Schoolchildren in Guadalajara are taking part in a new social experiment that allows them to have a say in how municipal funds should be allocated.

Hundreds of vendors at the San Juan de Dios market in downtown Guadalajara abandoned their stalls for several hours to block major city center arteries in protest at the municipal government’s inability to control the spread of unlicensed traders who sell merchandize in the streets and plazas surrounding the landmark commercial center.

Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has admitted that state’s security forces are well below the strength required to provide adequate protection for the public.

Israeli President Shimon Peres will lead a major cultural delegation to the International Book Fair (FIL), which opens Saturday, November 30 in Guadalajara.

Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval broke with protocol Monday during Guadalajara’s  annual parade to mark the Mexican Revolution.

An “unqualified success” was how a senior Jalisco traffic official described the first weekend of the state government’s much-publicized crackdown on driving while intoxicated.