Word: guadalajara
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...decade ago, he was peddling pork on the streets of Guadalajara. Today his Mexican nutritional-supplement business, Grupo Omnilife, boasts yearly sales of $600 million and distributors in 10 countries. Last month Vergara, 45, ended his attempt to buy the Body Shop beauty chain. That leaves him more cash for his pet project under construction in Guadalajara, a $440 million complex with 10 world-recognized architects on staff...
...using their turf. In response, rival druglord Joaquin (Chapo) Guzman sent gunmen to kill the Arellanos at a Puerto Vallarta disco. As bullets rained, the brothers escaped through a bathroom skylight (after struggling to shove Ramon through it). To retaliate, they targeted Chapo the following year at the Guadalajara airport--and mistakenly killed Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo, who arrived in a car similar to Chapo...
...barrio there; I had paisanos there; there were murals and and taquerias, rancheras and pinatas. The border was a long way away. It would take our family three full days of driving from Chicago just to get to Mexico--much less to visit our relatives in Mexico City, Tampico, Guadalajara and Yucatan...
...years expats like the Sargents have flocked to this area, known as the Land of Eternal Spring. The Mexican government requires only an FM-3 visa, easy to obtain for those with an annual income of about $12,000. Mexico's second largest city, Guadalajara--which offers shopping, a lively night life, first-rate medical care and an airport with easy access to the U.S.--is just 45 minutes away. English is spoken everywhere. Internet access is inexpensive, and Americans can e-mail their families at home or fellow expats via Mexico Connect www.mexconnect.com) There are so many recreational activities...
...afford to go to the theater, opera and sporting events that we'd probably miss out on at home," says Mary Alice. Erick, who once coached basketball and football, has discovered soccer. He loves to go to Guadalajara's Jalisco Stadium, where he joins thousands of fans wildly cheering on the favorite local team, the Chivas...