The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Priests in western Mexico have spoken out after being targeted in a spate of recent extortion attempts, kidnappings and even killings.
The number of cars stolen so far this year in the Guadalajara metropolitan area is up 47 percent from this time last year.
The State Congress is considering a reform to welfare laws which would oblige the Family Development Agency (DIF) to create shelters for migrants passing through Jalisco.
The stepfather of Dafne, the young girl from Ixtlahuacan who gave birth in Guadalajara last month, has been arrested for rape after DNA tests proved he is the father of the baby.
Governor Emilio Gonzalez’s sixth and final annual report (informe) was presented in writing to the State Congress on Friday, February 1.
In a mysterious case which appears increasingly likely to be linked to an elaborate scam, two foreign mining executives were reportedly found dead on Saturday in the Rio Santa Rosa which divides Jalisco and Nayarit.
Jalisco is the leading state in Mexico for the manufacturing of clothes, the State Secretary of Economic Development said at the IM Intermoda Guadaalajara 2013 fashion fair last week.
Two men believed to be foreign mining executives were reportedly found dead in the Santa Rosa river which divides the states of Jalisco and Nayarit on Saturday.
Kidnappers in Jalisco are changing their modus operandi by identifying less wealthy targets and seeking smaller ransoms, usually between 70,000 and 150,0000 pesos, according to the Attorney General’s Office (PGJEJ).
