Lewis Coughlin, the Canadian Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner in Guadalajara, was welcomed as an honorary guest of Ixtlahuacán de lo Membrillos on Friday, February 18.
Receiving the diplomat on behalf of Ixtlahuacán Mayor Heriberto García were incumbent councilman and former mayor Carlos Méndez and Gloria Perales, the municipality’s head of international relations.
The main purpose of the visit was to discuss ways to strengthen ties of mutual cooperation and exchange opportunities. Following their initial meeting at City Hall, Coughlin’s hosts guided him on a tour to Atequiza for a firsthand look at the town’s majestic 19th century theater, the building’s library and history museum, and surrounding grounds of the former hacienda where Independence hero Miguel Hidalgo and his troops camped out on November 24, 1810, en route to Guadalajara.