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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07GUADALAJARA119 |
EMILIO TAKES CHARGE: JALISCO GETS THIRD SUCCESSIVE PAN [...] Summary: Former Guadalajara Mayor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez assumed the Governorship of Jalisco March 1, calling upon his constituents to "think big" and work together to make the state a leader in business, education, social services, and environmental protection. He also promised to put grea [...] |
2007-03-09 16:22:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR OEXC MX |
| 07GUADALAJARA141 |
JALISCO GOVERNOR SPELLS OUT ECONOMIC PRIORITIES [...] Summary: Newly-inaugurated Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez outlined the key areas of his economic agenda during a March 15 address to Guadalajara's Chamber of Commerce. His focal points included improving U.S. market access, reducing regulatory red tape for businesses, boosting the c [...] |
2007-03-22 16:03:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV MX |
| 07GUADALAJARA226 |
SECRETARY GENERAL ENDORSES ORAL TRIALS FOR JALISCO [...] On April 30, 2007, the Consul General met with Jalisco's recently-appointed Secretary General (Lt. Governor) Fernando Guzman Perez Pelaez, to seek his formal endorsement for judicial reform efforts in the state, particularly oral trials. Guzman expressed support for this initiative and agreed [...] |
2007-05-09 21:13:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS EAID PGOV MX |
| 07GUADALAJARA327 |
JALISCO REMAINS A LEADER IN REMITTANCES [...] SUMMARY: When compared to other Mexican states, Jalisco is the third largest recipient of remittances from abroad, receiving nearly US$2 billion in 2006. In comparative economic terms for every dollar in foreign investment Jalisco received five dollars in remittances, and the total value was [...] |
2007-07-03 17:05:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB SOCI MX |
| 07GUADALAJARA329 |
CHILD LABOR IN JALISCO: CRISIS BUT VERY LITTLE ACTION [...] SUMMARY: Jalisco suffers from high rates of child labor including the sexual exploitation of children. A recent symposium and UN visit has highlighted the problem, but has so far not resulted in any policy changes or new government initiatives. A local union is working to promote action o [...] |
2007-07-03 17:39:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PHUM MX |
| 07GUADALAJARA330 |
TEPATITLAN'S NEWEST EXPORT - ITS WOMEN [...] Summary: At a recent promotional event for the tourism industry of Tepatitlan, the region's women were promoted as the strongest draw for foreign tourists. According to a local official, the number of prostitution arrests have spiked recently, raising questions about the area's vulnerability [...] |
2007-07-03 18:26:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON MX |
| 07GUADALAJARA347 |
ANOTHER BORDER PROBLEM: JALISCO AND COLIMA SPAR OVER [...] Summary: Boundary issues are not solely confined to Mexico's international frontiers. A long-running land dispute between Colima and Jalisco has heated up in recent months, with both sides making sharp declarations and dispatching extra police forces to their common border. The Mexican Army [...] |
2007-07-12 16:31:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EINV SOCI MX |
| 07GUADALAJARA351 |
PROGRESS ON JUDICIAL REFORM IN JALISCO [...] Jalisco is moving forward on judicial reform under the new government of Emilio Gonzalez Marquez. With our encouragement back in April, Jalisco's Secretary General Fernando Guzman finally sent a letter dated June 17 in which the Government of Jalisco formally committed itself to pursue the im [...] |
2007-07-13 22:58:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV EAID MX |
| 07GUADALAJARA365 |
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO HARNESS REMITTANCESS HAVING MIXED [...] In the last seven years the GOM has attempted to harness the power of the billions of dollars remitted from migrants in the U.S. via socioeconomic development programs. Two specific programs are Tres Por Uno (Three for One) and Proyectos Productivos (Productive Projects), formed by migrant clu [...] |
2007-07-18 18:10:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN MX |
| 07GUADALAJARA379 |
INCREASINGLY URBAN AND FEMALE CENTRAL WESTERN MEXICO [...] Summary: According to recent studies, the profile of immigrants to the United States from Central Western Mexico has changed in recent years. Immigrants from urban locales have been on the rise and the female percentage among this population has increased as well. Academics cited the more e [...] |
2007-07-31 20:31:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PGOV PREL ECON MX XM |
| 07GUADALAJARA610 |
UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA - A LEFTIST ICON'S NEW PRAGMATISM [...] Summary: Slowly but surely the left-leaning and often anti-U.S. University of Guadalajara is adopting a more practical relationship with the Consulate and USG. As the second-largest public university in Mexico, the University is closely tied to the state library and hospital and owns several [...] |
2007-12-18 23:36:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL ECON PREL MX |
| 08GUADALAJARA122 |
A SEWER RUNS THROUGH IT: BOY'S DEATH DRAWS ATTENTION TO [...] Summary: A child's death after falling into the severely polluted Santiago River in the Guadalajara suburb of El Salto has finally attracted official and popular attention to a long-standing ecological nightmare. But after years of official neglect and indifference, the authorities are seeki [...] |
2008-03-14 21:28:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI PGOV EAID MX |
| 08GUADALAJARA150 |
PROMISE AND PROBLEMS IN RURAL GUANAJUATO [...] Summary. A visit to rural Guanajuato to see the Bajio Community Foundation's projects provided a good view of what works and what doesn't to spur local economic development. Most of these communities survive and grow on remittances, but some organizations and individuals are trying to create [...] |
2008-04-08 19:29:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG SOCI ECON KPAO MX |
| 08GUADALAJARA237 |
EVALUATION FOR IIP SPEAKERS ANTHONY CEJA AND MONICA [...] Summary: Anthony Ceja and Monica Tinajero from San Diego's Education Department spoke to a variety of groups during their three-day program in Guadalajara and Tepic. They met with educators and public security departments, an association of rehabilitated gang members, and students to explain [...] |
2008-05-22 17:37:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SOCI MX |
| 08GUADALAJARA31 |
NOT MUCH NOISE ON NAFTA IN WESTERN MEXICO [...] Summary: The January 1, 2008 ending of the last remaining duties on agricultural products has so far not generated major protests or controversy in west-central Mexico. Agriculture Association leaders in Jalisco, one of Mexico's most important farming and ranching states, tend to view NAFTA [...] |
2008-01-18 22:09:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV MX |
| 08GUADALAJARA49 |
DHS/STATE HOSTS REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMUGGLING AND [...] Summary: In January, DHS and State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) hosted a seminar within the framework of the Regional Conference on Migration (RCM) in Manzanillo, Mexico. The workshop focused on best practices in the prosecution of human smugglers and traffickers in C [...] |
2008-02-08 17:03:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM MX XM XS |
| 08GUADALAJARA611 |
THE LATEST TARGET IN MEXICO'S DRUG WARS: THE SINALOA PRESS [...] Summary: Increasing narco-violence has caused some Mexican states to become virtual open war zones. The cartels, fighting among themselves for control of territory and pressed by President Felipe Calderon's counternarcotics campaign, have resorted to blatant acts of violence - both in an effo [...] |
2008-12-22 22:54:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KPAO KCRM PHUM MX |
| 08GUADALAJARA612 |
CHEMICAL CITY: GUADALAJARA, JALISCO, AND THE METH TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to 2007 DEA estimates, 80 percent of the methamphetamine used in the United States originates from laboratories operated by Mexican-based syndicates on both sides of the border. Production is especially high in and around the city of Guadalajara due to the confluence [...] |
2008-12-23 15:47:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL EIND KJUS MX |
| 08GUADALAJARA617 |
BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS: MISS SINALOA DETAINED WITH DRUG [...] (U) A December 23 joint military and police operation against suspected narcotraffickers in the Guadalajara suburb of Zapopan turned up an unexpected surprise: among the eight individuals detained with a quantity of guns, ammunition, and money was Laura Zuniga Huizar, currently Miss Sinaloa 20 [...] |
2008-12-24 20:56:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC MX |
| 08GUADALAJARA618 |
BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS: MISS SINALOA DETAINED WITH DRUG [...] (U) A December 23 joint military and police operation against suspected narcotraffickers in the Guadalajara suburb of Zapopan turned up an unexpected surprise: among the eight individuals detained with a quantity of guns, ammunition, and money was Laura Zuniga Huizar, currently Miss Sinaloa 20 [...] |
2008-12-24 20:56:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC MX |
| 08GUADALAJARA93 |
JALISCO GOVERNMENT WORKING TO KEEP MIGRANTS HOME BY BOOSTING [...] Summary: Since taking office in 2007, Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez has focused on boosting Jalisco's economy and improving the lives of Jalisco natives living at home and abroad. In line with these efforts, Gonzalez Marquez formed an office dedicated to working with migrant communi [...] |
2008-02-27 21:23:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SMIG ELAB MX XM |
| 08GUADALAJARA94 |
BILATERAL SECURITY AND COUNTERNARCOTICS DEBATED IN [...] Summary: Two days of scholarly discussions in Guadalajara on security issues and counter-narcotics challenges elaborated convergent and divergent points in our bilateral relationship. While we don't share the same world vision, the Merida Initiative may be one concrete action on which the U.S [...] |
2008-02-27 22:35:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR KPAO MX |
| 08GUADALAJARA95 |
HARVEST OF CHANGE: CORN, NAFTA, AND THE CAMPO IN WESTERN [...] Summary: The January 2008 full implementation of NAFTA's provisions on agricultural trade has proceeded smoothly in western Mexico's farm belt. Some observers had expected a strong negative reaction given the large percentage of the population still engaged in minimally productive subsistence f [...] |
2008-02-27 23:05:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON MX |
| 09GUADALAJARA101 |
JALISCO VIOLENCE CONTINUES WITH GRENADE ATTACK TARGETING [...] (SBU) The recent increase in violent activity within Guadalajara's consular district continued over the past weekend with a series of significant incidents. While there is still no indication that any of the violence is specifically targeting American citizens nor American interests of any kind [...] |
2009-03-18 02:06:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC MX CASC |
| 09GUADALAJARA112 |
"GO BLANK YOUR MOTHERS!" - A GOVERNOR'S FALL FROM GRACE [...] (C) Summary: Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez was once considered a possible contender for the National Action (PAN) Party's presidential nomination in 2012. But the Governor's greatest assets - an engaging personality and passionate oratory - have proved to be a double-edged sword. A [...] |
2009-03-26 22:06:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MX |
| 09GUADALAJARA131 |
TIGHTENING BELTS, NOT TOURNIQUETS: WESTERN MEXICO AND THE [...] Summary: The economy of western Mexico, anchored on the state of Jalisco and the city of Guadalajara, appears to be withstanding the global economic crisis better than many other regions of the country. Key sectors such as agribusiness and high technology have proven to be fairly resilient i [...] |
2009-04-03 22:36:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EIND EINV ETRD EAIR MX |
| 09GUADALAJARA144 |
MEXICO'S PANTRY STRUGGLES UNDER NEW TARIFFS; US PRODUCE [...] Summary: In Jalisco, the impact of the new Mexican tariffs set on 90 products imported from the US has been more than symbolic. The region is a significant consumer of US food exports, some of which have now been imperiled by the new duties. Jalisco companies specializing in US produce are [...] |
2009-04-13 22:02:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON PREL MX |
| 09GUADALAJARA237 |
TRUDGING TOWARD ELECTION DAY: INTERNAL TURMOIL, EXTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The election campaigns in Jalisco and Colima have not generated much popular enthusiasm and participation rates on Election Day are likely to be low. While the dominant National Action Party (PAN) in Jalisco is confronting a number of scandals as well as an economic downturn, nei [...] |
2009-06-24 18:32:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MX |
| 09GUADALAJARA238 |
NO SMALL BEER: MICROBREWERY'S MARKETING CAMPAIGN RAISES [...] Summary: Cerveceria Minerva, a microbrewery in Guadalajara, used a notorious narco-saint as a successful marketing tool, garnering some high profile press. The strategy increased sales, and the new-found success placed the business at odds with an entrenched Mexican beer business. Narco-culture [...] |
2009-06-24 22:23:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SNAR ETRD EIND MX |
| 09GUADALAJARA250 |
GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT: "JUSTICE" AND REFORM IN [...] Summary: Jalisco state incarceration and court case statistics along with concern over current practices expressed by the Jalisco State Human Rights Commission underscore the urgent need for judicial and penal reform. However, the state faces many challenges in its attempt to implement the fe [...] |
2009-07-08 17:54:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | MX PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EAID |
| 09GUADALAJARA379 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - (GUADALAJARA) [...] (U) Guadalajara is the second largest city in Mexico and the consular district covers the Mexican states of Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, and Aguascalientes although both post accepts applicants from throughout Mexico. Conditions within the consular district are similar to other parts of Mexico; t [...] |
2009-10-02 20:39:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX |
| 09GUADALAJARA77 |
GREEN GOLD" AND MORE: AN AGRICULTURE SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) oversees an inspection and preclearance program that has spurred impressive growth in the export of avocados, mangoes, and citrus fruit to the United States. The value of these exports in 2008 surpassed US$850 million and continu [...] |
2009-03-04 23:36:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON MX |