The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The number of deaths from traffic accidents in Jalisco this year is 15 percent up on 2011, according to figures released by the Jalisco Forensic Science Institute. Between January 1 and June 12, 221 people have died as a result of traffic accidents, compared to 179 in the same time period last year.
In the first three months of 2012 exports from Jalisco were 36 percent higher than in the same period of last year, according to the Jalisco State Information System (Seijal). The total value of exports from January to March this year was 11.5 billion dollars, up from 8.4 billion dollars in 2011.
A video released by Jalisco state investigators this week demonstrates the reach of criminal organizations inside Mexico’s security forces.
Employment has risen steadily in Jalisco in 2012, with 21,275 new jobs created since the turn of the year. If growth continues at this rate Jalisco will surpass last year’s total of 41,950 jobs created and could reach the milestone of 50,000.
Members of the Knights Templar drug gang firebombed a Sabritas delivery truck in Michoacan last Thursday night, targeting the potato-chip company for the second time in six days.
The second Jalisco gubernatorial debate provided little drama for a modest television audience early on Sunday.
Hurricane Bud turned out to be more of a damp squib, leaving not a trace of devastation in its wake after it struck Jalisco late last week.
Candidates for Jalisco governor may be scoring points with voters by opposing two major water infrastructure works but they won’t have much to say in the matter should they win the July 1 election.
To once again commemorate the millions of people who have passed away since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, the 29th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial will be marked in Guadalajara on Sunday, May 20, with a procession from the Templo Expiatorio (Avenidas Enrique Diaz de Leon and Lopez Cotilla) to the Plaza Fundadores (behind the Teatro Degollado), starting at 7 p.m.
