The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Mexican Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) has frozen the bank accounts of Eduardo Cervantes Aguilar, mayor of Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, as part of a bilateral investigation into public officials’ and individuals’ links to criminal organizations – in particular, the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG).
The transmission rate of Covid-19 in Jalisco isn’t declining, but as of June 15 the state government has permitted the gradual reopening of shopping malls, hotels, beaches, sports clubs and churches, even though the governor is still urging people only to go out for essential reasons and stay at home as much as possible.
On June 5, the Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (FGE) arrested three officers from the Ixtlahuacan de Membrillos municipal police force in connection with the death of Giovanni Lopez, a 30-year-old construction worker, who died in mysterious circumstances a few hours after being taken into custody on the evening of May 4.
The transmission rate of Covid-19 in Jalisco hasn’t declined, but from Monday, June 15 the state government will allow the gradual reopening of shopping malls, hotels, beaches, sports clubs and churches, even though the governor is urging people only to go out for essential reasons and stay at home as much as possible.
Even though Jalisco is currently reporting its highest numbers of Covid-19 infections, many businesses deemed nonessential have been given the green light to reopen.
With Covid-19 transmissions escalating rapidly in the past week, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro says now is not the time to move the state forward into the next stage of economic reactivation.
The Jalisco’s Prosecutor’s Office (FGE) has confirmed it is investigating the death of a 30-year-old man, who passed away shortly after he was arrested by Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos police officers on the evening of May 4.
Five people, including a former mayor of Aguascalientes, lost their lives when a Cesna 205 airplane crashed into a remote and mountainous wooded area in the Jalisco municipality of San Sebastián Oeste, while en route to Puerto Vallarta Friday, June 5.
The Jalisco government has received authorization to solicit a 6.2-billion-peso ($US279 million) loan to offset spending redirected to the Covid-19 emergency, as well as from loss of tax revenue and federal funding.
