Guadalajara’s spookiest cemetery, the Museo Panteón de Belén, has opened to the public again having been closed for a year of restoration work. The inauguration took place on Wednesday evening as the public were invited to an advance preview of two new exhibits — an altar de muertos for the Day of the Dead, and a photography collection about Catholic rituals for dealing with dead bodies.

If the idea of getting well and truly lost in a labyrinth of corn appeals to you, then make a beeline for Mundo Maiz, a new attraction in the Tlaquepaque suburbs to the south the metropolitan area.

Circus performers and impresarios took to the streets of Guadalajara last week to highlight the “hypocrisy” of politicians in the state who have decided to ban animal acts in their spectacles but continue to endorse cockfights, bullfights and charreadas (Mexican-style rodeo).

Feelings ran deep as more than 20,000 students from various University of Guadalajara (UdG) campuses took the day off classes Wednesday to express their indignation at the climate of violence prevailing in Mexico and the depth of government and police corruption here.

Police have arrested a Guadalajara couple who kept their 14-year-old daughter chained up for a year because they believed as she was mentally ill.  

Female traffic officers who administer breath tests to drivers at the “Salvando Vidas” drunk-driving road blocks are to be sent on a self defense course.