The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The ranchero group Los Alegres del Barranco, who became public enemy number one after displaying images of most-wanted drug lord “El Mencho” (Nemesio Oseguera) during a concert at Guadalajara’s Telmex Auditorium, have made a dramatic about-face.
There are over 5,000 patients on waiting lists for organ transplants in Jalisco, according to Eduardo Tapia Alcalá, the organ and tissue donation coordinator at the Old Civil Hospital in Guadalajara.
Nowhere in Mexico was apathy for the judicial elections more evident than in Jalisco and neighboring Guanajuato—both states led by opposition parties highly critical of the move to elect judges by popular vote.
Two candidates tied to the religious organization La Luz del Mundo won seats in Jalisco’s federal judicial elections on June 1.
According to data from the Jalisco State Security Secretariat, since laws were enacted, almost 13,600 fines have been issued to drivers caught using cell phones while driving. Jalisco’s Mobility and Transportation regulations prohibit the use of mobile devices behind the wheel—even when stopped at a traffic light. Fines can exceed 2,000 pesos, depending on the municipality and the nature of the violation.
Civil organizations have warned of protests next week if the federal government fails to deliver cancer medications to public hospitals in the Guadalajara metropolitan area.
The Lake Chapala area is known for its many non-profit groups dedicated to supporting local residents in need.
A state legislator has introduced a bill to reform the Jalisco Penal Code, seeking to criminalize the creation of non-consensual deepfake pornography.
The Mayan Train, a significant infrastructure project aimed at boosting tourism in the Yucatan Peninsula and beyond, is failing to attract international visitors, recent data reveals.
