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Epoch Times
06-05-2025
- Epoch Times
Mexican Mayor Arrested in Connection With Cartel Training Camp Where Human Remains Found
A mayor in western Mexico has been arrested in connection with a stalled probe into a suspected drug cartel training camp, where human remains and clothing were found last September. During a May 5 presentation, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum The Jalisco New Generation Cartel, a violent drug trafficking group, has been accused by Mexican authorities of operating the Rancho Izaguirre in Jalisco state to train newly recruited gunmen. Santiago was arrested on May 3 as part of an investigation by government prosecutors into probable omissions or complicity of local authorities with the Jalisco New Generation cartel, a federal source told the AFP wire service on May 3. Relatives searching for missing family members were tipped off by an anonymous source about the site in March, and went to the ranch, where they reported finding bone fragments and hundreds of pieces of clothing. Many said the ranch could have been a mass killing site . However, Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero told the media last month he could not confirm there were human remains at the site besides the initial body found there by National Guard troops last September. Related Stories 5/3/2025 3/22/2025 He also said that the state Human Rights Commission had formally informed local authorities of the ranch in 2021, but no action was taken. According to the Jalisco state prosecutor's office at the time, authorities arrested 10 people, freed two hostages, and discovered one body, describing the ranch as a cartel training site. Investigators, armed with a backhoe, dogs, and devices to search the grounds, had attended the ranch to investigate, but the operation stalled without explanation. After receiving the anonymous tip, t he Jalisco Search Warriors group visited the Teuchitlán ranch in March, which sits about 37 miles from Guadalajara, to search for missing members of the community, according to news reports. Abductions remain a problem in Mexico due to cartel violence and crime, with many people disappearing or found dead. The group said they found backpacks, dozens of shoes, piles of clothing, and what appeared to be human bone fragments. The disturbing findings sparked outrage within Mexico, prompting Mexico's federal government to get involved in the investigation. Following public pressure, the Jalisco state prosecutor's office agreed to publish online photos of the shoes and other clothing items found at the ranch so that families searching for relatives can see them. Manero said that the pieces of evidence will also be made available to relatives. However, members of the Jalisco Search Warriors have expressed disappointment at Manero's public statements and response, saying they had sufficient evidence that bodies were burned at the site. A group member, Raúl Servín, also said late April that a compatriot in the group, María del Carmen Morales, had been killed following their discovery in March. The discovery came as President Donald Trump intensified pressure on Mexico through designating several Mexican criminal organizations as terrorist groups, while imposing tariffs in an effort to secure the U.S. southern border and counter fentanyl trafficking. In February, the U.S. State Department designated the Jalisco New Generation, Sinaloa, Gulf, United, and Northeast cartels and La Nueva Familia Michoacana as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists. Policy analysts in the United States have said that the cartels operate as a shadow government within Mexico, making them difficult to dismantle. Trump recently offered to send U.S. troops into Mexico to help combat the drug cartels—an offer that Sheinbaum The Mexican president said she was willing to work with Trump to counter the cartels but drew the line at allowing U.S. troops on Mexican soil. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Reuters
24-03-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Peru to spend $24 billion on irrigation to expand farmlands
LIMA, March 24 (Reuters) - Peruvian Agriculture Minister Angel Manero on Monday announced a package of projects worth $24 billion to improve irrigation in the Andean nation, as the government looks to expand its farmlands by some one million hectares (3,860 square miles). The added farmland would be larger than the size of Puerto Rico. The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start your day. Sign up here. Manero said the funds would be spent over three to seven years, and the most important project would be the "Trasvase Maranon," a project valued at some $7 billion that is set to carry water from the Maranon river to the Pacific coast. "The project is vast and will irrigate more than 300,000 hectares," Manero told a press conference. The package is set to include some 22 projects across Peru's coast, highlands and Amazon, and these should be awarded between 2025 and mid-2026, he said. Peru's agricultural exports jumped some 22% last year to total some $12.5 billion, and the government is aiming for $40 billion by 2040, helped by planned shipments of beef and pork to China. By 2050, the government aims for agricultural exports to overtake mining as the country's biggest economic driver. Peru is one of the world's top suppliers of copper. In January, Manero flagged plans for building large-scale irrigation projects along the coast that should add 250,000 hectares of new farmland this year, and plans to add some 500,000 hectares by June 2026.
Reuters
31-01-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Peru targets $40 billion in agricultural exports by 2040
Summary Peru aims for $40 billion in agricultural exports by 2040 Beef and pork exports to China to start this year Irrigation projects to add 250,000 hectares of farmland in 2025 SANTIAGO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Peru, the world's No. 2 copper exporter, could see farming overtake mining as the biggest economic driver by 2050, the country's agriculture minister told Reuters, eyeing meat exports to China, tax breaks to boost investment and large-scale irrigation projects to expand farmland. Angel Manero, the country's agriculture minister, said Peru saw a 22% boost in agricultural exports in 2024, totaling around $12.5 billion. Manero says the industry is projected to grow an additional $2 billion per year. "Our goal is to reach $40 billion in exports by 2040," Manero said in an interview on Thursday, adding that the country is expected to start exporting beef, pork and chicken this year. "By 2050 we should be overtaking mining in exports." Manero said that beef and pork exports to China will start this year after President Dina Boluarte and Xi Jinping discussed the topic during a state visit last June. Peru and China recently signed a deal deepening a free trade agreement originally signed in 2009. He hopes to add poultry exports down the line and expand meat exports to the United States and European markets. The United States is currently Peru's largest agroexport market, followed by Europe, but the country is aiming to close a free trade agreement with India soon and expand into Southeast Asia, the minister added. To meet these increased goals, large-scale irrigation projects along the coast will add 250,000 hectares of new farmland this year with a goal of 500,000 hectares by June 2026. Manero said recent changes to a forestry law aim to facilitate land titles and increase productivity on 12 million hectares of deforested land. "We want to maintain our 67 million hectares of forest," Manero said. "But where there's been deforestation years ago, make a real agricultural and livestock development with high productivity, technology, and without a need to knock down more forest." African palm oil plantations could increase to 300,000 hectares from the current 100,000 hectares, as well as strengthen coffee and cacao plantations in the Amazonian regions. Manero hopes a new agrarian law, which reduces the income tax rate from 29.5% to 15%, will be approved this year and help boost investment in the sector to $1 billion in 2025.
