General News

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). 

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez last week inaugurated 13 designated “safe taxi collection points,” part of a new state government strategy to address security concerns for female passengers.

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

Fifteen days after celebrating a civil service in Punta Mita, 30-year-old Tapatio boxing sensation Saúl “Canelo” Alvarez married his partner and model Fernanda Gómez, 24, in a private ceremony held at the majestic Guadalajara Cathedral last Saturday.

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.

Fresh from three limited-seating, open-air concerts within the walls of Guadalajara’s iconic and sprawling Instituto Cultural Cabañas, the Covid-stymied, 88-member Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (OFJ) seems poised to reclaim its renowned, acoustically excellent home venue, Teatro Degollado, for more than just practices, online concerts and photo ops.

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.

Like vultures zeroing in on a carcass, neighbors living adjacent to the Guadalajara-Chapala highway near the city airport took advantage of an accident on Thursday in which a trailer loaded with 50 tons of beer overturned on their doorstep.