Mexican gov't recognizes exiled mining union leader

The Mexican government has recognized Napoleon Gomez Urrutia, who was ousted from his post and forced into exile in Canada in 2008 amid fraud allegations, as the leader of the Mining and Metalworkers' Union, or SNTMM, officials said.
 
The union was notified that Gomez Urrutia is being recognized as secretary-general and Mario Garcia as acting secretary-general, the Labor and Social Security Secretariat said.
 
The Supreme Court ruled in early May that federal officials had no legal grounds for refusing to recognize Gomez Urrutia as leader of the powerful miners union after he fled to Canada to avoid criminal charges that have since been largely discredited ... more