adam raney reports. >> reporter: the damage left in a tornado's wake. the storm struck just after 6:00 in the morning. it was labeled a category four storm with winds in excess of 300-kilometers per hour. experts here at mexico's national immediate logical service tell us that tornadoes are extremely rare in mexico, officials went onto tell us there isn't a system of alarms in place and people weren't prepared for what hit them. in addition to the dead more than 180 were injured in the storm. at least 350 homes were damaged. the governor has visited the scene. assessing the damage. it's being called a national disaster. and as the search of the debris goes okay the authorities say the death toll could rise. adam raney, al jazerra, mexico city. >>> an erupting volcano is the grab coast islands is threatening a unique species of liver,. [ laughterliver,lava has court from the volcano. it's the only population of pinky began a a reminders you can check out our website aljazerra.com. is "techknow." a a show about intersection of hardware and heuvment and we

adam raney, al jazerra, mexico city. >>> and to keep up with all of the stories we have been following here on al jazerra you can go to our website aljazerra.com. aljazerra.com. and much more news throughout the day. thanks for your time. >> i'm ali velshi. "on target" tonight, gross is on the verge of bankruptcy. it desperately needs bailout cash. who will blink first in this dangerous game? the clock is ticking on a greek financial drama that has the official to become a tragedy for greece and the rest of europe. it is a tragedy that could have ugly implications for the entire global financial system if

adam raney is in mexico city for us. adam. >> they have no experience with these storms. these people have never seen a tornado. in fact the governor said earlier this is the first time a tornado is touched down in more than a hundred years. >> the damage left in a tornado's wake. the storm struck just after 6:00 in the morning. it was labeled a category 4 storm with winds in excess of 300 kilometers per hour. although texas, which sits across the border has more tornados than any other state, they are rare in mexico. civil protection officials told al jazeera they don't even have alarms and they weren't ready for what hit them. in addition to the dead more than 180 were injured in the storm, at least 350 homes were damaged. the governor has visited the scene. it's being called a national disaster. and as the search of the debris goes on the authorities say its death toll could rise. well that's the sign of devastation there just over the border from texas. the governor has been assessing damage there, trying to see what his people need. they say they are still looking fo

adam raney reports. >> reporter: a show of force, 10,000 federal soldiers and security forces have been sent to the western state of jalisco. the latest in an on going eight-year drug war. it follows the wave of spectacular attacks. the downing of a helicopter, and the killing of 15 police officers last month. despite talk that the cartel is a new threat this missing person investigator says it has been behind hundreds of disappearances across the straight. >> translator: there is an organized structure directly tied to the disappearances. it is gaining attention now, because of the violence. but this is not new. this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: this is who the government is up against. the new generation cartel. a heavily armed paramilitary criminal group. they make millions running drugs, extorting businesses, and kidnapping. they enforce their own justice, build their own weapons and increasingly use against the government. the state security chief admitted he had no idea if they had hundreds of gunmen or thousands, still he was sure of victory. >> translator: i'm co

adam raney has more from mexico city. >> reporter: public health officials are continuing to vac inate in the capital and the rest of the country. vaccinations have been suspended where 31 young children were taken ill after being vaccinated. two of those young infants, less than a month old died after receiving the vaccine sayings. 21 were hospitalized. many were in serious condition. it could have a big impact in mexico. if the government is unable to find out what went wrong with the batch of vaccinations. there's upcoming vaccinations where it's urged to personalities of children take them to get the vaccines. they may find public faith lacking and finding a problem in children coming out >>> it's known as deflate-gate, the cheating scandal that hit american football this year. one of the most successful commonwealth bank in the sport's history is being punished with a suspension and the team management handed a fine. rob reynolds reports. >> reporter: in january officials noticed something odd about the balls suicide during the new england patriot's victory this the semifinal game

adam raney, al jazerra, mexico city. >>> and to keep up with all of the stories we have been following here on al jazerra you can go to our website aljazerra.com. aljazerra.com. and much more news throughout the day. thanks for your time. >> i'm ali velshi. "on target" tonight, gross is on the verge of bankruptcy. it desperately needs bailout cash. who will blink first in this dangerous game? the clock is ticking on a greek financial drama that has the official to become a tragedy for greece and the rest of europe. it is a tragedy that could have ugly implications for the entire global financial system if greece doesn't pay its debts and gets bounced out of the euro zone. we don't know how stocks and bonds around the world would react if greece defaults on its debt but we do know that greece is pretty close to running out of money. but greece can't make its repayment on june 5th. that's why the country is desperate to get the payment of a bailout, $8 billion in june. but greece has managed to pay some debts by raiding a reserve fund, but those won't be enough, when it faces repayment o

adam raney reports now from guatemala city. >> elizabeth santos says her husband paid the highest price because of corruption in guatemala. anticorruption investigators say the security agency switched to a new dialysis drug provider after officials accepted 2.5 million in bribes. >> they reacted to the new drug as if it was poison and died two months after starting the treatment. >> he didn't feel good when he gave the new treatment. it wasn't good. he had stomach pains, was nauseous and had diarrhoea. >> reporter: at least 13 died since the government switched providers. the case is one of two corruption scandals battling the president. it led to the resignation of the vice president and several cabinet members, and other high-ranking officials have been arrested. tens of thousands of guatemalans called for them to be resigned. >> they had to wait 24 hours in a wheelchair to be seen after getting sick from the drugs. >> translation: this is the saddest things, we were dying, and they didn't do anything to help us. >> reporter: her daughter now helps with care and says doctors didn't r

as adam raney reports the rush is onto find out what went wrong. >> reporter: public health officials here in mexico city say they are continuing to vaccinate children in the capital and across the country. meanwhile vaccinations were suspended in the community in the southern state where 31 young children were taken ill after being vaccinate odd friday with hepatitis b. wrote virus and tuberculosis two of the young infants less than a month old died after receiving that action are vaccination another 21 hospitalized still in serious condition. now, this could have a big impact in mexico if the government is unable to find out just what went wrong that batch of sacks nations because there is an up coming week of vaccinations in which the government encourages parents to vaccinates their children in may. they might find public faith lacking and find a reduction in the number of penal getting their children sacks nateed. >>> the white house has rejected new claims that pakistan was shell aring former al qaeda leader osama bin laden and that it new in advance about the raid to kill him.

most are victims of drug cartels who don't view the clergy as off limits >>> adam raney travelled to the central state where a priest was murdered. >> reporter: the latest priest killed in mexico. he was shot in the head two days after easter. father martinez served under him and reported his mentor missing. >> translation: it was premeditated. they knew he was picking up money that day. >> reporter: kiled apparent -- killed apparently by thieves. most priests killed seen to be victims of drug violence. some may have accommodated criminals or crossed them in some way. some priests were offered great amounts of money to perform favors for stay quiet. it's a temptation. it's easy to say i would never do that. but preets are human. >> the killing shows no one in mexico including priests, are untouchable. >> reporter: despite roman catholic traditions, 10 have been killed. the vatican says it's the most dangerous country in latin america to be a priest. in the past priests may have been willing to accept money from cartel bosses that ran drugs to the u.s. some say that is not so easy as

al jazeera adam raney embedded with the military. he sent this report from the capital. >> reporter: a show of force. 10,000 federal soldiers and security forces have been sent to the western state. the latest build up in an ongoing drug war. following a wave of attacks, the downing of a military helicopter with rocket launch grenades and the killing of 15 police officers last month in an ambush. despite talk that this cartel is a threat. missing person's advocate says it's been behind hundreds of disappearances across the state. >> translation: there's an organised structure tied to the disappearances. it's gaining attention now because of roadblocks and ambushes and violence. this goes way back. this is not new. this is a tip of the iceberg. >> this is who the government is up against. the new generation cartel. a heavily armed group grown over the past five years as the government took on other cartels elsewhere. they make millions running drugs, extorting and kidnapping enforcing their own justice, building their own weapons. the

raney played a major role. it is headed by a former transport minister. alongside them is league of the righteous under a sheikh. the promise day brigade is led by a shia cleric mook tarreda alsarreda, and hezbollah spirit from the lebanon hezbollah. joining me is a scholar from the carnegie middle east center focussing on iran and iraq. thank you for being on the programme. how risky is it for the government to call in the shia militias to try to free the city of ramadi? >> it's clearly something that most sides deemed acceptable and necessary given the situation. it's important to you know at the time the sunni forces were guarding ramadi and anbar from i.s.i.l. they've been fighting against offenses for the last year and a half. finally they gave in. this was clearly a signal that they need help. they need help from the government, which, unfortunately at the moment includes militias yes. it's a sign. i think what you hear from a lot of tribal leaders and politicians from anbar is those that perform would ha

adam raney travelled there for this report. >> reporter: a show of force, 10,000 federal soldiers and security forces had been sent to the western states. it's the latest military build-up in an ongoing 8-year drug war following a wave of attacks, the downing of a military helicopter with rocket launched grenades, and the killing of a 15 police officers last month in an ambush. despite talk that the cartel is a threat missing person's advocate says it's been behind hundreds of disappearances of people across the state >>> there's an organised structure tied to the disappearances. it's gaining attention now because of roadblocks and police ambushes and violence. this goes back it's not new, it's the tip of the environment. >> this is who the government is up against, a new generation cartel, a heavy armed paramilitary group that grew over the past five years when the government took on other cartels elsewhere. they make millions running drugs, extorting businesses and kidnapping. they extort justice, build weapons and use them against the government. >> the state security chief admitte

adam raney has more. friday saw a dramatic day of clashes. where a military helicopter was shot. three were killed as it made an emergency landing. around the state there were roadblocks set up around the main city as well as in other districts in that state. more than two dozen, many with burning vehicles buses and trucks. the governor of the state did not mention the cartel by name but there seems to be clashes between the authority and the new generation cartel. a cartel that has strength in this area routing heroin and methamphetamines into the u.s. it is growing as the templar cartel seems to have been disbanded by government operations. in december, the president says it has become a major battle ground as the government tries to take down criminal organizations. g anything the attacks on friday show that the new generation cartel has become a major player and there's violence going down in the state. other clashes were notices on friday in neighbouring states and also in the state which border and show the clashes are not taking places and spilling out into neighbouring ar