Rains cause havoc in Tlaquepaque
Heavy rains on July 27 and 28 flooded out 515 homes in the metro-area suburb of Tlaquepaque, prompting local authorities to declare a state of emergency (declaratoria de emergencia).
Heavy rains on July 27 and 28 flooded out 515 homes in the metro-area suburb of Tlaquepaque, prompting local authorities to declare a state of emergency (declaratoria de emergencia).
Tequila aficionados raised a glass or two of Mexico’s “liquid gold” on Monday, July 25, International Tequila Day, the annual date dedicated to celebrating the famed and much loved alcoholic spirit.
A week-long vacation to Mazatlán, Sinaloa will be up for grabs at the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) Beer Festival set for Saturday, August 5, 3 to 6:30 p.m.
This weekend sees the conclusion of the large fair in downtown Guadalajara that has showcased around 700 small Jalisco enterprises over the past three weeks.
Tapatios regularly like to boast that their city has the most beautiful women in Mexico. Guadalajara’s male denizens rarely get a mention.
An explosive device self detonated this week in the same area of Tlajomulco where six people died in an ambush on a police convoy on July 11.
Revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa entered Guadalajara in December 1914, forcing the city’s richest citizens to pay him a “tax,” which he immediately distributed to the poor.
An Elite Line bus traveling from Mexico City to Tijuana plummeted 40 meters into a ravine on the Tepic libramiento (bypass) in the early hours of Thursday, August 3, killing 18 passengers, including three children.
A digital version of a Jalisco driver’s license that can be download on a smartphone will become available on August 15, the state Department of Transportation (Setrans) announced this week.