Gutierrez, Jesús Ramón

Mexican American journalist Jesús Gutiérrez was born in Torreón, Coahuila in Mexico in 1927 and studied for the priesthood as a Carmelite in Rome, Italy. He studied radio broadcasting in Mexico City and worked as a radio announcer in northern Mexico. He immigrated to the United States in 1947 to take a job as radio announcer 'Mario del Valle' for KCOR in San Antonio and worked as a city reporter for San Antonio's Spanish language newspapers. He married his first wife ca. 1946 in Eagle Pass, Texas; after his first wife's death, he married Sara Suarez in 1966. He owned and operated 3 restaurants in San Antonio, but left them to his family before he moved to Dallas in 1965. In 1966, he founded 'El Sol de Tejas,' the first Spanish language newspaper in North Texas which he sold ca. 1986. He served on the board of Parkland Hospital, ran his own news agency, and appeared with Rene Castilla and John Criswell on WFAA-TV's 'Que Pasa.' At the time of the interview, he was working as a news editor for the Spanish language TeleNoticias.

From the description of Oral history interview with Jesús Gutiérrez, 1996 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 462914513