The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In one of his last acts before leaving office on March 1, Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez gave out financial rewards for the state police involved in fighting organized crime throughout his tenure.
Specialist personnel from state oil monopoly Pemex put out a fire on Sunday, February 24 at an underground pipeline in eastern Jalisco where thieves had been stealing gas.
Popular Jalisco Police Chief Carlos Najera will be the only member of Governor Emilio Gonzalez’s cabinet to retain his position under Aristoteles Sandoval.
Jalisco has lost 3,000 jobs during the first two months of 2013, according to official figures.
Emilio Gonzalez steps down next Friday, March 1 with public opinion fairly evenly split on his performance as governor of Jalisco.
No damage or casualties were reported after an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook western Mexico on Wednesday afternoon.
Just before he announced his imminent retirement, Pope Benedict XVI set the date to elevate Guadalajara-born nun Maria Guadalupe Anastasia García Zavala to sainthood.
The federal Attorney General’s Office (PGR) has identified Jalisco as the home of one of Mexico’s largest illicit drug industries.
Governor-elect Aristoteles Sandoval of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who takes office on Friday, March 1, unveiled a proposal to alter the structure of the executive branch in Jalisco last week.