The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Elba Esther Gordillo, the controversial leader of Mexico’s powerful teachers’ union, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with the alleged embezzlement of nearly two billion pesos (154 million dollars) in union funds.
“Professional merit must be the only way to be hired, remain and advance as a teacher,” President Enrique Peña Nieto said upon signing major education reforms into law on Monday.
In the wake of the vicious rape of six Spanish tourists in Acapulco, President Enrique Peña Nieto vowed to make Mexico safer for foreign and domestic tourists.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that doctors in Mexico are too quick to prescribe antibiotics to their patients.
The number of Mexicans applying for visas in 2012 was higher than ever before, revealed Susan Abeytia, the U.S. Consul General in Guadalajara, last week.
Mexico’s National Lottery (Lotenal) is on the brink of financial collapse, according to an audit ordered by the Ministry of Public Administration (SFP).
A fatal explosion at the Mexico City headquarters of state oil monopoly Pemex has been confirmed as the result of gas accumulation in the basements of the building.
Rumors of the death of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman circulated on Thursday night, following reports that Mexico’s most wanted drug lord may have been killed in a firefight in Guatemala.
The release of Florence Cassez, the Frenchwoman sentenced to 60 years in prison for being part of a kidnapping gang, is being viewed as a victory for justice in her homeland but has divided opinion here in Mexico, where there is widespread belief that a foreigner has been given preferential treatment.
