The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In the face of fierce criticism from opposition councilors, Guadalajara City Hall officials have justified the high cost of elaborating a statue designed by the late artist and architect Luis Barragan that will be erected at a “mini glorieta” on the new stretch of the Paseo Alcalde at the intersection of 16 de Septiembre, Leandro Valle and Colegiales in the Guadalajara city center.
An all-white bicycle was erected this week at the intersection of Ocho de Julio and Arturo Carrillo in the Polanco neighborhood of Guadalajara, at the site of an accident which claimed the life of 23-year-old Ángel Itzcoatl Vera Hernández, the eighth metro-area cyclist to perish this year.
At a forum held at the Jalisco Congress building entitled “Fin de la Esclavitud” (End of Slavery), a leading specialist in human trafficking explained how the Covid pandemic has changed the way criminal groups ensnare their victims.
Yet another hotel has opened on the stretch of highway running between the periferico (city beltway) and the Guadalajara International Airport.
Data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) shows that the denizens of Mexico feel most insecure while using ATMs machines and public transportation.
The U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara sponsored a forum on battling the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation, held Friday, July 29 at Chapala’s Centro Cultural González Gallo.
Six people were shot to death in an attack on an unlicensed drug rehabilitation center in the Cofradía neighborhood of Tlaquepaque Sunday, July 24. Five men and a woman, between 18 and 50 years old, died in the assault.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our August editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
1972
US Consulate no longer the mailman
The Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office (FGE) has released details that cast doubts on the initial version of events surrounding the death of Luz Raquel Padilla, the 35-year-old mother of an autistic boy who was allegedly doused in alcohol and set on fire by a group of people, before burning to death in a Zapopan park on July 16.