The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Anti-police and anti-government protests continued in Guadalajara last weekend in response to last month’s unexplained death of 30-year-old construction worker detained by Ixtlahuacan de Membrillos municipal officers for an alleged face mask violation.
With Covid-19 restrictions easing up in many parts of Mexico, some residents of this country may be contemplating taking to the road once again.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our May editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
1970
Anti-marijuana drive gets intense
Like the nation’s president, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez has decided to resume visits to public works taking place in various parts of the state.
A confrontation between members of two drug cartels at Guadalajara’s Puente Grande penitentiary left eight inmates dead May 22.
Three newborns have come down with Covid-19 at the Esperanza López Mateos maternity hospital in Guadalajara, Jalisco Health Secretary Fernando Petersen has confirmed.
The Guadalajara Pride March will go online on Saturday, June 6, 2 p.m. Organizers say the virtual march will end with a lively musical party, featuring local, national and international artists, including the Ballet Folclorico Diversidad Jalisciense and Grupo Tercero A.
A protest held Thursday afternoon to denounce the alleged murder of Giovanni Lopez by Ixtlahuacan police officers in early May turned violent, ending in acts of vandalism and confrontations between demonstrators and anti-riot police.
Water cascades down from a helicopter trying to douse the flames of a major fire that broke out in the Cerro El Tepopote, a wooded hillside on the western outskirts of Guadalajara, Thursday, May 21.
