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Haiti still struggling *
following earthquake

Officials say ailing
country is misusing
funds
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP)
- The billions of dollars in aid that
flowed into Haiti after its shat-
tering earthquake were meant to
build a new nation with thriving
farms, apparel factories, modern
hospitals and paved roads in the
countryside.
Ambitious plans call for $500
million to build 50 new grade
schools, $200 million to give Port-
au-Prince its first wastewater
treatment plant, and $224 million
to create an industrial park for
65,000 garment industry workers
- all aimed at laying the ground-
work for a new Haiti.
But as the hemisphere's poorest
country marks the second anniver-
sary of the earthquake that killed
some 300,000 people, only about
half of the $4.6 billion in promised
aid has been spent. Half a million

people are still living in crowded
camps. And only four ofthe 10larg-
est projects funded by internation-
al donors have broken ground.
The optimistic rallying cry
promoted shortly after the earth-.
quake, to "build back better," has
turned out to be much harder to
achieve than anyone imagined.
Reconstruction efforts have been
stymied by the same problems
that impoverished Haiti in the
first place: chronic political insta-
bility, a lack of a robust central
government, and a tattered infra-
structure in a nation where, even
before the earthquake, half the
children did not attend school and
more than half the population was
unemployed.
Former U.S. President Bill
Clinton, the U. N. Special Envoy
to Haiti, said in an interview
Wednesday that the reality of
Haiti and its complicated history
made the hoped-for reconstruc-
tion difficult.
"We had massive, massive
problems in Haiti before the

earthquake," Clinton told The
Associated Press. "A lot of this
stuff we're not trying to rebuild -
we're actually trying to do it right
for the first time."
Haitian President Michel Mar-
telly also acknowledged that
achievements have fallen far
short of expectations, describing *
progress so far as "definitely, not
enough," in an interview with the
BBC.
"But lately, since I have been
in power, I will say that we have
shown strong signals that things
are changing and movingin Haiti,"
said the president, who took office
in May and whose squabbles with
parliament have contributed to the
delays.
The previous administration
of Presiden t Rene Preval was
crippled by the collapse of govern-
ment buildings and showed little
leadership in the aftermath. The
election that brought Martelly to
power was marred with irregu-
larities and riots that paralyzed
the capital.

AP PHUTU/CULIN E. BKALEY
A police motorcade-makes their way down an Ogden street during a funeral procession for police officer Jared Francom
yesterday in Ogden, Utah.
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police oficer at funeral

Agent Jared
Francom dies
following gun battle
OGDEN, Utah (AP) - A Utah
police officer killed in a gunbat-
tle last week with a suspected
pot grower was buried in a tear-
ful ceremony Wednesday that
itcluded a 21-gun salute, the
release of about a dozen white
doves and a statewide broadcast
ofapolice dispatcher's final radio
callout.
"Whiskey 12, Weber," the dis-
patcher called three times, the
radio cracking. "Whiskey 12,
Agent Jared Francom may no
longer be with us, but he will not
be forgotten."
Thebroadcastwas heard atthe
Ogden City Cemetery, where it
drew tears and audible sobs from
family, friends and as many as
1,000 police officers. Afterward,

uniformed .officers streamed
pasted Frankom's casket, some
leavingbehind their white gloves
and patches from their respec-
tive agencies.
A seven-year veteran of the
Ogden police force, Francom was
killed as he and about a dozen fel-
low members of the Weber-Mor-
gan Narcotics Task Force tried to
serve a search warrant on Jan. 4.
The graveside services fol-
lowed an emotional public
memorial attended by more
than 4,000 at Weber State Uni-
versity's arena. The vast major-
ity of mourners were uniformed
officers, who stood and silently
saluted as the flag-draped casket
was wheeled in by members of
Francom's unit.
"What a sight to see," Tra-
vis Francom told mourners
while looking around the arena.
"I know my brother would be
proud, because we all are his
family."

Jared Francom, 30, loved his
job so much that he found it hard
to take a night off, said Shane
Keyes, a strike force colleague.
When he did, he checked in with
team members by phone and
text to see if they were safe and
if he was missing a big or excit-
ing case.
"That saying - 'a cop's cop'
- that was made for a guy like
Jared," Keyes said.
Another brother, Ben Fran-
com, said Jared was an "adrena-
line junkie" who loved skydiving
and had a "go big or go home
attitude." But he was also a light-
hearted person.
"He loved to crack jokes or to
smile, just to keep the mood light
and keep everyone around him
less stressed," he said.
Francom was also remem-
bered for his passion for the Dal-
las Cowboys, and for the wife and
two young daughters he called
each night he was on duty.

Death count totals 47,000
over five years in drug wars

Two bodies found
decapitated outside
shopping mall
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Two
decapitated bodies were found at
the entrance to one of Mexico's
most luxurious shopping malls
on Wednesday and prosecu-
tors announced that more than
47,000 people have been killed
in drug violence in the five years

since President Felipe Calderon
launched a military crackdown
against drug cartels.
The bodies were found before
dawn inside a burning SUV just
off a toll highway at the entrance
to the shopping mall in the heart
of the Santa Fe district that is a
haven for international corpora-
tions, diplomats and the wealthy.
The heads and a threatening
message were dumped nearby,
Mexico City prosecutors said in
a statement.


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of the charred car and reported
the note written on hot pink
paper was signed by the drug
gang "Mano con Ojos," or "Hand
with Eyes." The gang was once
part of the Beltran Leyva drug
cartel.
The victims, a man and a
woman in their 30s, have not
been identified, prosecutors said..
They said the SUV with license
plates from the neighboringState
of Mexico had been stolen.
Mexico's sprawling capi-
tal had been something of an
haven from the brutal car-
tel violence along the border
and in outlying states. But
gangs have been fighting for
an increasingly lucrative local
drug market for more than a
year, mainly on capital's work-
ing class outer neighborhoods
and suburbs.
The Santa Fe district, built
atop a former landfill on the
western edge of Mexico City,
houses the Mexican headquar-
ters of major corporations and
the Iberoamerican University,
one of Mexico's top private
schools, as well as modernis-
tic, heavily guarded high-rises
where wealthy Mexicans and
foreigners live.
Most of the violence had
escaped Santa Fe, which had
been seen as a sterile oasis dis-
connected from the hubbub of
most of the capital.
But as the fight among splin-
tering drug cartels intensi-
fies, the brazen attackers have
reached even into the country's
most guarded districts.
In October, the same Manos
con Ojos gang claimed respon-
sability for leavingtwo severed
heads on a street across from
the nation's top military base
in Mexico City.
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