Seven Killed in Gangland Violence in Southern Mexico

MEXICO CITY – Seven men were found dead of gunshot wounds early Thursday in two different parts of Chilpancingo, the capital of the violence-racked southern Mexican state of Guerrero, police sources told EFE.

At around 3:00 a.m., police received reports of gunfire in the Tatagildo slum, where officers subsequently found three handcuffed men aged 20-25 who had been shot dead and bore signs of torture.

The bodies of four other people killed in a similar fashion were found about an hour later near the Cerrito Rico dam on the city’s north side.

Although authorities have not yet identified the victims, they say the deaths may have been a settling of scores among rival organized crime gangs.

Chilpancingo and the nearby municipalities of Tixtla and Chilapa have been racked by a months-long turf war involving three criminal groups: the Ardillos and the Rojos, based in and around Chilapa; and the Sierra del Sur cartel, whose home is the state capital.

Nine youths were kidnapped in that same region just two days ago.

Six of them were abducted at a motorcycle repair shop located in a Chilpancingo school zone, while the other three were kidnapped in Tixtla’s La Villita neighborhood.

Tixtla is home to the Ayotzinapa Normal School, an all-male teacher-training institute. In September 2014, 43 students enrolled in that institution went missing in the nearby city of Iguala after coming under attack by local police.

On Wednesday, an operation involving some 3,500 soldiers and 200 federal and state police was launched in a bid to reduce cartel-related violence in several Guerrero municipalities.

The operation spans indigenous-majority Chilapa, Zitlala, Cuilapan, Zototitlan and Ahuacuotzingo, which have been plagued by organized crime over the past three years.

Hundreds of people have been killed in Guerrero, one of Mexico’s most violent states, since the disappearance of the 43 trainee teachers 16 months ago.

El Chapo's Daughter Gets Rights to Use Father's Pseudonym as Trademark

MEXICO CITY - The daughter of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman has intellectual property rights over her father's pseudonym until 2020, according to the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) and the Global Brand Database.

Alejandrina Gisselle Guzman Salazar, daughter of the Sinaloa Cartel leader, can use the name 'El Chapo' in a number of sectors regulated by the International Classification of Goods and Services for trademark registration.

Marketable product categories for which she can use the name 'El Chapo' include insurance, real estate affairs, precious metals, leather and faux-leather, and toys, among others.

Her mother and first wife of the drug lord, Maria Alejandrina Salazar Hernandez, also tried to get in on the action by registering the trademark 'El Chapito Guzman', 'El Chapito' and 'Don Chapo Guzman' under a sector that relates to alcoholic beverages.

But the IMPI refused, explaining that the names are 'contrary to morals and good customs and public order' because of obvious links to Guzman.

Jose Antonio Jimenez Magaña, who provides legal representation to the two women, argued that the names are commonly used and have no connection with Guzman.

The IMPI, however, said the combination of names 'follows the idea of a particular person'.

Salazar and Hernandez aren't the only ones who have tried to market the 'El Chapo' brand.

Guzman's current wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, tried unsuccessfully to register the name 'Joaquín Archivaldo Guzman Loera El Chapo Guzman', and two people without links to the family have attempted to register trademarks seemingly linked to the cartel leader for sectors including clothing and scientific instruments.

Mexico City Becomes a State

MEXICO CITY – Mexico City, officially known until now as the Distrito Federal, became Mexico’s 32nd state on Friday with the enactment of a constitutional amendment giving the sprawling metropolis more independence from the national government.

“Mexico City remains the seat of the branches of the Union government and capital of the United Mexican States, but now will have autonomy regarding its internal regime and organization,” President Enrique Peña Nieto said during a ceremony to mark the change.

The new state will soon convene elections for a 100-member constituent assembly charged with drafting a constitution.

The assembly is to start work on Sept. 15 and the charter of the new state, Ciudad de Mexico, is expected to take effect in September 2018.

With the change in status, the capital’s mayor will become governor and the presidents of the city’s 16 boroughs will be transformed into mayors of separate municipalities.

The city’s existing municipal assembly is to be reborn as a state legislature.

The federal Senate loses its prerogative of removing the head of the capital government, while the Ciudad de Mexico governor will be able to appoint a state prosecutor and police chief without the approval of the Mexican president.

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