Three newborns have come down with Covid-19 at the Esperanza López Mateos maternity hospital in Guadalajara, Jalisco Health Secretary Fernando Petersen has confirmed.

A protest held Thursday afternoon to denounce the alleged murder of Giovanni Lopez by Ixtlahuacan police officers in early May turned violent, ending in acts of vandalism and confrontations between demonstrators and anti-riot police.

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our May editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

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Anti-marijuana drive gets intense

A confrontation between members of two drug cartels at Guadalajara’s Puente Grande penitentiary left eight inmates dead May 22.

The Guadalajara Pride March will go online on Saturday, June 6, 2 p.m. Organizers say the virtual march will end with a lively musical party, featuring local, national and international artists, including the  Ballet Folclorico Diversidad Jalisciense and Grupo Tercero A.

Water cascades down from a helicopter trying to douse the flames of a major fire that broke out in the Cerro El Tepopote, a wooded hillside on the western outskirts of Guadalajara, Thursday, May 21.