Operation against arms and drugs: a new commission is born
Speaking of the fight against drugs, as of this Thursday, Mexico has a special commission to combat the illicit trafficking of synthetic drugs and firearms.
And it is that yesterday in the Official Gazette of the Federation the “Decree creating the Presidential Commission in charge of national coordination to combat the illicit trafficking of synthetic drugs, and firearms and their ammunition” was published. which will be chaired by the Secretary of Public Security, Rosa Icela Rodríguez.
This commission arises after the dialogues between Mexican authorities and the United States to deal with the trafficking of arms and drugs such as fentanyl, problems that are causing thousands of deaths in both countries.
This is what is known about mutilated rays in Huatabampo, Sonora
The authorities of the municipality of Huatabampo, Sonora, are in the controversy after, prior to the Easter holiday period, hundreds of rays were mutilated –removing their sting–, with the aim of preventing tourists from being stung.
This is not the first time that in Huatabampo they have mutilated this marine species, since in 2019 this type of practice had already been reported.
At the beginning of April, through social networks, several complaints were launched against the Huatabampo authorities, after it was reported that, by orders and with the permission of the municipal authorities, hundreds of rays were mutilated.
US NPR leaves Twitter
National Public Radio of the United States reported that it will no longer publish content on any of its 52 official Twitter accounts, this in protest of the label of “state-funded media” that the social network granted to the independent news agency.
Initially, the news organization was labeled as a “state-affiliated outlet” such as Chinese or Russian propaganda outlets, which it considered a mistake.
Twitter revised the label, this time changing it to state that it was a government-funded outlet; however, the company indicated that it receives less than 1% of its budget from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; He also noted that it operates as an independent, non-profit publisher.