The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In recent years, the town of Zapotlanejo, located ten miles east of Guadalajara, has staked a claim to fame by breaking the Guinness record – on various occasions – for constructing the tallest ever catrina.
Twenty-nine women this week graduated from the first course held in Mexico for female firefighters.
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro this week announced the launch of a new IT project, Red Jalisco, that will bring state-of-the-art, high-speed internet to more than 11,000 locations in the state, including schools, health facilities, government offices and public spaces.
The Guinness organization has credited the Jalisco town of Etzatlán for setting a new world record for the largest knitted hanging blanket (pabellón de tejido) ever made.
Zapopan Mayor Pablo Lemus has warned citizens that criminals are employing drones to spy on homes in the municipality and target them for burglaries.
Alarmed by a recent uptick in property crime in the lakeshore area, Macedonio Tamez Guajardo, the head of Jalisco’s Security Cabinet, hastily scheduled an open meeting with Chapala residents to address their concerns on behalf of Governor Enrique Alfaro.
This season’s flu shots will arrive in Jalisco two weeks behind schedule, in the second or third week of October, Public Health Director Mario Márquez Amezcua confirmed this week.
So far this year, state investigators have identified 13 gangs (colloquially referred to as conejeros, or hunters) dedicated to robbing bank customers who have just withdrawn significant amounts of cash.
While Jalisco health authorities have not detected the presence of a dengue epidemic in Lake Chapala’s north shore corridor, they warn that the area is considered vulnerable to a massive outbreak due to its proximity to metro-area Guadalajara where the so-called “bone-breaker” disease is rampant.
