a better quality of life for the community, always with a Healthy House.

The above initiative, said the councilor, shows the urgent need for Vallartenses can have this service to restore your health and rehabilitation of users referred by other levels, which have high complexity diagnostic conditions and treatments through one or several medical specialties, surgical or medical operations.

In other efforts of Mayor further analyzed the incentive program for corporate security by up to 50 percent of their salary on a model that considers the decline in crime rates in this county.

They also seek the resources necessary to develop the project to build a military base in the suburbs of Las Palmas, a project by the order of 250 million pesos to have more control of that district and municipal roads to mountain .

Also managed the resources needed for a project to build a trail in the delegation of Las Palmas, a project by the order of 40 million pesos.

All municipalities in Jalisco, but three of the north, have their respective Atlas Risk, issued by the State Civil Protection Unit for several years, says the head of this corporation, Mayor Trinidad Lopez Rivas, who explains that this instrument serves for both authorities and residents know the soil conditions and the risks or vulnerabilities that this record at certain times of the year by natural phenomena or other circumstances, considering that the environments are changed voluntarily and involuntarily. Regarding Puerto Vallarta, mentions that is among the largest in the state is updated, which is a guarantee:

"... For our part we do the work of renovation but it is definitely a commitment to each municipality to be updating this field corresponding to each municipality, I think it is out of date, however, now that between this administration, we are realizing that some municipalities were left without that Atlas Risk as they were lost, we will replace ... "

At another point, and to talk about the operation for the winter season on the coast of the state, particularly in Banderas Bay, Puerto Vallarta sits where he says that this will start on December 18 at door, which will be seen from its roads access to monitor the number of walkers and these general conditions. There will, he adds, people patrolling by land, at sea, fast moving boats, jet skis in support to tourists who need it, and the deployment of paramedics and ambulance to meet any health problems. [readon1 url="http://www.vallartatoday.com"]Source:vallartatoday.com - Translation by Suyapa Ajuria[/readon1]