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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 2013
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dismantled in the first six months of 2013 and
Costa Rica’s Security Minister announcing a
multi-agency strategy to tackle the problem.
Local publication InSight Crime reported
that a Nicaraguan farmer with connections to
Costa Rica was murdered alongside his son
near the Costa Rican border in an apparent
act of revenge for cattle rustling.
In one department of Bolivia, $2 million of
cattle is reportedly stolen each year. In
Colombia, in the first half of 2013 almost
1,300 head of cattle were stolen, worth about
$1 million, it said.
In June, an investigation by Mexican
newspaper El Universal highlighted the
problem of cattle trafficking, which has been
linked to drugs gangs allegedly using the
animals to carry contraband.
However, Uruguay has reported year-on-
year reductions in the crime since 2005 due
to the presence cattle ‘brigades’ and Chile has
also seen positive results.
Mercedes plans Brazil plant to
keep up with rivals
M
ercedes-Benz, the world’s third-biggest
maker of luxury cars, is set to unveil
plans to resume Brazilian auto production in
2016 to bypass high import taxes and to keep
up with rivals Audi and BMW.
Mercedes intends to set up the plant in the
state of Sao Paulo to assemble the mid-sized
C-Class sedan and GLA compact sport-utility
vehicle, it was reported.
The CEO of parent company Daimler,
Dieter Zetsche, has vowed to reclaim the
number one position in global luxury-auto
sales by the end of the decade after losing
the top spot to BMW in 2005 and ceding
second place to Audi in 2011.
Mercedes and Audi are restoring car
production in Brazil, and BMW is starting
assembly in the southern state of Santa
Catarina next year and is investing
€
200 million in the new facility.
Mexico to host World Footwear
Congress in 2014
T
he European Confederation of the
Footwear Industry (CEC) has named the
Mexican city of Leon as the venue for the fifth
World Footwear Congress, following Brazil’s
Rio de Janeiro which hosted the conference
in 2011.
Guanajuato is one of the leading footwear
manufacturing states in Mexico, alongside
Jalisco and Estado de Mexico, with an
industry “characterised by a strong
commitment to high standards and a passion
for design and innovation”, according to CEC.
Around 600 participants - including
footwear associations, manufacturers,
suppliers, retailers, journalists and
policymakers - are expected at the event at
the end of November 2014, with topics and
themes announced in the following
weeks.
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