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November 6, 2006

Three Bombs Rattle Mexico City

Three large magnitude bombs exploded this morning in Mexico City within minutes of each other. The targets were the offices of the federal tribunal which recently decided the contested presidential elections, the national headquarters of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) and the offices of ScotiaBank.

Both the "Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación (TEPJF)" and the headquarters of the PRI are political targets. The TEPJF was accused of corruption when it handed the presidential election to Felipe Calderon of the Partido Accion Nacional (PAN) without conducting a complete re-count. The PRI is the party of Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz of the state of Oaxaca who is being pressured to resign but who has the support of the federal government in control of the PAN. ScotiaBank is now one of four banks that have been targeted. Two banks were previously bombed in Oaxaca and one in Cancun.

No group has taken credit for the today's bombings but experts believe they may be tied to the growing insurrection in the state of Oaxaca and elsewhere in Mexico. After the fraudulent presidential elections in which Manuel Lopez Obrador was cheated, the people have lost faith in the electoral system and may be resorting to alternative means in making much needed changes in the nation's institutions.

The political situation in Mexico is getting increasingly critical. Manuel Lopez Obrador of the PRD never conceded defeat and will be forming a parallel national government on November 20. The date marks the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. These rapidly unfolding developments are making foreign investors very nervous and some are already making preparations to take their money out of the country. There are also many US citizens residing in Mexico that are becoming afraid.