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April 22, 1992 remembered

Several new murals appeared this week in Guadalajara in memory of the sewer line explosions 22 years ago that killed more than 200 people.  Services were held and the state government vowed to maintain its support of victims of the tragedy.

 


Tapatia joins Obama cabinet

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden this week swore in Guadalajara-born Maria Contreras-Sweet as the new Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) – the second Hispanic in President Obama’s second-term cabinet.

First drunk drivers banned from road

After failing breathalyzer tests for the second time in the space of a few months, two intoxicated drivers have became the first Tapatios to have their licenses revoked under new traffic regulations that came into force last November. The pair were banned from driving for two years.