A mass for the worker was said at the site Wednesday. Building work will resume once a municipal magistrate apportions blame for the accident and the developer pays the corresponding fine.
Bulls on the loose
Two 600-kilogram bulls had one final taste of freedom this week after escaping from a truck transporting them to a municipal slaughterhouse. The animals roamed free for several hours and created panic on streets in the Miravalle neighborhood of Guadalajara before being sedated by tranquilizer darts. After their capture they were taken to the slaughterhouse and sacrificed. The bulls reportedly damaged three parked vehicles.
Torrena tower gives back roadway
In 2004 impresario Aurelio Lopez Rocha announced the construction of Torrena, an 80-million dollar, 336-meter high tower at the corner of Avenidas Lopez Mateos and Mariano Otero. Construction began in 2005, but slowed in 2006 and stalled completely by 2007 after some 12 million dollars had been sunk into the foundations. The lateral road on Mariano Otero was purchased by the builders for 6.3 million pesos in 2005 and is just now being given back to the city. The Jalisco department of Infrastructure and Public Works will be in charge of the restoration of the key roadway. A traffic bottleneck where the two avenues meet has frustrated drivers over the last decade.
Extortion hotline
Anyone in the state of Jalisco who thinks they have been the target of telephone extortion may now call 089 to file a denuncia (complaint). A representative of the State Attorney General’s Office will take their call in Spanish.