The annual Marcha del Orgullo LGBT+ will take place on the streets of Guadalajara on Saturday, June 12, starting out from the Minerva traffic circle at 2 p.m.

Second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be administered to residents of Zapopan over 60 years old as of Monday, June 7.

Expat voters

Fewer expat Jaliscienses will be voting in this election, with only 5,534 citizens of Jalisco who reside outside the country  – mainly in the United States – having registered to vote compared with 16,507 in the 2018 presidential election (although only 8,500 actually voted). 

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

1971

Two bulls for a very brave quinceañera

While competing in the Monaco Grand Prix last week, Tapatio Formula One racing driver Sergio Perez revealed that one of his bodyguards had been shot and injured during an attempted car jacking in Guadalajara.

Guadalajara can expect delivery shortly of the buses to be used on the ambitious Mi Macro Periférico BRT line currently under construction on the central lanes of the city beltway, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro said this week.