A clandestine grave containing at least 29 bodies was found in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga in an area where over 80 illegally buried cadavers have been found since November for whom investigations have been opened in the Attorney General’s specialized missing persons department,” the Jalisco Attorney General’s Ofice said in a statement on Monday Search efforts are still underway at the site located just 80 meters from another clandestine grave from which investigators pulled 50 bodies in December Another hidden grave in Tlajomulco found in November contained 31 bodies Tlajomulco is among many municipalities in the region in which such discoveries were made last year A National Guard operation on November 8 rescued eight kidnapping victims from a warehouse in the neighboring town of Tlaquepaque National Guard soldiers also confiscated weapons and made 15 arrests In September, 138 plastic bags of human remains were found in Zapopan, just west of Guadalajara, and 17 were found in nearby Tala. Another 15 bags were found in Zapopan in October 30 bodies were found buried at a house on May 7 of last year Authorities say that the violence in Jalisco has intensified since March 2017 after interior conflicts caused a rift in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) which also has outside rivalries with criminal organizations in neighboring Guanajuato for the control of illegal fuel trafficking Government statistics show that 873 clandestine graves were uncovered in Mexico in 2019 alone The highest number of graves were located in Sinaloa, home of infamous drug kingpin Joaguín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who was convicted of drug trafficking by a U.S Jalisco and Colima followed Sinaloa on the list of states where the most clandestine graves werediscovered in 2019 Over 3,000 graves have been discovered since 2006 when the government declared war on drug traffickers and almost 5,000 bodies have been found in them The number of disappeared persons has markedly increased since 2006 According to the latest report from the National Search Commission there are now over 61,000 people on the National Registry of Missing and Disappeared Persons Source: Cultura Colectiva (sp) ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC Jul 12 (EFE).- A bomb attack on law enforcement officers in the western Mexican state of Jalisco resulted in six fatalities The assault left “a toll of six dead and 12 wounded including state police and elements of the municipal police in Tlajomulco de Zuñiga,” Jalisco Gov Authorities have organized a search for the attackers Investigators working for the state Attorney General’s Office and local police traveling in a pick-up truck ventured down a dirt road after an anonymous telephone call about a clandestine grave The call was received by a “searcher mother,” as women who have organized to look for missing loved ones are known The attackers use eight improvised explosive devices (IEDs) “It is a deed that we have not seen before here,” Alfaro said Blaming the “brutal act of terror” on an unnamed criminal organization The state has suffered from the violence of various criminal outfits such as the Jalisco New Generation Cartel Figures released Tuesday by Mexico’s federal public safety department showing that six of the country’s 32 states – Guanajuato and Michoacan – accounted for 7,226 homicides in the first six months of this year Chinese truck manufacturer Foton has announced it will invest US $100 million to build a new assembly plant in the municipality of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga part of the greater metropolitan area of Guadalajara headquartered in Beijing with assets exceeding 50 billion Yuan (US $6.9 billion) and 300,000 employees This will be Foton’s second facility in the state of Jalisco demonstrating its satisfaction with the state’s business environment and its production facilities the company that manages Foton distribution in Mexico says the first vehicles will roll off the assembly line in January 2025 Foton has 24 distributors across Mexico and anticipates adding 15 more by the end of the year the plant will employ a workforce of 115 people and will produce 1,000 pick-up models per month Some of the pick-ups will feature gasoline motors some will be built with diesel engines and others will be hybrid vehicles the production will target the Mexican and South American markets but long-term plans include producing electric vehicles for the North American market told reporters that Foton selected Jalisco due to the state’s sturdy automotive ecosystem its highly capable labor force and its geographical location with respect to the bigger domestic markets “Jalisco has ideal labor force conditions and reliable security in comparison to other states,” Rodríguez said the proximity to the ports of Manzanillo (Colima) and Lázaro Cárdenas (Michoacán) will facilitate the importation of parts from China.” said the new investment results from the ministry’s outreach and promotional efforts “I believe the new plant will produce a new wave of investment in our state especially as suppliers will want to be closer to the production facilities here.” BYD, a large Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, is said to be deciding between Jalisco and neighboring Michoacán for its first plant in Mexico.  Arechederra told reporters the Foton investment further puts to rest the notion that Tesla’s recent decision to pause plans to build a new plant in Mexico would damage Mexico’s automotive sector “We continue to receive investment proposals and several companies have assured us their suppliers are making plans to move to the state,” he said “Some companies already established here have even told us they plan to increase their investments in the coming years.” With reports from Cluster Industrial and El Economista This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page In the town of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga in Jalisco there’s a man who reads to the children whose parents can’t afford to send them to school He takes on 50 pupils a semester – turning away hundreds more – because many families can’t pay for the supplies food and even toilet paper that the schools require Idalee Nunez plans to teach elementary school in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga after completing her degree in early childhood education at Metropolitan State University of Denver Every visit she wondered: Why are there so many children selling candy and goods on the streets when they should be in school “I want to be a teacher there because they really need it,” Nunez said “They want to learn and don’t have that opportunity.” Sisters Aiyanna and Tiyanna Dennis are students at East High School and Upward Bound participants so having a place at MSU Denver to do homework during the school year is extremely helpful Both students have also been aided by paid internships Upward Bound provides worked at the SpringHill Suites on MSU Denver’s campus while Tiyanna interned in Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center Upward Bound also helped the sisters maintain their respective academic momentum during summer break math and “Understanding Crime Through Crime Mapping.” On summer Fridays Upward Bound students take field trips to mountain towns and cultural performances “(Upward Bound) really helped me throughout school so it keeps me accountable and it’s a great place to meet other people.” She wants to study political science or law in college and credits Upward Bound for introducing her to a mentor with the same interests “It was nice to have someone who’s been through college teaching me about all the opportunities that would fit my personality,” she said Nunez didn’t always have a passion for education – her own or providing one to others Her perspective changed after a friend helped her sign up for TRIO High School Upward Bound a federally funded college preparatory program focused on helping low-income and first-generation high school students develop the skills and motivation necessary to graduate and pursue postsecondary education The friend introduced Nunez to Upward Bound after helping her with her homework so she filled out the application for me.” That friend’s assistance turned out to be a critical moment for Nunez’s future Upward Bound is run out of MSU Denver’s Center for Urban Education and open to high school students from five Denver Public Schools: East Student participants receive supplemental classroom instruction homework assistance and career counseling and they  can take campus internships with a monthly stipend They’re also provided transportation to and from campus and Tivoli Student Union food court vouchers Upward Bound assists participants in completing college applications and financial aid forms such as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid fill out FAFSA forms and get a partial scholarship – I’m still using the money (Upward Bound) helped me get back in 2015.” Nunez believes so much in the program that she was an Upward Bound mentor at MSU Denver for three years helping high school students follow her footsteps to graduate high school and pursue postsecondary education Today, Nunez is preparing to earn her degree from MSU Denver and driven to educate others. She began her college career studying forensic science and even made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll as a track and cross country runner before realizing the call to teach She’s doing field work at STEM Launch a K-8 school in Adams 12 Five Star School District and will complete a teacher residency and pursue a license to teach first grade in Mexico after that Her parents only received a sixth grade education but they prioritized education for their children ‘We want you to do something better,’” she said She plans to – and she recently helped her younger brother fill out an Upward Bound application Receive the latest news from MSU Denver twice a month Personal challenges led Angie Petersen to a career in nursing and a life of purpose Provost’s Award recipient juggles full-time work a rigorous major and grassroots service to prove that small acts can create big change Emanuel Walker fled civil war in Liberia as a child He’s now a soon-to-be Army officer and college graduate working toward ‘a greater purpose.’ The competitions are part of what makes MSU Denver students sought after by law schools The University’s most engaging stories delivered to your inbox Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Authorities uncovered yet another clandestine grave in the municipality of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga bringing the total number of bodies found in such graves since 2018 in the municipality which is part of the Guadalajara metropolitan area No other municipality has recorded so many The majority of corpses found were discovered throughout 2020 in two neighborhoods Jalisco itself carries the unenviable title of being the state with the most bodies found in clandestine graves in all of Mexico with a total of 445 corpses and skeletons and 397 body parts found in 2019 and 2020 according to the state Attorney General’s Office The latest discovery was made on December 11 after citizens looking for a missing family member found a corpse on the empty property and alerted authorities Forensic experts then took heavy machinery onto the property and discovered the other bodies authorities in Tlajomulco made yet another grisly discovery: five bags filled with dismembered body parts in the Zapote del Valle neighborhood According to the National Registry of Clandestine Graves and Exhumed Bodies 1,682 bodies were found in such graves throughout Mexico in 2019 and 2020 Sources: El Universal (sp), Informador (sp) A municipality in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara has signed an agreement with the federal government to salvage 68,000 abandoned homes reached the deal with the National Workers Housing Fund (Infonavit) and the Secretariat of Urban Development and Urban Planning Authorities plan to sell the finished homes either to individual buyers or in bulk to companies that would then seek buyers for the properties Mayor Salvador Zamora told the newspaper Milenio that if all 68,000 homes are occupied 100 million pesos (US$5.3 million) in property taxes will flow into the municipal coffers each year The money would help pay for basic services that the city government provides to residential estates that lack water and other essentials The first stage of the rehabilitation project will focus on the incomplete Lomas del Mirador housing estate which was abandoned more than a decade ago Milenio reported that authorities in Tlajomulco are also seeking an agreement with Infonavit in order to secure a loan to purchase 1,000 of the rehabilitated homes to be used as public housing The municipality has received 500 requests for such housing in recent months but the applicants remain on a waiting list because there are no properties available Source: Milenio (sp)  The February deployment of 10,200 police and military personnel to the 17 most violent municipalities has been less than successful in 10 of them Homicides increased between January and March in five of those municipalities There were 15% to 50% more homicides in Uriangato Salamanca and Celaya in Guanajuato; Monterrey Homicide numbers remained unchanged in Manzanillo 10 of the 17 municipalities saw an increase of between 1% and 22% The worst hit between January and March were Monterrey According to an analysis by the National Public Security System, 35% of all homicides occurred in the 17 municipalities. In an effort to reverse the trend, a 600-strong deployment of federal forces was sent to each of those locations on February 6 Source: El Financiero (sp) Lomas del Mirado estate in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga (Image: NMás/Youtube)The abandoned housing complex of Lomas del Mirado casts a chilling silhouette in the metropolis of Guadalajara The complex is just a small chunk of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, the city dubbed "Mexico's Chernobyl" that is home to hundreds of clandestine graves littered among abandoned buildings READ MORE: Mexico's most dangerous drug cartel 'using AI to expand criminal empire' Click for more cartel-related news stories from the Daily Star Since it was built in 2013, the area has been ravaged by several invasions from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and other warring drug trafficking organisations some neighbours claim the estate is now under the CJNG's control but others are convinced it is "under care of the army" there are more than 70,000 abandoned buildings according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) Just last week city officials discovered human remains inside an abandoned house in a neighbouring estate to Lomas del Mirado The city is renowned for disappearances and is littered with secret graves Data from the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Missing Persons of Jalisco shows over 150 clandestine burials have been discovered in the city since December 2018 Missing persons groups are constantly finding new secret graves(Image: AFP via Getty Images)Over the same time period groups searching for missing people have unearthed nearly 600 dead bodies among the abandoned houses and vacant lots TikToker ‘Yulai’ entered the abandoned buildings in 2022 and discovered some lots were covered in rubbish and human faeces There are people who come to smoke their cigarettes,” the content creator said on the video Police are seen outside a CJNG safehouse in Tlajomulco de Zuniga(Image: AFP via Getty Images)Article continues belowAccording to INTERPOL the CJNG and other organised crime groups are pulling off "more sophisticated and professional fraud campaigns" using AI large language models and cryptocurrencies The report also said "there is emerging evidence" of the CJNG and other Latin America crime syndicates such as Brazil's Red Command and First Capital Command moving into "the commission of financial fraud" The Daily Star is now on WhatsApp and we want you to join us we'll send you the sassiest showbiz stories some naught headline and a seismic smattering of aliens...along with the latest breaking news of course To join our community, all you have to do to join is click on this link select 'Join Chat' and you're in No one will be able to see who has sign up and no one can send messages except for the Daily Star team We also treat our community members to competitions If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. 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