The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Arandas, a sleepy town of some 80,000 in the farm-rich Los Altos region of Jalisco, may not figure on the “must see” lists of many visitors to this state.
The breeze in Guadalajara and around Lake Chapala can be deceptive, making many, especially newcomers and visitors, think they have little to fear from the sun.
Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval is lauding an operation in Puerto Vallarta and Nayarit coordinated between the Mexican Navy and the federal Attorney General’s Office (PGR) that netted 18 arrests, as well as a large haul of weapons, ammunition and illegal narcotics.
The metro-area municipality of Zapopan became the first in Mexico to sign a declaration with UNESCO (International Declaration UNESCO-Zapopan 2018) dedicated to “cultural policies for the sustainable construction and development of metropolitan communities.”
Last Sunday, Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval ordered state police officers to assume control of public security in the Guadalajara suburb of Tlaquepaque after concerns that criminal organizations have infiltrated and corrupted the municipal force.
The much anticipated May 5 rematch between Guadalajara boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan is in doubt after the Tapatio tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol.
In an unprecedented act, the Jalisco Commission for Human Rights has issued a recommendation to various levels of government and other institutions to take more robust measures to curb the wave of violence gripping the state.
“Denomination of origin” is a phrase more and more often on the lips of those involved in the production and/or sale of comestible items of Mexican origin.
New revelations continue to surface regarding the abduction of three Italian citizens, who vanished January 31 in the southern Jalisco municipality of Tecalitlan.
