Mexican authorities crack down on purveyors of narco culture
From classic movies like Scarface to new series like Narcos, drug traffickers have always been a source of fascination for the public.
Their exploits have long been glamorized, whether in American gangsta rap or in Mexican narcocorridos (drug ballads), but in recent weeks authorities in western Mexico have begun clamping down on those they accuse of blurring the lines between romanticizing the narco lifestyle and actively living it.
On Saturday, police in Jalisco state announced the arrest of Cristian Iván Miranda Sandoval, a 21-year-old actor and narcocorrido singer, for possession of illegal firearms…
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This Mexican restaurant literally serves the world’s fastest food
Waiters at Karne Garibaldi once laid out full spread in just 13.5 seconds.
Take a seat at Guadalajara’s Karne Garibaldi restaurant and you will barely have time to admire the bright murals of local landmarks and mariachi musicians that adorn the walls before a steaming plate of carne en su jugo (literally “meat in its juice”) is placed before you.
A local institution, Karne Garibaldi holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest ever food service, with the waiters laying out a full menu in just 13.5 seconds on August 31, 1996.
“It began as a game between the waiters to see who could bring the food to each table the fastest,” Daniel Flores, the manager of the largest of Karne Garibaldi’s six branches, told me as his staff brought out a full spread. “That competition led to us attempting the Guinness Record.”
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Relatives of the disappeared denounce government inaction in Jalisco
Demonstrators demand the Jalisco governor fulfil his promises to help find their missing relatives.
Last month’s demonstrations to commemorate the first anniversary of the forced disappearance of 43 students from Mexico’s Ayotzinapa teacher training college didn’t only draw protesters outraged by the government’s handling of the case.
In Guadalajara, the capital of the western state of Jalisco, activists also took the opportunity to highlight the failure of local officials to locate their own missing family members. Having grown frustrated by months of inaction, they have now broken off talks with the state government.
“There is a lack of will on the part of the state,” said Guadalupe Aguilar, the spokesperson for FUNDEJ (Families United by Disappearances in Jalisco), a coalition of 300 families of missing persons…
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