Mexico Power Takeover Creates Sparks

MEXICO CITY -- President Felipe Calderón sent more than 1,000 riot police to take over operations of an important but inefficient and financially strapped power-distribution company late Saturday, setting the stage for a showdown with a powerful electricians' union and its political and labor allies. Shortly before midnight, federal police and soldiers took over the installations of state-owned Luz y Fuerza del Centro, which distributes power to some 25 million Mexicans in Mexico City and part

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