The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Jalisco’s Transportation Department (Secretaria de Movilidad or Semov) is about to start a crackdown on vehicles circulating without up-to-date “verificación vehicular” (obligatory emissions test) stickers.
Following last week’s cocaine bust of a shipment of bread rolls, canines working with federal customs agents at the Guadalajara International Airport this week discovered a small quantity of heroin squeezed into a candle, part of a first communion “package” ready for dispatch to the United States.
Two state legislators presented an initiative Thursday that would see establishments fined starting in 2020 if they fail to provide biodegradable plastic bags, containers and cups to their customers.
The Jalisco State Congress Thursday gave a thumbs up to the “Ley Antiruido” (Anti-noise Law), an initiative that will see establishments and individuals that fail to keep noise levels within permitted levels slapped with severe sanctions.
Jalisco Civil Protection authorities list the following tips among its recommended rainy season precautions:
Expo EnArt Tlaquepaque, a biannual trade show featuring a comprehensive range of Mexican crafts, gifts and decorative items, takes place from Tuesday, August 14 through Saturday, August 18.
Jalisco Governor-elect Enrique Alfaro has cut all ties with his party, the Citizens Movement (MC), saying he want to govern for “everyone in the state.”
The Jalisco government will pay all the hospital costs in the United States for “Elizabeth,” the Guadalajara woman severely burned in a bus fire set by cartel members in the wake of the attempted assassination of a former state attorney general in May.
New rules regarding gender equity in Jalisco’s state and municipal elections appear to have paid off with 31 women – a record number – elected to mayorships.
