Yeltsin trial postponed

STORIES IN THE MOCHIS DEBATE

April 10, 1999

TRIAL AGAINST YELTSIN POSTPONED. Moscow. Parliament postponed a final vote on when to start debate on an impeachment trial of President Boris Yeltsin, which had been scheduled to begin on April 15. The speaker of the lower house of parliament, Gennady Selezyov, told lawmakers that Yeltsin suggested that the debate on his trial be delayed, but a presidential spokesman contradicted that statement, saying that Yeltsin does not want the impeachment vote to be delayed. postponed. It was the legislators who support the government who proposed delaying the debate. But parliament, dominated by hardliners seeking Yeltsin's overthrow, decided they needed more time to consider the issue, and next week they will vote on whether the impeachment debate will be postponed or not. The impeachment motion against the president is understood to have little chance of succeeding, but Yeltsin's frequent illnesses and the Russian economic crisis have weakened his power, making his removal more likely. The motion must be approved by a two-thirds majority in both parliamentary chambers, and by the country's main courts. Yeltsin is accused of instigating the 1991 Soviet collapse, using inappropriate force against intransigent lawmakers in 1993, launching an ill-fated war against Chechnya, ruining national military power, and genocide for his disastrous economic policies that impoverished the country. country

Eviction of street vendors begins. The Mayor's Office began to evict street vendors from the first square of the city who have not demonstrated with documents that since 1995 they have the right to a flat or permission to establish themselves in that sector; In addition, they have been relocated outside the commercial area. This measure does not violate the right to work that every Mexican has by law. The measure will remain in place as long as there is no total regularization of commerce on public roads. The street vendor that continues to be installed illegally will be removed and sanctioned.

CHAPOPOTE CONTAMINATES TOPO. An extensive oil spill from a ship in the Pemex fleet invades and contaminates a large part of the Topolobampo bay, which is permeated with a strong smell of fuel. The ship “Mariano Moctezuma”, from Mazatlán, which arrived at the Pemex dock in this bay, was carrying a load of the petroleum derivative and after some unloading maneuvers, the spill began. The workers did not realize until the entire boat was surrounded by oil.

PRD ELECTORAL RESULTS CANCELLED. Culiacán. The National Commission of Guarantees and Surveillance of the PRD annulled the results of the PRD electoral process in Sinaloa and ordered to open the procedure to hold those who have incurred irregularities accountable. This is because two candidates for president of this party participated, José de Jesús Calderón and Rubén Rocha Moya, suspended from their rights, disobeying the order of the CEN and the CEE. An official letter signed by members of the aforementioned commission leaves it unclear what will happen to forms 2 and 3, which did meet the requirements.

120 CRIME CELLS OPERATE IN SINALOA. Mexico City The wave of more than 150 murders in Sinaloa is caused by around 120 criminal cells, made up of approximately 10 to 15 members each and that do not belong to any cartel, who fight among themselves or murder from Guadalajara to Tijuana. The death or arrest of drug trafficking bosses such as Félix Gallardo, Caro Quintero, Chapo Guzmán and Amado Carrillo has left criminal cells in the Mexican Pacific that are dedicated to drug cultivation and trafficking, robbery and kidnapping uncontrolled.

Sylva Mónica Ruffo Kelly, who completed her basic and high school studies in Los Mochis, stayed two years in El Centro, California, where she perfected the English language. She joined El Debate in September 1994 as a translator and later, in 2000, she became an assistant to the Editorial Team of El Debate de Los Mochis, tasks that led her to take charge of the entertainment page for more than 10 years and the newspaper archive. Upon the death of the City Chronicler, Don Evaristo Fregoso, in September 2003, who wrote the Los Mochis column 50 and 25 years ago, Ruffo Kelly took over the history column, which he later changed to Mi Ciudad 50 and 25 years, in which he narrates what happened in those years on the same day of publication of the newspaper EL DEBATE of Los Mochis.

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