The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Manuel Gomez Torres, the 74-year-old mayor of Ayutla, Jalisco, was ambushed by unidentified gunmen as he returned to his ranch Sunday along with his bodyguard, identified as José de Jesús Hernández, 60. Both men died at the scene.
Two investigative state police officers were shot and killed in Tlajomulco after they stopped a tanker (pipa) they believed was carrying stolen Pemex gasoline.
A new animal protection law (Ley de Protección a los Animales) took effect in Jalisco this week but the State Attorney General’s Office was far from ready to receive complaints and act on reports of abuse, local media sources have revealed.
Waving symbolic flags, Governor Aristoteles Sandoval and other invited dignitaries on Monday initiated the regional operations of the state’s new crack law-enforcement squad, the Fuerza Unica Jalisco.
Jalisco has once again lost out on a major international investment as German carmaker BMW announced plans to build a plant near San Luis Potosí in central Mexico.
Rosa del Carmen Verduzco, the 79-year-old director of the Gran Familia children’s shelter in Zamora, Michoacan, will not face prosecution over allegations that minors were routinely mistreated at the facility she has operated for more than 50 years.
The Jalisco State Congress this week approved political reforms that will allow state legislators to run for four consecutive terms of office and mayors for two terms.
SSJ to get jump on flu jab season
The flu season takes a respite during the spring and summer months but state health authorities are warning the public not to drop their guard against the possibility of influenza infection.
Jalisco’s conservative National Action Party (PAN) is set to expel a young militant who formed what local media is referring to as a “neo-Nazi” splinter group.
