26 March 2011

MEXICO: Televisa TV Show Host Kidnapped And Murdered...With 2 Others...In Monterrey; 230,000 Reported To Have Fled Mexican Violence.

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   The body of Televisa co-host and comic Jose Luis Cerda, 33, aka “La Gata,”(pictured) was found hours after he and 2 others were kidnapped following the taping the “El Club,” an afternoon variety show that features dancing, singing and comedy skits...at a Monterrey TV studio.
    His body was later found in the suburb of Guadalupe.
    Nearby was a message warning other local TV personalities against working with a certain narco group.
   Cerda had allegedly overcome substance abuse problems and was active in charitable and social causes.

 AND:  A new study claims drug violence has caused the displacement of about 230,000 people in Mexico... with about half of them taking refuge in the USA.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/03/20113266558960317.html