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El hombre fue puesto a disposición del Juez de Control y Juicio Oral del Quinto Distrito Judicial, con sede en Chapala, quien resolverá su situación legal. Foto ilustrativa cortesía de Notisistema.

Redacción.- Elementos de la Fiscalía Regional cumplimentaron una orden de aprehensión a Roberto Carlos R., por su probable responsabilidad en el delito de abuso sexual infantil agravado.

 Las diligencias de la Policía Investigadora permitieron detener a este  hombre  en la calle Hidalgo, colonia Centro, del municipio de Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos.

Roberto Carlos R., presuntamente está relacionado por agresión sexual a un infante, hechos  suscitados en este año, por lo que le resultó una orden de aprehensión.

 Por lo anterior fue puesto a disposición del Juez de Control y Juicio Oral del Quinto Distrito Judicial, con sede en Chapala, quien resolverá su situación legal.

 Roberto Carlos R. será procesado por el delito de abuso sexual infantil agravado, por lo que se ratifica que a esta persona se le presume inocente.

The bus was embedded in the back of the truck.

Redaction. – The apparent carelessness of a public transport driver left 35 injured and his bus embedded in a junkyard truck. The accident occurred during the afternoon of March 28 on the Chapala-Guadalajara highway, at the height of the so-called «curves of El Tapatío.» 

The passengers waited for medical attention on the pavement.

According to the passengers, the driver of the C112 Agaves route was speeding and maneuvering to overtake other vehicles, but on the slope, a truck loaded with scrap metal was driving slowly because of its heavy load, so the public transport driver was unable to slow down enough to avoid the scrap metal truck and struck it from behind.  

After the impact, people fell to the floor of the bus and some of them hit the seats hard enough to bend them. The passengers managed to get out of the bus and waited on the roadside for medical attention. 

Translated by Sandy Britton 

Municipal and state authorities during the handover of the building on the corner of Niños Heroes and Zaragoza streets. Photo: Municipality of Chapala.

Jazmín Stengel.- The former Chapala Police headquarters at the corner of Niños Héroes and Zaragoza streets will now be occupied by the Jalisco Regional Police and the Mobility Department, thanks to the signing of an agreement between municipal authorities and the state. Chapala will continue to pay rent on the building.

Signing of the agreement between municipal and Jalisco authorities for the handover of the former Chapala Police Station. Photo: Municipality of Chapala.

The agreement established last March 25 between Chapala Mayor Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel and Regional Police Commissioner Abraham Isaac Chávez Velázquez, will allow the State Police to relocate from a small building in La Cristianía Park.

The move gives the State Police better facilities from which to continue working in coordination with the Municipal Police. This helps guarantee the safety of the population just days before the start of the Holy Week and Easter vacation period.  

Chapala has rented the building since 1998. Photo: Jazmín Stengel.

Jalisco Secretary of Public Security Juan Bosco Pacheco Medrano said the building is a tool that dignifies police work and helps the State Police coordinate with the municipality to provide peace of mind to both residents and tourists.

“I am pleased to inform you that we have delivered dignified facilities on loan for elements of the State Security Secretariat to have their base of operations,” the mayor said through social media. “The safety and tranquility of the families of Chapala and its visitors is a priority for this government.”

The Regional Police had occupied a small building in La Cristianía Park. Photo: Jazmín Stengel.

Chapala has rented the building since 1998. It was the Municipal Police headquarters until June 2020, when they moved to their new location at the corner of Los Maestros and Isla del Presidio streets. The State Highway Police, with whom the State Police will share the building, began working out of the building a few months ago.

Translated by Mike Rogers

Public and civil servants wore purple shirts to support the Unite Orange Campaign. Photo: Jazmín Stengel.

Jazmín Stengel (Chapala).- The United Nations’ «Orange Unite Campaign» was instituted in 2008 to promote the prevention of violence against women, and takes place on the 25th of each month. Although it has been a little more than 13 years since the campaign opposing violence against women was instituted, this is the first year it has been celebrated in Chapala.

In Chapala, officials and civilians wore purple tee shirts instead of the customary orange, as citizens associate the color with the feminist movement, explained Alicia Medeles Córdova. Córdova is the director of the Women’s Institute of Chapala, who made the proposal after the March 8 International Women’s Day marches and other demonstrations against gender violence in the municipality. The public security officers of the municipality also wore an orange ribbon as a symbol of solidarity with the movement. 

Officers from the Municipal Police Station wearing the orange ribbon as a symbol of support for the eradication of violence against women. Photo: Jazmín Stengel.

In addition to promoting the prevention of violence against women in her locality and delegations, Córdova offers counseling and follow-up to those who have been victims of violence, harassment and other types of aggression. She invites the affected population to lose their fear of speaking out and to begin the legal process to defend their human rights.

«The objective is to make a call to the citizenship and that we raise awareness,» clarified Cordova, since the purpose of this campaign at the international level is the same: «a day to act, generate awareness and prevent violence against women and girls.» 

Translated by MaryAnne Marble

Despite the fact that hospitalizations are decreasing in Jalisco, the SSJ asked citizens not to forget health protocols.  (Photo: El Sol de Hermosillo)

Staff.- The Ministry of Health of Jalisco (SSJ) released a statement indicating that hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 continue to decrease in the state.  Although 45 deaths due to the disease were reported as of March 25, 2022, most of them occurred days, and even weeks and months, ago.

Of the total number of deaths reported on March 25, 2022, 91% occurred prior to week seven of this year 2022; one in week ten, two in week eleven, and only one in week 12.

To date, Jalisco has recorded a total of 19,226 confirmed deaths due to the COVID-19 virus and 580,249 confirmed cases (as of 1:00 p.m. on March 25, 2022).

The agency reiterated that the pandemic continues to be active, and encouraged residents to properly use masks, wash their hands frequently with soap and water or use alcohol gel, and to complete vaccination schedules or get a COVID-19 booster if they are 18 years of age or older.

Translated by Rebecca Zittle

Smoke was visible from several parts of the Guadalajara-Morelia highway

Editor.- A fire in the hills of Jocotepec, between the districts of El Molino and Huejotitán, generated a huge column of smoke that was visible to motorists traveling on the Guadalajara-Morelia highway on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 30. 

On social networks, people commented that there were damaged wire fences, burned pasture and environmental damage, blaming the incident on people who were vandalizing the area.

At this time of the year, it is common to see an increase in rural fires. Some are generated naturally, others due to accidents caused by farmers burning plots of land, or by people who want to subdivide the hillsides. 

Translated by Nita Rudy

Firefighters worked for hours. Photo: Courtesy.

Editor.- A strong fire in the Libertad market, better known as San Juan de Dios, surprised the city of Guadalajara during the early hours of Thursday, March 31, affecting 430 businesses and damaging the historic building.

Around three o’clock in the morning as the authorities realized the magnitude of the fire several metropolitan corporations of Civil Protection and Firefighter were notified.  They worked intensively to gradually quench the flames. 

The interior of the burned market. Photo: Courtesy.

The president of Guadalajara, Pablo Lemus, went to the site of the fire Friday morning to assess the damage to the southern part of the market where food, clothing and sundries are sold.  He stated that a short circuit of an illegal electric installation may have been the cause of the disaster. 

The shopkeepers waited behind police barricades, uncertain as to whether their businesses were affected. When they were allowed to enter the market in small groups, tears and feelings of helplessness were evident.  Many could not believe what had happened.

No injuries were reported from the incident, but there were multiple economic losses. The Government of Guadalajara and the Government of Jalisco announced that they will provide support to those who were affected.   

Translated by Nita Rudy

 Desde el pasado domingo, el alcalde de Guadalajara, Pablo Lemus, acompañó a los comerciantes en la reapertura de los locales. Foto: Facebook. 

Redacción.- Tras el avance de los trabajos de limpieza y reacondicionamiento por el incendio registrado en el Mercado Libertad o San Juan de Dios, el pasado jueves 31 de marzo, más de 2 mil locales ya reanudaron operaciones. 

Más del 70 por ciento de los comercios del inmueble reanudaron sus labores; 500 abrieron el domingo y más de mil 500 se sumaron durante el lunes. 

Al respecto, el presidente municipal de Guadalajara, Pablo Lemus Navarro, informó que un total de 2 mil 40 locales, de los más de 3 mil existentes, ya abrieron, mientras que los más afectados por las llamas serán reubicados temporalmente. 

“Iniciamos el confinamiento de la zona incendiada, que está prácticamente limpia, para poder iniciar los trabajos de reconstrucción. No es sencillo porque tenemos que seguir un proceso de licitación para poder asignar esta obra y esperamos iniciar los trabajos de reconstrucción en máximo 10 días; estamos calculando que pudieran tardar entre 4 y 6 meses”, declaró Lemus.

Este martes inició la reubicación de los espacios afectados por el fuego a la explanada central, los baquetones y parte del estacionamiento del Mercado San Juan de Dios; la plaza de La Estampida y la plaza que se encuentra sobre la calzada Independencia. 

Asimismo, se anunció el arranque de la entrega de apoyos económicos que ascienden a 25 mil pesos a los comerciantes afectados de los 426 locales consumidos por el incendio. Serán 10 millones de pesos los destinados por el Gobierno de Guadalajara para este rubro.

El operativo busca reducir riesgos mediante la prevención de accidentes en carreteras, centros de recreación y el hogar. Foto: SSJ. 

Redacción.- La Secretaría de Salud Jalisco (SSJ), a través del Consejo Estatal para la Prevención de Accidentes (CEPAJ) y la Dirección General de Salud Pública presentaron el operativo “Vacaciones Seguras” en el periodo de Semana Santa y Pascua 2022, que tendrá lugar del 08 al 17 de abril, con la intensificación de vigilancia para reducir riesgos a la salud por percances en el hogar, la vía pública, las carreteras y los centros de recreación.

Las lesiones y muertes provocadas por accidentes se incrementan en los periodos vacacionales, por lo que es 90 por ciento prevenible si se mantienen las alertas en el hogar, la vía pública y los centros recreativos, sostuvo el coordinador operativo del CEPAJ, José Parra Sandoval.

“La exposición a factores de riesgo que provocan accidentes se incrementa hasta en 20 por ciento durante el periodo vacacional de primavera, por lo que se hace un llamado a la población para prevenirlos y disfrutar de manera segura los días de descanso, así como para que se esfuercen por la autoprotección”, agregó en rueda de prensa virtual realizada el pasado cuatro de abril.

Parra Sandoval dijo que el objetivo, en coordinación con el Sistema de Atención Médica de Urgencias del Estado de Jalisco (SAMU), es reducir los riesgos mediante la prevención y la atención oportuna de los diferentes percances en la Semana Santa y de Pascua.

En este sentido, el funcionario compartió el panorama registrado en los años previos. Durante los años 2020 y 2021 el CEPAJ registró un total de 74 y 77 muertes por accidentes, respectivamente, durante dicho periodo vacacional.

“Debemos de ser muy previsores en las tres áreas de alto riesgo donde se puede incrementar de 15 a 20 por ciento la mortalidad por accidentes, que son la vía pública, hogar y centros de recreación”, principalmente, enumeró el funcionario.

Algunas recomendaciones incluyen: al salir a carretera respetar los límites de velocidad, evitar el consumo de alcohol y evitar conducir cansado o sin cinturón de seguridad. En casa mantener a los niños vigilados en todo momento y evitar que jueguen en la cocina; y en los centros de recreación tener en cuenta que nadar en presas, lagunas, ríos y lugares donde no hay vigilancia, puede ser peligroso

PARA PREVENIR ACCIDENTES 

Al conducir

• Utilizar siempre el cinturón de seguridad y las sillas porta infantes.
• Respetar los límites de velocidad.
• Evitar el consumo de alcohol al conducir.
• No usar distractores.
• Dar prioridad al peatón y al ciclista.

En los centros vacacionales

• Ubicar el puesto de emergencias del lugar.
• Si se viaja con niños, hacer todas las actividades junto a ellos y mantenerlos bajo supervisión.
• Evitar correr junto a albercas o pisos mojados.
• Tener en cuenta que nadar en presas, lagunas, ríos y lugares donde no hay vigilancia, puede ser peligroso.
• Si se realizan deportes extremos, hacerlos con el equipo necesario y con una empresa establecida.

En la calle o en lugares públicos

• Caminar por la banqueta.
• Cruzar la calle en las esquinas y en pasos, puentes o semáforos peatonales.
• Antes de cruzar voltear a ambos lados de la calle.
• Llevar a los niños de la mano y lo más alejados al arroyo vehicular.

En el hogar

• Mantener a los niños vigilados en todo momento y evitar que jueguen en la cocina.
• Guardar medicamentos y sustancias químicas bajo llave o en repisas altas, así como en sus envases originales.
• Poner especial cuidado cuando los pisos están mojados.
• Tener materiales antideslizantes en las bañeras o regaderas para reducir el riesgo de caídas.
• Evitar tener objetos en el suelo con los que se pueda tropezar.
• Dejar bien tapados pilas y aljibes.
• Vigilar a los niños cuando jueguen en tinas, albercas o inflables.
• Mantener en buen estado los enchufes y tapados si no se utilizan.

Approximately 25 people helped in the removal of the cyclone fences. Photo: Sofía Medeles.

Sofía Medeles (Ajijic).–  After more than six months of inactivity, the group Pueblos Unidos de la Ribera resumed  removing illegal fences on Federal land, this time in the eastern part of Ajijic. The group rallied about 25 people  on March 28 to remove two fences that obstructed the passage along the shore of Lake Chapala. 

The first  fence was located  at the end of  Donato Guerra street . The group contacted the owner by telephone who claimed to have a concession from the National Water Commission (CONAGUA) and to maintain this fence for the safety of her home. However an agreement was not reached with her to leave the fence intact.

Initially, the woman agreed to show her documents supporting the use of the federal land, but minutes later, she told them that she should not show anything to anyone other than an authority, so the group proceeded to remove the chain-link cyclone fence

During the first demolition, officers of the Chapala police arrived and said that only a report would  be made of the action. However, several activists pointed out that they were asked to identify themselves and have their faces photographed. They  complained  that they felt intimidated by the officers because they were carrying weapons although no weapons were drawn at any time.

Later, the protestors moved further to the east of the town, at the top of Revolucion Street, where a farm under construction had been fenced almost to the edge of the lake. The  chain-link  was quickly removed, however, the next day it was put up again.

A citizen on horseback supported them by pulling the cyclone mesh to tear it down. Photo: Sofía Medeles.

After the removal of these invasions of federal property, those gathered talked about other points in Ajijic that have the same situation, agreeing to monitor and  re-remove fences in the places that had already been liberated to the west of the delegation, as well as to help people from other towns to replicate the «anti-fencing» movement. 

» We miss the times  when you could walk from Chapala to Jocotepec along the lake shore. Those times will return, if we all unite for this cause, so that our descendants can enjoy the free beaches, which are everyone’s right,» said a member of Pueblos Unidos de la Ribera.

Last April 1st, the activists met again to support  residents of the San Antonio Tlayacapan and then continued on to the Pueblo Mágico.

Pueblos Unidos de la Ribera is a movement that was formed early in August 2021. After three  actions in which all kinds of fences were torn down on the eastern beaches, between the area of Tio Domingo and Villa Lucerna, they decided to demonstrate at the offices of CONAGUA in Guadalajara.

Although the agency «gave in» and promised to be more attentive to the invasions by deploying more inspectors, in addition to indicating that they were not committing a crime by removing the obstructions, to date, CONAGUA has ignored the agreements.

Translated  by Patrick O’Heffernan.