The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In the face of mounting criticism, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has staunchly defended his proposal to issue an executive order transferring control of the National Guard (GN) to the Defense Ministry (Sedena).
Ken Salazar, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, was front and center at a ceremony this week marking the return from the United States of an important colonial art relic that was stolen in 2002 from the Parrish of Santiago Apóstol in Jiutepec, Morelos.
The Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) is implementing a new and simplified method of registering the admission of foreign travelers entering Mexico from abroad.
Mexico’s annualized inflation rate rose to 8.15 percent in July, the highest level for 21 years. June’s figure was 7.99 percent.
Although the latest reports indicate that Covid-19 cases are diminishing throughout Mexico, the number of deaths caused by infections during a single 24-hour period of the virus’ “fifth wave” reached their highest level on Tuesday, July 26.
The U.S. State Department has issued an updated advisory concerning travel to the state of Guanajuato following the violent acts carried out on August 9 (see story above).
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador this week declared his Mayan Train project a matter of national security, clearing the way to sidestep many of the legal hurdles that are delaying construction on some stretches of the 1,400-kilometer tourist train line.
A new book by a controversial author details how, in 2018 and 2019, the Trump administration successfully pressured Mexico into acquiescing to its demands to reduce illegal immigration.
Should Caro Quintero be extradited to the United States, authorities there may try to bring charges against him for the abduction, torture and murder of U.S. citizens John Clay Walker and Albert Radelat, who disappeared in January 1985 in Guadalajara.
