Bullied to death? Child dies after alleged incident
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- Published on Friday, 15 March 2013 10:38
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Jalisco officials are investigating the case of a seven-year-old boy who died on Saturday, March 9 following an allegedly violent bullying incident at school.
Bird flu
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- Published on Friday, 08 March 2013 11:48
- Written by GR Staff
A new outbreak of bird flu in the state of Guanajuato has spread to 18 farms, according to agricultural officials.
Police chief to carry on
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013 13:00
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Popular Jalisco Police Chief Carlos Najera will be the only member of Governor Emilio Gonzalez’s cabinet to retain his position under Aristoteles Sandoval.
Police find tigers at drug lair
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- Published on Friday, 08 March 2013 11:45
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Responding to an anonymous tip-off, state police officers discovered two Bengal tigers at an abandoned drug lab in northern Jalisco last week.
Jalisco bids farewell to divisive governor
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013 11:59
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Emilio Gonzalez steps down next Friday, March 1 with public opinion fairly evenly split on his performance as governor of Jalisco.
New prosecutor’s office to coordinate state law enforcement
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- Published on Friday, 08 March 2013 11:40
- Written by GR Staff
With the aim of heightening security and justice in Jalisco, the nascent Aristoteles Sandoval administration is pushing ahead with plans to create a new Prosecutor General’s Office (Fiscalia General de Jalisco).
Local nun to become saint on May 12
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013 11:53
- Written by GR Staff
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.
New Jalisco governor sets ambitious agenda
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- Published on Friday, 08 March 2013 11:25
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Aristoteles Sandoval made over 20 ambitious pledges and promised to focus on five key areas upon taking up office as governor of Jalisco on Friday, March 1.
Governor-elect spurs executive branch overhaul
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013 11:42
- Written by Duncan Tucker
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.
Jalisco’s new governor vows to be liberal, inclusive
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- Published on Friday, 01 March 2013 11:24
- Written by Duncan Tucker
“I’m not a conservative,” Jalisco’s governor-elect told CNN Mexico days before he was due to take up office on Friday, March 1. “I’m a liberal in the sense that I think we must be inclusive and tolerant of different forms of religious expression and sexual preference.”
How ‘death’ of mining execs was planted in the press
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013 11:38
- Written by Duncan Tucker
A Mexican journalist has confirmed that the news of two foreign mining executives supposedly found dead in the Rio Santa Rosa was planted in the local press last week.
Outgoing governor rewards brave officers
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- Published on Friday, 01 March 2013 11:22
- Written by GR Staff
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.
Federal government to have final say on polemic Zapotillo Dam
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013 11:25
- Written by GR Staff
Jalisco governor-elect Aristoteles Sandoval has been forced to backtrack on his polemic tweet in which he announced that he would scrap plans to flood a pueblo in the northern part of the state to make way for a major dam that is more than half finished.
Pipeline fire doused
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- Published on Friday, 01 March 2013 11:03
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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.
Poncitlan police chief killed in Zapopan
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- Published on Friday, 15 February 2013 12:10
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The police chief of Poncitlan, Jalisco was shot dead in front of his home on the southern outskirts of Guadalajara on February 8.
Job losses increase
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- Published on Friday, 01 March 2013 11:03
- Written by GR Staff
Jalisco has lost 3,000 jobs during the first two months of 2013, according to official figures.
Priests demand protection from violent extortionists
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- Published on Friday, 15 February 2013 11:50
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Priests in western Mexico have spoken out after being targeted in a spate of recent extortion attempts, kidnappings and even killings.
Earthquake shakes western Mexico
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013 13:03
- Written by Duncan Tucker
No damage or casualties were reported after an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook western Mexico on Wednesday afternoon.
Car theft on the rise
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- Published on Friday, 15 February 2013 11:49
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The number of cars stolen so far this year in the Guadalajara metropolitan area is up 47 percent from this time last year.
Jalisco tops narco stats
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- Published on Friday, 22 February 2013 13:02
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The federal Attorney General’s Office (PGR) has identified Jalisco as the home of one of Mexico’s largest illicit drug industries.
Stepfather of young mother arrested for rape
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- Published on Friday, 15 February 2013 11:45
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The stepfather of Dafne, the young girl from Ixtlahuacan who gave birth in Guadalajara last month, has been arrested for rape after DNA tests proved he is the father of the baby.