The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In an unprecedented step, state police have disarmed officers in two Jalisco municipalities and confined them to barracks, under instructions from Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval.
Fifty-two people in Jalisco have died as a result of the cold in 2014, prompting welfare agencies to introduce new measures to guarantee that the state’s homeless population are protected this winter.
The United Nations’ MY World global survey that aims to define a new development agenda for the world is coming to Jalisco on December 4.
One question asked frequently by Mexicans: “Why, if Mexico’s police forces are being purged ruthlessly for rogue elements, are the nation’s judges not being subjected to the same treatment?”
Jalisco’s Health Department is proposing the introduction of anti-doping checks to accompany the nightly Salvando Vidas road block operations to identify drunk drivers.
Despite the ongoing violence plaguing the nation, economic hardship, large-scale demonstrations and anguish over the disappearance of 43 students, the denizens of Jalisco enjoy “high levels of happiness,” State Social Development Secretary Salvado Rizo Castelo said this week.
Commanders of at least 25 municipal police forces made the black list of 4,415 Jalisco law enforcement officials who failed to make the grade in the “Control de Confianza” vetting exam designed to weed out personnel not apt for duty.
An exhalation of the Colima Volcano midday on Friday sent a plume of smoke and ash soaring three kilometers into the sky.
Around 3,000 Jalisco corn farmers – some from the municipality of Chapala – staged a protest outside the State Congress building Wednesday demanding greater subsidies for their crops.
