Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Nigeria, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama clash in Dallas


Super Eagles led by Kanu Nwankwo

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will clash with the national teams of Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama in an international soccer tournament from Saturday February 26 to Sunday February 27, 2011, in the popular Cotton Bowl in Dallas, USA.

The details are in the following news release.

21 Feb 2011 19:20 Africa/Lagos


International Soccer Tournament Coming to Dallas Features Four National Teams, Feb. 26-27

Cotton Bowl to Host Teams From Nigeria, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama in Green Soccer Bowl Event

PR Newswire

DALLAS, Feb. 21, 2011

DALLAS, Feb. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The highest level of soccer competition in the world is coming to Dallas for the Green Soccer Bowl tournament, Feb. 26-27 at the Cotton Bowl.

The weekend tournament will pit the national teams from Nigeria, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama against each other. Nigeria will be using the tournament as a tune-up in preparation for its upcoming Africa Nations qualifier.

Tournament brackets and weekend games are currently scheduled as follows:

Saturday, February 26


Game #1: Costa Rica vs. Panama — 4:30 p.m.


Game #2: Nigeria vs. Mexico Olympics Team — 7:00 p.m.




Sunday, February 27


Game #3: Game #1 Loser vs. Game #2 Loser (Third Place) — 4:30 p.m.


Game #4: Game #3 Winner vs. Game #4 Winner (Championship) — 7:00 p.m.


Tickets for the event are $30 general admission. They are available online at ticketmaster.com and Ticketmaster outlets including Fiesta, HEB and select Macy's stores. To purchase tickets by phone, call 800-745-3000. Admission is free to children 12 years and younger.

SOURCE Green Soccer Bowl

CONTACT: Pius Oleh, Green Soccer Bowl, +1-248-227-9089

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Monday, May 31, 2010

Africa Region Pre-Conference to Mexico 2010 – World Youth Conference / Invitation to the Representatives of the Media

31 May 2010 14:42 Africa/Lagos



Africa Region Pre-Conference to Mexico 2010 – World Youth Conference / Invitation to the representatives of the media


ADDIS ABABA, May 31, 2010/location>)/ -- Africa Region Pre-Conference to Mexico 2010 – World Youth Conference / Invitation to the representatives of the media


WHEN: 3-4 June 2010


WHERE: Abuja, Nigeria


WHO : Organised by the Department of Human Resources Science and Technology (HRST) of the African Union (AU) in collaboration with the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria


WHY: Preparation of the World Youth Conference to take place in Mexico 2010. The place of the youth in the society and the voice of the youth need to be heard in important world issues.


OBJECTIVES: - The Pre- Conference is aimed and bringing together High officials and experts in the domain of Youth development to share views on the different thematic issues in preparation of the World Youth Conference scheduled to take place on August 2010 in Mexico .

Each continent was urged to organize a pre-conference in order to brainstorm on youth development and related issues ahead of the Mexico Youth Conference. The Abuja pre-conference therefore will represent the African pre-conference in preparation of the mega event in Mexico.

PARTICIPANTS: participants will include some African Ministers of Youth; Members of the COMY 5 Bureau; African Ambassadors based in Nigeria; civil society organizations; international organizations; United Nations agency dealing with youth development and the African Union Commission amongst others.

BACKGROUND : Investment of Youth in Africa

A country's youth is one of its biggest assets for peace and development. This present generation represents history's largest record breaking numbers of young people with as many opportunities to succeed or the misfortune to fail. Youth in Africa as they grow and deepen their leadership responsibilities will face a lot of challenges and they need to be ready for them. This makes youth capacity building a priority. Investment in youth has proven potential to protect the future of our continent and will guarantee the sustainability of the current development gains recorded in the last decade. Youth can build better future for Africa and this makes it important that the individual level capacity is harnessed.

Progress in access to education in sub-Saharan Africa is growing disproportionately to economic size and financial deepening. Job creation and economic activities are still driven by traditional systems of complacency, and ‘perceived' modesty which views youth aspirations for improved lifestyles and improved social amenities; quality of pay and work conditions to be beyond the parameters of African values and culture.

Source: African Union Commission (AUC)



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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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28 Apr 2010 18:11 Africa/Lagos


Four Defendants Sentenced in Human Trafficking Ring

Conspirators Smuggled Women and Minors in from Mexico and then Compelled Them Into Prostitution in Metro Atlanta

WASHINGTON, April 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Juan Cortes-Meza, 33, of Mexico; Raul Cortes-Meza, 22, of Mexico; Edison Wagner Rosa Tort, 71, of Cartersville, Ga.; and Otto Jaime Larios Perez, 27, of Guatemala were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story for participating in sex trafficking in an organization targeting young Mexican women.


Juan Cortes-Meza was sentenced today to 16 years, eight months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $57,600. Raul Cortes-Meza was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $7,000. Edison Wagner Rosa Tort was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $57,000. Otto Jaime Larios Perez was sentenced yesterday to two years, six months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $3,600.


"These four defendants committed heinous crimes against vulnerable women and girls who dreamed of better lives in the United States," said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Division. "Driven by greed, these defendants robbed their victims of basic human rights and dignities. The Department of Justice is committed to holding traffickers accountable and restoring the lives of their victims."


U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said, "The U.S. Attorney's Office is committed to dismantling sex-trafficking organizations that operate in the Northern District of Georgia. Those who enslave and sell young women for sex, or who profit from it, must be held accountable. Nothing we can do will fully restore these victims from the harm they suffered at the hands of these criminals, but we will do everything in our power to stop others from being abused."


"These traffickers exhibited a callous disregard for the lives of the victims whom they exploited for money," said Kenneth Smith, Special Agent in Charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in Atlanta. "While we cannot undo the terrible experiences that they endured, we hope that today's sentencing gives them some sense of closure."


According to U.S. Attorney Yates and the information presented in court, From Spring 2006 through June 2008, these defendants and others charged in the conspiracy recruited and enticed approximately 10 victims to come to the Atlanta area from Mexico and then forced them into prostitution for the financial benefit of the members of the alleged conspiracy. Often the conspirators, including Juan Cortes-Meza, would lure the women to the U.S. by promising better lives, legitimate employment, or romantic relationships with the defendants. Drivers, such as Larios Perez, Raul Cortes-Meza, and Rosa Tort, collected the victims from the homes where they lived with the defendants in Norcross and drove them to apartments and homes where paying clients waited for commercial sex.


Specifically, Juan Cortes-Meza smuggled the 17-year-old female victim into the United States by falsely promising that he would help her find employment in a restaurant or as a housekeeper. The victim was thereafter compelled to engage in commercial sex acts with numerous men every night, and to give Juan Cortes-Meza the money she collected. Juan Cortes-Meza controlled the victim's daily life and was physically violent with her.


Raul Cortes-Meza harbored and transported a victim and benefitted financially from causing her to engage in commercial sex acts. While another co-conspirator brought the victim into the United States, Raul Cortes-Meza drove her to apartments to have sex with paying clients. He then collected money and kept some for himself, giving the rest to other co-conspirators.


Rosa Tort took a victim from the Cortes-Meza trafficking ring and kept her in Cartersville, Ga., where he forced her to perform commercial sex acts against her will.


Larios Perez pleaded guilty to making false statements to law enforcement when he was intercepted with a victim in his car. When caught with a victim, Larios Perez lied to investigators about his relationship to the victim, claiming she was a family member, and falsely stated that he had never driven anyone to any location for prostitution. In fact, Larios Perez had driven at least six of the young Mexican women to locations to engage in prostitution.


In order to bring defendants to justice, victims of crime may be eligible for immigration status in the United States to assist in the prosecution. Six of the victims addressed the court about what they suffered at the hands of this sex trafficking ring, telling of physical threats, beatings, and intimidation which caused them to work as prostitutes against their will.


This case was investigated by Special Agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan Coppedge and Trial Attorney Karima Maloney of the Civil Rights Division's Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit prosecuted the case.


Source: U.S. Department of Justice

CONTACT: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs,
+1-202-514-2007, TDD +1-202-514-1888


Web Site: http://www.justice.gov/



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