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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | November 2006 
Explosions Hit Mexico Resort Before Calderon Visit
 BYLINE
| | Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico (photo: ixtapa-zihuatanejo.info) |
Two explosive devices went off in the Mexican beach resort of Ixtapa just hours before a visit by President-elect Felipe Calderon on Tuesday but his trip went ahead without incident.
Police said no one was wounded in Monday night's blasts in a condominium in the Pacific town of Ixtapa, in a state where police frequently clash with drug gangs.
The blasts, which came on the same day as leftist guerrilla bombings in Mexico City, were caused by "explosive devices," a police spokeswoman said.
El Universal newspaper said in its online edition that two grenades appeared to have been thrown at federal law enforcement agents on the outskirts of the resort.
Calderon, who takes office on Dec. 1, carried out the visit to an exporters' conference in Ixtapa as planned and returned to Mexico City by plane.
Calderon, a conservative, has been targeted by protesters who say he used fraud to narrowly win July's presidential election.
The court that rejected leftist claims of vote-rigging and named Calderon the winner was bombed on Monday along with a political party's headquarters and a bank in the capital
Leftist guerrillas took responsibility for those blasts. There were no injuries.
Ixtapa is an exclusive resort some three hours northwest of Acapulco in Guerrero state, where well-armed drug traffickers frequently fight with each other and the police.
"In the place where the incident happened, they found remnants of explosive material, broken windows and a damaged wall," a Guerrero police spokeswoman said.
Small left-wing rebel groups say they exploded the Mexico City bombs to support protesters in the poor southern state of Oaxaca who are demanding the resignation of Gov. Ulises Ruiz.
Calderon inherits a nation divided by the presidential election and suffering from endemic poverty.
He won the vote by less than 1 percentage point and opinion polls show more than 30 percent of Mexicans believe he won by fraud, despite the court and international observers declaring the result valid. |
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