Although it has yet to be officially confirmed, several local and state officials have said the new line of Guadalajara’s light-rail network will run diagonally from Zapopan through the city center and on to Tlaquepaque.

Classic works of literature and books that promote a democratic culture can be found at a small open-air lending library and reading space one block from the noise and bustle  of Avenida Lopez Mateos, outside the entrance to the Guadalajara headquarters of the Federal Electoral Institute (IEPC). 

Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval (left) joins in the applause for Tonatuih Padilla, after he is sworn in as the new rector of the Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG), the second largest public university in Mexico.

A U.S. citizen was one of six people killed in attacks on two bars that left another 14 wounded in Guadalajara on the evening of Sunday, March 31.

Fed up with the recent spate of muggings, burglaries and the theft of vehicles and auto parts in Guadalajara’s Colonia Americana, residents have devised their own security system to keep crime down.

Municipal authorities are planning to repopulate downtown Guadalajara by easing restrictions and utilizing vacant properties.