The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Jalisco state police have rescued 275 people from five Mexican states who were living and working in slave-like conditions on a tomato farm in the municipality of Toliman.
Only one percent of blood donations in the state of Jalisco are made with altruistic motives, according to Hector Raul Perez Gomez, the director of Guadalajara’s Civil Hospital.
If you think your municipality has security problems, spare a thought for the mayor of Jilotlan de los Dolores on the border of Michoacan.
The Guachimontones archaeological site and several local schools remained closed this week after a severe hail storm battered the Jalisco town of Teuchitlan, provoking flooding that damaged at least 90 properties.
Appearing right on cue, tropical storm Alvin churned up on May 15 about 1,000 kilometers off of Mexico’s Pacific coastline to mark the first day of the 2013 hurricane season. The storm quickly petered out over the next 48 hours, never gaining hurricane force as it slowly swirled northward a long distance from points between Acapulco and Manzanillo.
Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval and National Water Commission (CNA) Director David Korenfeld signed an agreement Thursday to construct the Purgatorio Dam on the Verde River, a project that could eventually satisfy almost two-thirds of thirsty metro-area Guadalajara’s potable water needs.
In an interview with Milenio newspaper this week, Jalisco Attorney General Luis Carlos Najera said one his biggest challenges is to convince citizens that they should file reports of crimes.
The sizzling temperatures will continue for another week, weather experts confirm.
The probability of some rainfall falling in Jalisco this month is high, says the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdG) Institute of Meteorology and Astronomy (IAM).
