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The 43 missing students: Case still unresolved 2 years on

Several hundred protesters took to the streets of Guadalajara Monday to mark the second anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa teacher training college in the state of Guerrero.


Out of this world: City gripped by space bug

Experts, government officials, educators and space enthusiasts from more than 70 countries attended the 67th International Aeronautical Congress held this week at Expo Guadalajara. 

Mars colony announcement expected at Guadalajara congress

Engineer, inventor and business magnate Elon Musk will give a talk at the 67th International Aeronautical Congress (IAC), to be held at Expo Guadalajara September 26-30, in which he is expected to elaborate on his plans to colonize Mars. 

Famed archaeologist remembered

Friends of the late archaeologist Phil Weigand gathered at the Jalisco Culture Secretariat building in downtown Guadalajara September 9 to pay tribute to “the man who discovered the lost civilization of Teuchitlán,” symbolized by the Guachimontones circular pyramids. 

Tragedy avoided in train crossing collision

The absence of stop lights or barriers at busy train crossings in the Guadalajara metropolitan area is an omission that perplexes most foreigners and angers many safety-conscious Mexican citizens.

GDL mayor brags about austerity

Guadalajara Mayor Enrique Alfaro gave his first state-of-the-municipality report (informe) this week, underscoring the substantial savings his “austerity programs” have achieved.

Deranged shooter opens fire at police HQ

In the kind of incident that is far more common north of the border, a clearly unbalanced  man shot and killed an employee at the Guadalajara headquarters of the state Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalia General del Estado or FGE) on Wednesday.