The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Sunday afternoon, locals and visitors to Mazamitla were happily watching a display by the daring Voladores de Papantla in the main plaza of this tranquil mountain town when their peace was abruptly interrupted by the sound of rattling gunfire from nearby streets.
With the Covid-19 pandemic now waning, Jalisco’s Department of Health (SSJ) has begun ramping up a pre-rainy season campaign to prevent the spread of dengue fever, sending a brigade of agency staffers to the Chapala area to provide home dwellers with water treatment products that knock out the proliferation of disease-carrying mosquitos.
Even though many countries (and some Mexican states) have relaxed their rules regarding the use of face coverings, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro said Monday that he hopes his health board will decide to continue the measure for the time being.
Health authorities have ramped up Covid vaccination programs in the Lake Chapala area throughout April, with AstraZeneca shots made available over the Easter vacation period at various public venues including the Chapala Malecón and the Ajijic Plaza.
A bill sent to the federal Chamber of Deputies by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, which would have increased state control over the nation’s electricity sector, failed to reach the necessary number of votes required to change Mexico’s Constitution.
The number of intoxicated drivers hauled off to the drunk tank tripled during Semana Santa (Easter Week) between April 11 and 17.
State and federal authorities say they have made further advances in the investigation into the assassination of former Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval, who was shot to death in a Puerto Vallarta bar in December 2019.
Jalisco Civil Protection lifeguards managed to save the life of an 82-year-old female tourist who showed no signs of life after collapsing in the sea at the Cuastecomates beach.
This week, Canadian Ambassador to Mexico Graeme C. Clark visited Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro, together with Lewis Coughlin, the Canadian consul in Guadalajara, and Stéphanie Allard-Gomez, Quebec’s Delegate General to Mexico.
