Mexican Consulate in Douglas opens account for Tabasco relief fund

By XAVIER ZARAGOZA
The Daily Dispatch
Published/Last Modified on Friday, November 9, 2007 5:51 PM MST


Days of rain in Tabasco, Mexico, has flooded the rivers and has inundated the area, affecting more than a million people.


All the crops have been destroyed, livestock has been killed and most of the state’s business sectors have been affected, said Governor Andres Granier in a press release. Granier is the state’s governor.

As a result, the Mexican Consulate in Douglas has opened a bank account for anyone interested in donating money to the relief fund.

“With regards to the showings of solidarity with the people affected by the severe floods in the Mexican state of Tabasco, almost one million (half of the population of the state) most of who have lost their homes and businesses and are now in need of emergency assistance,” the Mexican Consulate said this week.

The Mexican Foreign Ministry has opened two bank accounts in the United States where deposits can be made :

Bank:    Wells Fargo Bank NA

Account Name:    “Ayuda Tabasco”

Account number:    5992573401

For transfers:        121000248

Electronic:        111900659

Bank:        BBC Bancomer USA

Account Name:    “Ayuda Tabasco 2007”

ABA:        1-2222-05-06    

Cash contributions, which will be send to the affected, can also be made at the Consulate which is located at:

1201 F Avenue

Douglas, Arizona 85607

Tel: (520) 364-3107 y 364-3142

Fax: (520) 364-1379

Email: douglas@sre.gob.mx

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in a press release: “I would exhort you to act with unity, to help Tabasco with bravery and solidarity as we have done on other occassions of disaster and tragedy.”

Copyright © 2012 Douglas Dispatch

Comments

    meh wrote on Nov 14, 2007 10:07 AM:

    " sman man you got some nerve saying that you dont even know "

    sman wrote on Nov 12, 2007 7:43 AM:

    " I can't wait to donate my money so some corrupt mexican official can line his pockets. "

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