The state chair of the National Action Party got reelected Sunday with a turnout of 35.53 percent, according to figures reported by the election commission.
José Luis Ovando got 4,035 votes statewide and his rival Cuauhtémoc Cardona obtained 2,363 votes.
According to the Election Organizing Commission 109 votes were annulled by members.
Ovando has led the party for the last three years leading his party to victories in the national midterm election of 2015 and last year’s midterm state election.
Ovando’s second term runs from 2017-2020.
In a press release, the reelected chair thanked members for their vote and committed himself to change the party to improve the country and the state.
The goal, he said, will be to deliver good results to residents and members by getting closer to citizens and keep the party being the best option in the state.
Businesses robbed
Several businesses were robbed during the weekend, according to police reports.
At 3:17 a.m. Sunday police agents arrested Aron “Doe,” 19 and Francisco “Doe,” 20, after allegedly robbing the “Aqua Vida” water vending business with a knife.
The suspects took 500 pesos or $25.
At 5 p.m. a robbery was reported at Pan Bimbo bakery located at Fraccionamiento Valle del Pedregal neighborhood.
Police officers arrested Jennifer Escarlet “Doe,” 18 and Juan Carlos “Doe,” 32, in possession of a 9-milimeter pistol loaded with eight cartridges.
The suspects robbed a blue purse and left the scene on a white 2004 Ford Taurus.
At 9:45 p.m. on Saturday a robbery was reported at Chinese food restaurant Express Liz of Eleventh Street and Fuente De Diana Street at Colonia Voluntad neighborhood.
Police officers arrested Carlos Octavio “Doe,” 32, Sergio “Doe,” 31 and Sergio “Doe,” 35 as the alleged suspects who robbed the site.
The men were caught on a gray 2007 Ford Focus with California plates in which they have two guns and a knife presumably used during the robbery.
The suspects left the scene with 2,500 pesos or $125.
At 6:10 a.m. on Saturday another robbery was reported at the Corona store located at Venustiano Carranza Boulevard and Río Salvador Street.
The police said three men took 16 boxes of beer and a sign from the store.
Police officers arrested Alejandro “Doe,” 36, Oscar Javier “Doe,” 27 and Rubén “Doe,” 36, for their alleged involvement in the incident.
The suspects attempted to flee on a white 1998 Ford Expedition in which they carried two backpacks with tools and a homemade stair.
Landowners block beer plant
A group of Mexicali Valley landowners began Sunday a blockade at the site where Constellation Brands plans to install a beer plant in southern Mexicali.
The protestors led by Mexicali’s leader of the National Farmworker Confederation Rigoberto Campos blocked the four entrances to the lot located by the San Felipe Highway.
The farmers said the project will impact their future given the large amount of water the plant will need during its operations.
Campos showed documents that certify the Baja California state government donated the lots where the plant will be installed.
Congresswoman Nancy Sánchez, a Mexicali member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, send a letter to her party’s congressional leader requesting federal agencies to address the issue in public and say if the project has the proper permits and licenses to operate.
“A company wouldn’t do such an investment if it does not have proper documents for sure,” she said.
Sánchez said she is openly against the beer plant.
The Mexican lawmaker said that after a meeting with Mexican officials she was notified the company has not submitted applications to extract underground water.
However, the company has requested permits for wastewater discharge.
The congresswoman explained the permits can only come from the state through a reservoir handled by the State Water Commission and municipal agencies like Mexicali’s Public Utilities Commission with keeps the National Water Commission out of the project.
