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Plan to increase police officers’ wages hits a snag

It is often argued that one of the main barriers to effective policing in Mexico is the poor salaries paid to officers.  This can lead to a lack of motivation and, in the worst cases, a temptation to resort to corrupt practices in order to boost income.


GDL-Mexico City one of region’s busiest air routes

Guadalajara to Mexico City is the sixth busiest air route in North America, according to a study published by Routes, one of the world’s leading air service development event organizers.

Homicides increase by 16 percent in metropolitan area

The nine municipalities that make up the Guadalajara metropolitan area (ZMG) registered a 16-percent increase in the number of homicides committed in 2017. 

All hands to the pump as Line Three deadline looms

The early months of 2017 will see work crews putting in many extra shifts as a push is made to finish Guadalajara’s third Tren Ligero (subway) line by its scheduled deadline at the end of March.

SWALLOWED UP!

The driver of a truck laden with gravel got the shock of his life this week when his vehicle suddenly began to disappear into the ground as he drove along a city street.

Lopez Mateos traffic chaos to last three months

The center lanes of a long stretch of Avenida Lopez Mateos, the vital thoroughfare running diagonally southwest to northeast from the southern periferico to Glorieta Colon, are currently a morass of construction as they undergo repaving.