The Tlajomulco municipal government has cleared the way for work to resume on the 110-kilometer “macrolibramiento,” the ambitious outer city beltway planned to run in a semi-circle to the south of the Guadalajara metropolitan area.

Zapopan Mayor Hector Robles has fired his chief of police in a bid to “reinforce security strategies” in the metro area municipality.

Police have arrested four members of a local drug cartel in connection with the slaying of Jalisco Tourism Secretary Jose de Jesus Gallegos Alvarez on March 9.

Four inebriated men armed with machetes attacked a group of 22 young campers enjoying an overnight sleep out in the area of rock formations known as El Diente, located to the north of Guadalajara in the municipality of Zapopan.

The campers were aged between 6 and 16 and members of the Dragon Brigade. They were accompanied by three adults and were preparing for a rappelling course the following day.

Swedish multinational retail-clothing company H&M is to open its first store in Guadalajara in the Plaza Galerias.

Operating since 1947, the chain has 2,800 branches in 48 countries and  is the second biggest retail clothing company in the world with more than 95,000 employees.

Guadalajara has inked a sister city relationship with Changwon, the eighth most populous city is South Korea.

Changwon Mayor Wan Su Park visited Mexico this week to sign the agreement alongside his Guadalajara counterpart, Ramiro Hernandez.