The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The newly renovated stretch of highway connecting the city’s Periférico beltway to the Guadalajara International Airport is smoother and less congested – and state authorities worry that may lead to heavier feet on the accelerator.
The stifling heat shows no signs of letting up across nearly all of Mexico.
Twenty-eight states were on high alert this week, with temperatures reaching 45°C (113°F) in several regions on Monday, April 27.
The thermometer has been especially unforgiving in western Mexico.
The Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco missing persons collective says it has discovered additional human remains at the notorious Rancho Izaguirre, a property previously used by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) as a forced recruitment and possible extermination center.
In a landmark move, Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus has signed a decree creating what he calls the first universal healthcare program for children in Mexico, set to launch with the 2026–2027 school year.
Hundreds of readers will gather at the University of Guadalajara’s Rambla Cataluña on Thursday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., to take part in a marathon reading of Juan Rulfo’s masterpiece, “Pedro Páramo,” as part of World Book Day celebrations organized by the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL).
Electronics manufacturing giant Flex has announced a US$1 billion investment in Mexico over the next three years, with its flagship operations centered in Jalisco, to scale up production of artificial intelligence data center infrastructure.
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Episcopal camp on Lake Chapala
Near the indigenous pueblo of Tepehuaje on the south shore of Lake Chapala, a youth camp was built, sponsored by the Episcopal churches and missions of the area. Two encampments have been built to date on the 3.5‑acre fenced lot, each designed to hold about 40 youths of all denominations.
The Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office has received 806 reports of vehicles set on fire during the wave of violence that followed the death of drug lord Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, ”El Mencho,” who was killed in a military operation on February 22 in Tapalpa.
The cartel violence of February 22 made an impression on tourists and foreign residents in Puerto Vallarta, as they peered in shock from their timeshares, big-name hotels, and docked cruise ships. Plumes of smoke from burning vehicles and businesses obscured the sunny skies — the reaction by drug cartel affiliates to the killing of their leader by Mexican armed forces earlier that morning. Similar vandalism erupted throughout Mexico, but was concentrated in Jalisco, from which the cartel in question, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), takes its name.
