Palza de Jocotepec.
Redacción.- Son una decena los contendientes por el cargo de Presidente Municipal, entre estos se encuentran dos mujeres. Algunos perfiles ya son conocidos y otros participan por primera ocasión en una contienda electoral. Conoce a quienes quieren llegar a la presidencia del Ayuntamiento Jocotepense.
Entre los candidatos se encuentra el presidente con licencia (2018-2021), José Miguel Gómez López, de Movimiento Ciudadano, quien busca ratificar su cargo como presidente municipal. Gómez fungió como Secretario General y Síndico del Ayuntamiento de Jocotepec en el periodo 2000-2002, además de ser Regidor por el PRI en dos periodos, 2003-2006 y 2012-2015.
La directora jubilada de la escuela primaria ‘Paulino Navarro’ de Jocotepec, Rosalba Mejía Covarrubias, busca ser presidenta luego de encabezar la representación del comité por el Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) en el periodo 2018-2020, por el cual compite.
Del partido Futuro, el agricultor y ganadero, Hugo García Vargas, buscará hacerse del cargo de presidente municipal para el periodo 2021-2024. El socio del Rancho Mis Tres Milpas S. P. R. de R. L. y el productor de frambuesa para la empresa Berrymex, apostó por el proyecto político de Pedro Kumamoto.
La maestra María de Lourdes Álvarez Cerna, participa en el partido HAGAMOS, de la Universidad de Guadalajara, luego de desempeñarse como directora de la Escuela Preparatoria Regional de Jocotepec desde el año 2016. La egresada de la UDG, en la Licenciatura en Derecho, buscará llegar al cargo público.
José Manuel Salcedo Orejel participa por el PAN. Fungió como veterinario inspector de El Rastro en el H. Ayuntamiento de Jocotepec por aproximadamente 20 años. El dueño de una tienda de abarrotes es hermano de la maestra Teresa Salcedo Orejel, quien anteriormente fue de las primeras mujeres en contender por la presidencia municipal por el partido Convergencia en elecciones pasadas y que en esta contienda se postuló como precandidata por MORENA.
El Contador Público, José Luis Ledezma Almeida, contenderá por el partido del Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional (MORENA). El perteneciente al despacho de contadores “Ledezma y Asociados”, es nuevo en el ámbito político.
Manolo Haro Chacón -quien es hijo del expresidente de Jocotepec, Héctor Manuel Haro Pérez (2015-2018)- buscará la presidencia del municipio por el partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVM). El empresario y socio de Atracciones Roca SA de CV no había participado antes de manera directa en la política.
Del Partido del Trabajo, el Licenciado en Derecho José Luis Gaytan Aguayo buscará hacerse del cargo de presidente municipal, luego de ser el director general de la empresa ´Personal y Maquilas de México SA de CV’, desde el 2017.
Javier Pérez Campos, quien chapulineó de partido -ya que había realizado su registro como precandidato para el Partido del Trabajo- es socio del negocio Compra y Venta de Pescado y Camarón y productor de Berries en el municipio. El egresado de la Huntington Park High School en Los Ángeles, California, buscará la alcaldía por el partido Fuerza México.
Francisco Cuevas contenderá por el nuevo partido, Redes Sociales Progresistas (RSP). A Francisco se le conoce como “El Francis”.
No todos participaron pues el Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD), Partido Encuentro Social (PES), partido SOMOS, no tuvieron quien los representara; tampoco se contó con candidatos independientes.
Ghristopher Michael Kilough, missing from Jocotepec.
Patrick O’Heffernan, Ajijic. Fifteen-year old Christopher Michael Kilough went to Oxxo at 8:20 am on April 4, 2021, a few blocks from his aunt’s house in Jocotepec and never returned. Since then there has been no word from him, no evidence of foul play or other indication of what happened to him – he simply vanished. His disappearance followed a tumultuous two weeks in which his Expat mother and father fought constantly, his father died and his mother left Mexico for the US.
A huge effort has been launched to locate Christopher including posters, Amber alerts, t-shirts, videos, banners and social media posts and shares. As of our deadline on April 15, 2021, Kilpough’s granddaughter confirmed to Laguna that there has been no word of or from him. There has been an outpouring of support and help on his behalf from both government and private parties .Note: the interview has been edited and condensed in places for space and to protect privacy.
Laguna: When did your grandson go missing?
Cheryl Kilough: April 4, 2021 at 8:21 in the morning walking to the store to get some milk. He never returned. I have heard nothing since them
Laguna: Did you report him missing to the authorities?
Cheryl Kilough: Yes. We contacted the authorities in Jocotepec at the police station and they refused to take a report. They sent us to the Chapala police
Laguna: Did they say why they did refused to take a report and send you to another country?
Cheryl Kilough: No. They said Chapala should make a police report. This was Wednesday two days after he disappeared. We reported to the Chapala police and the Embassy. Both were very cooperative and very helpful, especially the Chapala Police.
Laguna: What was the follow up from the authorities?
Cheryl Kilough: The State Police came here and interviewed my son, Chris. The Embassy contacted me, gathered information and sent the report to three of their departments to follow up. All of them have gotten back to me. An Amber Alert was sent out. The Polly Klass Foundation’s Klaas Kids contacted us and are helping to find Chris. An investigator was here yesterday to compile information that might be helpful. And of course my two sons
have been combing Lakeside to find him.
Laguna: What has the response bee when you ask people to post your flyers?
Cheryl Kilough: The most amazing thing has been the loving response. Many of the businesses we approached to put our posters in knew Chris , since he has been here a while, and were very helpful. There have been people who asked for flyers. People have posted flyers in their cars. I am very touched and gratified by the response to our outreach.
Laguna: How would you describe the response of the government agencies you talked with?
Cheryl Kilough: Well, here in Jocotepec the response has not been very good. The response from Chapala has been very good. They have come over here a couple of times to talk with us, they have helped us. They were simply amazing.
Laguna: Do you have any theories on what may have happened to your grandson?
Cheryl Kilough: The only parent my grandson Christopher had was my son Chris, who is now dead. When Christopher saw his dad lying on the floor he was screaming “Dad. Dad”. We called for help – the medics who came to the house immediately tried to CPR but to no avail. We took him to the hospital, but they were not helpful, they did nothing. This impacted Christopher terribly. Then his mother left – vanished to the US. Christopher was trying to cope with the death of his dad and abandonment by his mother. So one theory is she is involved in his disappearance. Another is that he is seeking justice for his father’s death in the US.
Laguna: What other steps are you taking to find him
Cheryl Kilough: I am continuing to work with authorities. Amber Alert has been amazing -they are working to get the word out in Guadalajara. We also talked to women who can work with phones to track people even if their phones are off., since we have had reports that people have seen him in Guadalajara and others who have seen him in Texas (although nothing concrete). QWe will be putting up banners in Lakeside soon.
Laguna: If he did leave the country to seek retribution for his father’s death, could he get very far?
Cheryl Kilough: We don’t know. He only had $100 – no credit cards and no visa cards. It won’t be easy. I am providing the Embassy information on his mother so they can contact her in the US to see he has made contact.
Laguna: Has this story been covered in the US, since his mother fled to the US and he may be there?
Cheryl Kilough: No. Laguna is the only media to talk with us. We will keep getting the word out every way we can.
Christopher Michael Kilough (also known as Christopher Remington) was last seen near central Jocotepec wearing a red flannel shirt and dark blue jeans and carrying a backpack. He is 15 years old and an American citizen and does not speak Spanish. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of should contact Cheryl Kilough t 33 3030 4949
Pies: Fueron 393 los casos confirmados de dengue en Jocotepec durante el año anterior, lo que lo volvió en la región con mayor índice del virus a nivel estatal.
Berenice Barragán (Jocotepec, Jal).- Sin registro de casos activos del virus del dengue, en la semana epidemiológica 16 del 2021, es como se encuentra Jocotepec.
De acuerdo con estadísticas obtenidas por la Secretaría de Salud, fueron un total de 191 casos registrados del virus del dengue en Jalisco la semana epidemiológica 16 en el 2020 -correspondiente a la penúltima semana de abril-, mientras que en el que el municipio de Tomatlán contaba con la mayor concentración de casos activos -con 22 casos-.
En lo que va del año, han sido solo 33 casos los presentados a nivel estatal, ninguno correspondiente al municipio. Pese a esto, el director de Servicios Médicos Municipales de Jocotepec, Ángel Aguirre Pimienta, pide y exhorta a los habitantes del municipio asistan a las instalaciones de la clínica municipal ante la presencia de los síntomas principales del virus -dolor de cabeza, fiebre muy elevada y ardor en la cuenca de los ojos-.
En el nosocomio, ubicado por la calle Matamoros Sur, se estarán realizando estudios epidemiológicos para detectar los casos activos del virus del dengue: “Que vengan a consulta médica para que les den un diagnóstico más eficaz, más certero, porque a veces lo que pasa es que hay pacientes que tienen dengue y no se diagnostican. Que se hagan una prueba de laboratorio porque a veces los pacientes dicen que tienen dengue y resulta ser fiebre tifoidea y el paciente creyó que era dengue”.
Siendo Jocotepec el municipio que representó la mayor concentración de casos activos del virus -que transmite el mosquito del dengue- en el 2020, con 393 casos registrados hasta la semana epidemiológica 52, la Región Sanitaria IV con sede en La Barca, tomó acciones preventivas para reducir su propagación.
En semanas pasadas, personal del Ayuntamiento de Jocotepec y brigadistas de ‘Patio Limpio’ se dieron a la tarea de visitar los hogares, realizar campañas informativas y de descacharrización en la cabecera municipal y sus delegaciones.
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