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At least 20,000 people were still trapped Monday on the rooftops of homes swallowed by water in one of the worst floods in Mexico's history. Government officials worked furiously to distribute aid and vowed to crack down on looting. Thanksgiving in New Mexico means the smell of roasting chilies and pinon wood, a river of lights in Albuquerque, and the start of ski season. Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's central bank Governor Guillermo Ortiz said policy makers can do little to stem rising food prices, and future interest-rate decisions will focus on stopping the spread of inflation to wages and other costs. Anger and despair rose Monday as victims of southern Mexico's disastrous floods, some perched on rooftops, complained of chaotic aid distribution and looting. VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) -- Hungry and dehydrated victims of one of the worst floods in Mexico's history scrambled for government packages of food and medicine, while at least 20,000 people remained trapped Monday on the rooftops of homes swallowed by water. A cocaine shipment seized by Mexico last week could have been worth as much as $2.7 billion on U.S. streets and the Mexican government said on Monday it belonged to Mexico's most wanted man, drug lord Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman.
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