The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Delegates at a major oil sector conference in Guadalajara learned this week that state-owned Pemex has discovered huge reserves in the Gulf of Mexico that could yield up to 200,000 barrels a day.
Despite a few isolated incidents, election day in Jalisco went off smoothly, with “nothing out of the ordinary” to report, according to Jalisco Electoral Institute (IEPC) President Carlos Manuel Rodriguez. Police arrested 40 people for “administrative violations” and most were subsequently released on bail.
Voters go to the polls Sunday, June 7 in local and midterm national elections amid tight security following protests this week organized by radical teachers and other citizen groups that led to the burning and blockading of National Electoral Institute (INE) offices in the states of Oaxaca, Veracruz and Guerrero.
A study by the newspaper El Universal has revealed that giant multi-nationals like Walmart, McDonalds and Domino’s Pizza are among the worst payers in Mexico.
The family of a celebrated Marine Corps hero of the Iraq war, Mexican-born Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta, has decided to accept a posthumous Navy Cross for valor nearly 11 years after he was killed in combat.
As Mexico went to the polls last Sunday, national soccer team manager Miguel Herrera and several high-profile players tweeted their support for the controversial Green Party of Mexico, in flagrant violation of the Mexican Football Federation’s own code of ethics and the national law forbidding campaigning three days before the election.
In the United States, more than 200,000 juveniles under the age of 18 are incarcerated after being tried in adult courts. Some children as young as 12 potentially face a lifetime of imprisonment for violent crimes committed before they even started middle school.
Sunday’s elections mean that the sale of alcoholic beverages will be prohibited from the first minute of Saturday, June 6, to the last minute of Sunday, June 7.
A dengue vaccination could be ready before the end of the year and Mexico could be the first country to approve its use, according to federal Health Secretary Mercedes Juan.
