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Officials fired as ‘portable morgues’ spark outrage

Heads have rolled after a refrigerator truck containing 157 unidentified corpses from the Guadalajara morgue was found abandoned in a field adjoining a subdivision in Tlajomulco.


Cops have their say

In the wake of the recent murders of various police officers, civic organizations and police officers wearing civilian clothes marched from the Minerva Fountain to the governor’s residence to present Jalisco’s chief executive with several petitions.

Uruguayan poet given FIL literary award

The prestigious 2018 FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages has gone to 94-year-old Uruguayan writer and poet Ida Vitale, who lived in exile in Mexico for ten years following the military takeover in her country in 1974.

Foreign-owned gas stations charging higher prices

Recent reforms to Mexico’s energy sector have seen the arrival of foreign oil companies looking for a foothold in Mexico’s gas station market.

Rains help Tapatios breathe more easily

The repeated flooding caused by the recent rainy spell will have irritated many Guadalajara drivers but there is one upshot from the heavenly deluges.

Toshiba expands presence here

Japanese electronics giant Toshiba this week opened a 38,000-square-foot building in Guadalajara.