Jalisco is getting all too used to the numbing reality of people disappearing without a trace, never – perhaps – to be seen or heard of again. 

Alfonso Hernandez Barron, the president of the Jalisco Human Rights Commission (CEDHJ), has called for an independent investigation into the disappearance and probable murder of three film students in March.

A mural under a freeway overpass on Lazaro Cardenas has appeared, depicting – primarily – Rocio Lozano, a young Guadalajara-born woman who disappeared exactly a year ago, May 4, 2017. 

Hundreds of bus drivers piloting their vehicles blocked the Periferico during the May 1 holiday, calling for a fare hike they see as only fair, considering the rising cost of, among other things, of gas.

Guadalajara’s taxi drivers seem unwilling to give up the fight against the encroachment upon their industry of Uber, the transportation service which has been busy taking over the world since its 2009 founding in San Francisco, California. 

The annual Festival de Mayo, a cultural oleo dispersed around various parts of Guadalajara, returns Friday, May 4 and runs through Friday, May 25.