Rounding off a week of protest marches, thousands of Tapatios came together to call for peace on Sunday evening.

A major residential/commercial development is about to take shape on the site of the former Canada shoe factory next to the Gonzalez Gallo Park on Avenida R. Michel, about half a kilometer from the Agua Azul Park.

Two Canadian children kidnapped four years ago were finally reunited with their mother this week after being rescued from a safe house on the north-western outskirts of Zapopan, a sprawling suburb of Guadalajara.

Around 600 supporters of National Action Party (PAN) gubernatorial candidate Fernando Guzman obstructed some 60 people taking part in a peaceful demonstration in Guadalajara on Monday in protest at the takeover of Jalisco’s Tenecatita beach zone by a private developer.

Political undertones bubbled beneath the surface of a downtown peace march organized by the University of Guadalajara.

The second and final televised debate between Mexico’s presidential candidates will take place on Sunday, June 10 at the Expo Guadalajara.