The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The U.S. Department of State has offered a reward of five million dollars for information that leads to the to the “arrest and/or conviction” of drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, who was released from prison by an appeals court on procedural grounds in August after serving 28 years of a 40-year sentence for ordering the abduction, torture and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique Camarena Salazar in 1985.
Mexican photographer Luis Javier Sandoval has taken first prize in the Cold Blood Marine Animals category in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 competition organized by the Natural History Museum in London, England. Sandoval’s image of an endangered green turtle, titled “Dive Buddy,” was taken in Cancun, where he says he earns enough money from tourism photography to allow him time to document his beloved wildlife.
Mexico’s lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, has approved fiscal reforms which include the introduction of value-added tax (IVA) on junk food and soda. The controversial bill was then introduced to the Senate on Tuesday, where it faces a tricky ride and must be voted on by October 31.
Twelve years after construction began, President Enrique Peña Nieto has inaugurated one of Mexico’s most expensive and ambitious infrastructure projects, the Mazatlan-Durango highway.
What the Morelia Film Festival lacks in size, it certainly makes up for in celebrity.
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Anthony Wayne urged steps towards even greater economic integration during his participation in the 11th edition of the Mexican Business Summit held at Expo Guadalajara this week.
Somewhere in Mexico, someone is being kidnapped right now. By the time you finish reading this article another person will have been abducted.
Former President Felipe Calderon reacted angrily this week to reports that he was the victim of espionage by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) during his term in office.
In an incident one local referred to as “something out of a Hollywood movie,” three state police officers and four criminals were killed in a prolonged shootout in the Jalisco town of Tepatitlan Tuesday.
