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State, mayors okay city-wide policing model

After a prolonged and often heated negotiation between metro-area municipal mayors and state authorities, the city-wide (intermunicipal) Agencia Metropolitana de Seguridad (Metropolitan Security Agency) will be formally installed on November 16.


Tapatio Tour fourist buses spread their wings

After starting tours last month to Tequila, Tapatio Tour will soon launch a regular bus trip to the Lake Chapala area, the company’s commercial director has revealed.

Mood subdued as expats watch election unfold in Guadalajara

A small crowd of mostly American election watchers at the American Society of Guadalajara, all Clinton supporters, became more somber as the evening progressed, finally heading home about 11 p.m. when Hillary  Clinton was still said to have a chance. But most seemed to have given up hope by then.

Parents of slain teen urge citizens to get involved

The parents of a bright teen killed in carjacking in Guadalajara say they will work to widen the use of CityCop, a social GPS application that allows users to actively report crimes in their communities, identify criminals and receive alerts from others that are doing the same. 

Assaults on bank customers on the rise

A greenhorn thief who tried to assault a man who had just withdrawn 200 pesos ($US11) from an ATM ended up shooting himself in the leg and is now in police custody.

Goodbye Juan & Maria, hello Dylan & Britany

More and more parents in the Guadalajara metropolitan area are choosing Anglicized names for  their children.