Abandoned puppies rescued in Jocotepec
Héctor Ruiz Mejía (Jocotepec).- Last week, personnel from the Jocotepec Animal Protection and Dignified Treatment Department carried out a rescue operation to help a puppy that had been tied up and abandoned. Martha Gabriela Camarena Sánchez, head of the agency, assured the public that the unit was able to find those responsible and remove the animal, which was in a bad state.
To her surprise, upon arrival at the scene where the puppy was reported to be located, they found at least six pug cross breed puppies. In the following days, they will be put up for adoption to responsible people who seek to provide them with a home and affection.
Translated by Rebecca Zittle
Héctor Ruiz Mejía (Jocotepec).- The owners of communal or rural “ejido” land have complained that the City Council has hoarded the heavy machinery granted to the municipality of Jocotepec by the State of Jalisco to promote rural development. The protesters, who preferred to remain anonymous, said that the program formerly known as «SAGARPA Modules» and now renamed «A Toda Máquina» or “Full Speed Ahead” has been utilized mainly for governmental public works projects within the town, but not in the communal lands.
Although an agreement had been previously signed between the ejido landowners and the Municipality to be able to make use of the heavy equipment when it is not in use by the city, the farmers have not been able to utilize it.
«They told us that the equipment has been in use since March, that they cannot lend it to us until July, but in July the rains are coming and we will not be able to work in anything but pure mud,» added one of the ejidatarios. They added that the machinery is incomplete and that, despite the fact that the program is «free,» they have always been charged for diesel fuel.
This newspaper contacted Francisco Salazar Hernández, director of Rural Development, to confirm the report; the official was unavailable to answer.
In 2019 the municipal president of Jocotepec, José Miguel Gómez López, received from the State Government a motor-driven compactor, backhoe, vibro-compactor, excavator and dump truck by the A Toda Máquina program. The Government of Jalisco invested more than 3.6 million pesos (about US$172,000) to deliver about 641 pieces of heavy equipment machinery to 121 municipalities in the state
Because this program was created with the intention of promoting rural development, the rural ejido landowners have demanded access to the machinery.
Translated by MaryAnne Marble
Carnival Confetti, Magic & Fun on its way down Porfirio Díaz street. Photo: Héctor Ruiz.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía (Jocotepec).- The first edition of the carnival «Confetti, Magic and Fun» was celebrated in San Juan Cosalá, in the municipality of Jocotepec.
In spite of some technical failures, floats that could not be presented and more than half an hour of delay, the parade in which more than 200 people participated, among them around 150 children, started at around 5:00 in the afternoon from Cardenal Sur Street.
The contingent went through the main streets of the town to culminate in the main square on Porfirio Diaz. The parade offered about half an hour of laughter, colors and music, but, above all, a sense of calm.
According to its organizers, this new version of the Shrove Tuesday parade was created with the intention of allowing people to have a good time with their families, without the fear of being covered with flour, as there are always disagreements among the inhabitants about this custom.
«I thought this was a very good idea, the truth is that I didn’t like to attend the carnival because everyone gets covered with flour, but I think this one with confetti is a very good idea», commented Carmen López, who together with her small children enjoyed the confetti, the laughter and the traditional masked sacaya characters.
However, there were those who attended the event, who argued that the fun of the carnival is to get covered with flour, «that’s what’s cool, that’s why you come to throw flour,» said Ramón.
At almost the same time as the confetti parade, there was another flour parade, which registered the participation of approximately 400 people.
With a non-family atmosphere at the other parade, the fierce flour battle painted almost everyone white, including pedestrians, motorists and bicyclists traveling through the delegation.
«They floured everyone, I was just passing by in my truck and they threw all the flour at me, look how they left me,» said a passerby who was trying to get to the municipal seat, but did not count that he would arrive «looking like Gasparin (Casper the Ghost)».
At the end of the confetti event, its organizers said that despite the short time they had to carry out the event, it was a success; and they hope that next year it will be held again, this time with more preparation and more participants.
Translated by Kerry Watson
Aunque la tendencia estatal fue de recuperación de empleos, en Jocotepec se registró a la baja. Foto: Héctor Ruiz.
Redacción.- A la baja. Jocotepec fue uno de los municipios que más empleos formales perdió durante el mes de febrero del 2022, de acuerdo con datos del Instituto de Información Estadística y Geográfica de Jalisco (IIEG).
Según la base de datos del IMSS de los trabajadores asegurados, la población ribereña ocupó el tercer lugar en la lista de los 125 municipios del estado con mayor pérdida de empleo formal durante el mes pasado.
En la primera posición se colocó Zacoalco de Torres con 903 trabajadores despedidos, seguido de San Gabriel con 550 y en la tercera posición quedó Jocotepec con 119 trabajos perdidos.
En contraste, los tres municipios que más generaron empleo formal durante febrero fueron Zapopan con cuatro mil 488 trabajadores; Tlajomulco de Zúñiga con mil 618 y Guadalajara con mil 106.
A nivel estatal, Jalisco registró un incremento de 13 mil 463 plazas formales en febrero de 2022 principalmente provenientes del sector de la industria de transformación.
Las maniobras constantes de la maquinaria pesada en el área, bloquean por momentos uno de los carriles de la carretera provocando tráfico. Foto: Alma Serrano.
Alma Serrano.- Las obras de construcción de la ciclovía en la carretera Chapala-Jocotepec, en el tramo de la delegación de San Juan Cosalá, ha dificultado la movilidad tanto para los automovilistas como para los peatones.
Las maniobras que realizan en el área las máquinas, los camiones de volteo y las revolvedoras de cemento, bloquean por momento uno de los carriles de la vía que es muy transitada.
Las complicaciones también se extienden a los peatones, quienes tienen poco espacio para circular por las orillas, aunado al escombro generado por los trabajos que en ocasiones no es retirado por los encargados de la obra al terminar las faenas.
Además de que se dejan alambres expuestos, excavaciones sin señalamientos y herramientas de construcción, lo que ha generado que el área se vuelva peligrosa para los peatones y ciclistas, especialmente por las noches.
“No está bien que dejen escombro en la carretera porque pasan accidentes, sobre todo por las noches”, comentó una habitante transitaba por la zona.
De acuerdo con la información de la Secretaría de Infraestructura y Obra Pública de Jalisco (SIOP), el tramo de la ciclovía de San Juan Cosalá registra un avance del 85 por ciento, proyectando su conclusión para finales de marzo.
Gobernador de Jalisco y presidente de Jocotepec.
Redacción.- Tanto el Gobierno de Jocotepec, como el de Jalisco, se pronunciaron ante el ataque a balazos que dejó dos policías fallecidos y dos paramédicos heridos, José Miguel Gómez López pidió regresar temprano a casa durante la noche, pero también aclaró que no hay suspensión de actividades, mientras que Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, quien calificó el asesinato como cobarde, pidió a las poblaciones el no caer en el pánico.
“Que en la noche regresen a sus domicilios a pronta hora, que no se encuentren hasta tarde, vamos evitando ahorita cualquier espacio de riesgo”, dijo el presidente de Jocotepec en un video publicado en redes sociales, aclarando también que asegurando que habrá presencia de policía estatal y Guardia Nacional y que hay una guerra de desinformación, por lo que pidió a la población el mantener la calma.
El gobernador del estado informó del incendio de dos tractocamiones en la zona de Tamazula y un auto incendiado en La Manzanilla de la Paz. Respecto al comunicado del Gobierno de Tamazula, en el que suspenden actividades, incluidas las escolares, el mandatario señaló que la autoridad municipal no tiene la facultad para tomar esa decisión.
“No ha habido una afectación directa a la población civil, no hay un riesgo que implique suspender clases, no hay autoridad municipal que tenga la facultad de suspender actividades” se escucha decir a Alfaro en un video.
Mientras la maquinaria se utiliza en la cabecera, las tierras ejidales se quedan sin poder trabajar. Foto: Cortesía.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía.- El Ayuntamiento ha acaparado la maquinaria pesada otorgada al municipio de Jocotepec para impulsar el desarrollo rural, denunciaron ejidatarios de San Luciano.
Los inconformes, quienes prefirieron mantenerse en el anonimato, aseguraron que el programa antes conocido como “Módulos SAGARPA”, ahora bajo el nombre de “A Toda Máquina”, se ha utilizado principalmente para proyectos gubernamentales de obra pública dentro de la cabecera y les han quitado parte del apoyo para el campo.
Aunque anteriormente se había firmado un acuerdo entre los ejidales y el Ayuntamiento para poder hacer uso de la maquinaria pesada mientras esta no estuviera en uso, no han podido hacer uso de ella.
“Nos dijeron que desde marzo ya está ocupada, que nos la pueden prestar hasta julio, pero en julio para qué, ya se vienen las lluvias, ya no podremos trabajar nada más que puro lodo”, agregó uno de los ejidatarios.
Además, aseguraron que la maquinaria se encuentra incompleta y que, pese a que el programa es «gratuito», siempre se les ha cobrado el diésel.
Fue en el 2019 cuando el presidente municipal de Jocotepec, José Miguel Gómez López, recibió por parte del Gobierno del Estado una moto compactadora, así como la retroexcavadora, un vibrocompactador, una excavadora y un camión de volteo por parte del programa A Toda Máquina.
No obstante, pese a que este medio contactó a Francisco Salazar Hernández, director de Desarrollo Rural, para confirmar la denuncia, el funcionario no se mostró disponible para contestar.
Este programa fue creado con la intención de impulsar el desarrollo rural, el Gobierno de Jalisco invirtió más de tres mil 600 millones de pesos para entregar a 121 municipios del estado alrededor de 641 máquinas, por lo que los ejidatarios exigieron solo poder tener acceso a ella.
Las 246 sillas nuevas y listas para instalarse fueron recibidas la semana pasada por la escuela J. Vicente Negrete. Foto: Cortesía.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía.- La Secretaría de Educación Jalisco (SEJ) en coordinación con las autoridades municipales, entregó la semana pasada mobiliario para dos escuelas de educación básica de Jocotepec.
Tras 20 años en el olvido, las autoridades educativas se acordaron de las primarias J. Vicente Negrete, de El Molino y la Francisco Villa, de la Loma, al entregarles 711 mil 978.56 pesos en equipamiento escolar.
La escuela Francisco Villa recibió 246 sillas hechas de herrería con plástico y 126 mesas binarias para los estudiantes, con un costo de 362 mil 743.60 pesos.
En el caso de la J. Vicente Negrete, dicho equipamiento constó también de 246 sillas y 126 mesas, más 12 sillas específicamente para el personal docente con un valor que ascendió a los 349 mil 234.96 pesos.
“La Secretaría de Educación dotó de todo el mobiliario completo para la primaria en colaboración con el personal del municipio para hacerlo llegar en tiempo y forma”, informó la maestra Ana María Cano Espinoza, directora de educación del municipio.
Al respecto, Mayra Berenice García Ramírez, directora de la escuela J. Vicente Negrete, agradeció el apoyo y el “por fin ser escuchados”, pues explicó que el equipo con el que contaban tenía ya más de 20 años sin ser renovado.
“Los niños están emocionados de estrenar, se siente ya diferente y pues ya teníamos más de 20 años con las mismas mesas y sillas, además ya eran un poco incómodas”.
También, la SSJ aportó 160 metros de cableado para la primaria de El Molino debido a que en septiembre de 2021 sufrió varios robos que la dejaron sin circuito eléctrico.
First on Morelos street and then in front of the presidency, a group of 15 street vendors demonstrated in Jocotepec. Photo: Miguel Cerna.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía (Jococtepec).- A group of street vendors demonstrated on March 2 on Morelos Street and at the Municipal Presidency of Jocotepec.
A little more than a month after being relocated to the upper part of the market, the 15 dissatisfied merchants said they had low or no sales in the space assigned to them, so they decided to raise their voices to be heard by the municipal president José Miguel Gómez López.
The vendors set up their stalls on the sidewalk behind the DIF building around 7:00 a.m. with the intention of «giving away their products to passersby» in protest.
However, before their arrival, two municipal police patrol cars and at least ten police officers were already waiting for them. Immediately, the uniformed officers blocked the sidewalk and prevented citizens and merchants from selling their products.
An hour later, personnel from the Department of Registration and Licenses arrived at the site and proceeded to remove the merchandise from the demonstrators, their tables and all their work material. Avocados, honey, nopales and sweet bread were some of the products withheld.
«They took away our products, they did not let the people pass by. People wanted to come closer to buy from us, and I was giving them my product. The police did not let us give anything to them, that is unfair,» said Carmen Aguilar.
Demanding to be heard and attended to by Mayor José Miguel Gómez López, the vendors moved to the outskirts of the town where they placed signs with the slogans: «Our family depends on our work» and «I have three mouths to feed and there are no sales up here.»
In the absence of Gómez López who, according to information from the Registration & Licenses staff, was in the city of Guadalajara, the group of protesters was joined by municipal trustee Carlos Alberto Zúñiga Chacón in the Bicentennial Hall at 9:00 a.m.
«What was done today in the morning was a demonstration, not to make disorder as was mentioned (by Registration & Licenses personnel), but to make them listen to us, because the truth is that we all need to work, but to work in a place where we have sales,» said one of the affected merchants.
In the meeting, the merchants explained to the trustee the economic difficulties that the relocation has brought them due to low sales, and asked for his intervention to reach an agreement that will benefit them as soon as possible.
«We are day after day abiding by their rules, we have not left (the market) at all, and yet there are days when we take home 20 pesos in sales. My two sisters lost their rented houses and now they are living with me; there are 12 children sleeping on the floor and without much to eat,» commented Ana, who sells nopales.
«They don’t want to lend us (money), they have to leave without paying for the food because the children are hungry, do you think it’s fair that we go around scavenging for scraps from the fruit stores to have something to eat?» added Ana.
After listening to their demands, Zúñiga Chacón promised to work on a modification project that would allow the vendors to install themselves on the side of the market on Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez Street, although he clarified to them that there would not be an immediate resolution because the work would have to be requested from the State Government.
«The request that I made for the modification of the stairway on Josefa Street and/or inside the market cannot be made at the moment, since the work needs to be validated by the corresponding state authorities,» the trustee answered to the affected parties on March 3.
So far, the municipal president, José Miguel Gómez López, has not issued any statement on the matter. The merchants are hoping for a favorable resolution to the situation, since the almost null sales have already begun to affect their lives.
«The president can give us a statement whenever he wants, but he should know one thing: we no longer want to be upstairs,» said one of the vendors.
Translated by Sydney Metrick
The 246 new and ready to install chairs were received last week by the J. Vicente Negrete school. Photo: Courtesy.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía (Jocotepec).– The Jalisco Ministry of Education (SEJ), in coordination with municipal authorities, delivered furniture for two basic education schools in Jocotepec last week.
After 20 years of being overlooked, the J. Vicente Negrete elementary school in El Molino and the Francisco Villa elementary school in La Loma received 711,978.56 pesos (about US$34,000) in school equipment.
The Francisco Villa school received 246 chairs made of ironwork with plastic and 126 binary tables for students, at a cost of 362,743.60 pesos (about US$17,300).
In the case of J. Vicente Negrete, the equipment also consisted of 246 chairs and 126 tables, plus 12 chairs specifically for the teaching staff at a value of 349,234.96 pesos (about US$16,700).
«The Ministry of Education provided complete furniture for the elementary school in collaboration with the municipality’s personnel,» stated Ana María Cano Espinoza, director of education of the municipality.
Mayra Berenice García Ramírez, principal of the J. Vicente Negrete school, thanked the authorities for the support and for «finally being listened to,» as she explained that their equipment had not been updated for more than 20 years.
«The children are thrilled with the new furniture, it already feels different. We had been using the same tables and chairs for more than 20 years and they were getting uncomfortable,» she said.
Also, the SSJ provided 160 meters of wiring for the El Molino elementary school because in September 2021 it suffered several robberies that left it without electrical circuits.
Translated by Sandy Britton
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