Consuelo Saizar, president of Mexico’s Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, hands over the official document affirming UNESCO’s recognition of mariachi as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity to Jalisco Culture Secretary Alejandro Cravioto Lebrija.

Guadalajara has lost several thousand potential jobs after Delta Airlines and Aeromexico announced a plan to build a jointly operated maintenance, repair and overhaul center at the Intercontinental Airport in Queretaro, next to that state’s Aerospace Park.

Local authorities and federal security forces demonstrated improved coordination and cooperation in preventing any disturbances after a raid in Guadalajara’s Providencia neighborhood Thursday.

Peruvian writer Alfredo Bryce Echenique has been named winner of the 2012 Literary Award to be given out at Guadalajara’s International Book Fair (FIL) in November.

Guadalajara’s interim Mayor Francisco Ayon  (C) joins in with the reforestation effort beside Avenida Lazaro Cardenas on Wednesday.

Mexican discount airline Interjet will soon be flying direct from Orange County’s John Wayne Airport to Guadalajara, as well as Mexico City and Los Cabos.