Two weeks ago, I covered the Traditional Mariachi Festival and was impressed by its participants’ adherence to an older – and less popular – tradition of mariachi.  

A crowd of 10,000 students and teachers converged on Plaza Liberacion on Monday to demand something be done about an epidemic of assaults targeting University of Guadalajara (UdG) students.

There are two significant dates to note prior to the September 15/16 independence celebrations.

Patriotic fever will engulf downtown Guadalajara from early afternoon on Friday, September 15, when Mexicans of all ages and backgrounds turn out in large numbers to celebrate their national day, waving flags, wearing giant sombreros, blowing horns, munching traditional foods and reveling in the unique, festive atmosphere.

A Chicago man police say ordered the killing and burning of a 15-year-old boy after he refused to flash a gang sign in 2009 was arrested last Saturday in Guadalajara after eight years on the run, the FBI announced Sunday.

Here are some of the remaining free events scheduled for the final weekend of the city’s International Mariachi Festival.