The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In a scam that has being doing the rounds for some years, a Mexican expat returning home for the holidays from the United States was drugged and robbed aboard a bus en route from the Guadalajara Airport to the Central Camionera Vieja (old bus station) in the city center.
Mitchell Ventura, 56, a naturalized Mexican citizen born in England, was shot to death by a car thief in the parking lot of Sam’s Club in the city of Colima on the evening of January 7.
Financially troubled photography giant Kodak announced a new restructuring program this week, safeguarding the jobs of some 1,000 employees at its Guadalajara plant, at least for the time being.
Although the unpopular car tax (tenencia) has been scrapped in Jalisco, owners of Mexican-plated vehicles registered in the state will still have to pay the annual registration renewal fee (refrendo).
The long-awaited grand opening of the Centro Interpretativo Guachimontones took place January 3 at the popular archaeological site located 43 kilometers west of Guadalajara.
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has named the 35-year-old mayor of Guadalajara as its candidate for the governor of Jalisco in the July 1 election.