The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Guadalajara resident Alfredo Salazar has tried to be very careful since social distancing came into play in Guadalajara, even using the optimal type of mask and at times isolating himself from family members who felt ill. Salazar, after all, is 65 years old and suffers some conditions that put him at risk of dying from Coronavirus.
Municipal workers are digging 700 additional grave sites at Guadalajara’s Panteón de Mezquitán cemetery as a backup in case the city experiences a sharp spike in Covid-19 fatalities, says Oscar Villalobos, chief of municipal services.
A video has been posted on YouTube showing Alejandrina Guzmán, the daughter of jailed drug capo Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and other women packing food and supplies into boxes for distribution to needy seniors in the Guadalajara metropolitan area.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has called on Mexican drug cartels to stop handing out packages of food and essential supplies to the country’s poorest citizens during the current health emergency.
A California appeals court has ordered the dismissal of the case against Naasón Joaquín García, the 50-year-old spiritual leader of the Guadalajara-based Luz del Mundo fundamentalist church, who has been held without bail since June 2019.
Guadalajara and Zapopan city employees got to work this week, handing out hundreds of free face masks at key points of the metropolitan area as Jalisco’s obligatory stay-at-home and mask-wearing order kicked in.
There was little or no activity in the center of Guadalajara this week as most people heeded messages to stay indoors.
With people stuck at home during the coronavirus lockdown, water use in Guadalajara metro area households has increased significantly, causing shortages in some zones.
Taxis come to abused nurses’ aid
After reports that some nurses have been the targets of discrimination by city bus drivers, around 30 taxi drivers belonging to Guadalajara’s Codigo Rojo collective decided offer them their service free of charge.
