It was sent to National Police Laboratories to determine its grade of purity. Some addicts had complained the drug was adulterated. A police report indicated that drug users in the city were suffering from damage to the membranes of their noses as a result of their high levels of consumption. Evidently the drug was produced in a laboratory in Rio San Juan which was also discovered and destroyed by the Police last week. Police captured as well a substantial number of firearms and supplies of ammunition.
Workers march to protest privatization and demand higher salaries.
Thousands of telecommunications, energy and education workers marched last week to the offices of the President demanding higher salaries, an end to layoffs and no privatization of public services. Quintana said that the three teachers unions are united in the struggle for their demands. Mario Casco, a CNMN leader, said that there are 700 thousand students in primary schools who each pay one cordoba for each exam they take at the end of each semester. Telecommunications and energy workers also marched to the Presidential Office Building. Ronald Membreno, a leader in the energy workers' union, said that privatization of the generation of electricity will mean the immediate laying-off of a thousand workers.