The 48th Expo Ganadera Jalisco, considered one of Mexico’s finest livestock fairs, opens Wednesday, October 8 for a 25-day run that will attract thousands of visitors keen on having a look at top-breed farm animals, as well as enjoying a jam-packed schedule of special events.

In what seems to have become an annual tradition in Guadalajara, protestors marked the anniversary of the October 2, 1968 student massacre in Mexico City by placing a “murderer” sign on the  statue of former Jalisco Governor Marcelino Garcia Barragan  that graces the city’s Rotunda of Illustrious Citizens.  Garcia was Mexico’s Defense Secretary at the time of the massacre, in which soldiers opened fire on protesting students, killing an unspecified number, believed to be in excess of 300.

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Anthony Wayne joined Mexican President Enrique Penã Nieto and other dignitaries for World Tourism Day celebrations, highlighted by a ceremony at Guadalajara's regal Degollado Theater on Friday, September 26. 

A man accidentally set off a video allegedly showing child pornography as he was giving a presentation to parents about organizing outdoor camps for their offspring.

Guadalajara police officers have arrested two Peruvians accused of trying to scam ATM customers at a bank located at the intersection of Calle Industria and 58.

Is there a jinx on major public works projects in Jalisco? After legal issues recently halted work on the Zapotillo curtain dam in the north-eastern region of the state, now the city’s Macro Libramiento (outer city ring road) finds itself mired in complications, after environmental authorities cast doubts on the sustainability of the project.