11-02-07

墨查获历来最大宗毒品：23吨可卡因 (Mexico's Largest Drug Seizure: 23 Tons of Cocaine)

墨西哥政府宣布查获了迄今为止的最大一宗毒品，从来自哥伦比亚的一艘船上搜到所藏的23吨毒品。警方说，他们星期二在港口城市曼萨尼约一艘悬挂香港旗的船上发现了隐藏在货物中的毒品。

当局正在继续搜查这艘船。他们起初宣布发现了11吨毒品，但之后又不断找到越来越多的可卡因。到星期四晚上，他们已经找到了2万1千包毒品。

The Mexican government has announced the country's largest cocaine seizure: 23 tons of the drug hidden on a ship that arrived from Colombia. Police say they found the drugs Tuesday hidden inside the cargo of a Hong Kong-flagged ship in the port city of Manzanillo.

Authorities are continuing to search the ship. They initially announced the recovery of 11 tons but kept finding more and more cocaine -- as of late Thursday, 21 thousand packages of the drug.

洪水冲击墨西哥塔巴斯科州八成地区 (Floods Cover 80 Percent of Mexico's Tabasco State)

墨西哥当局说，南部地区的塔巴斯科州80%被50年来最严重的洪水淹没。该州州长星期四说，有30多万人等待着从“令人震惊”的洪灾中解救出来。当局动用了直升机解救被困在房顶上的人。

在这场灾难中至少有1人死亡。墨西哥总统费利佩.卡尔德龙说，这是墨西哥有史以来最严重的自然灾害之一。塔巴斯科州州长说，该州的农作物在这次灾难中全部丧失。一场冷空气带来了狂风暴雨。天气预报说，近日还将有更多降雨。

Authorities in Mexico say 80 percent of the southern state of Tabasco is under water in the worst flooding in 50 years. The local governor said Thursday 300-thousand people are waiting to be rescued from what he calls a "shocking" deluge. Helicopters are being used to help save people stranded on rooftops.

At least one person has been killed in what President Felipe Calderon calls one of the worst natural disasters in Mexico's history. The governor says Tabasco state has lost 100 percent of its crops. A cold front is blamed for drenching rain storms, and forecasters say more rain is likely in coming days.