The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
For the first time in its 482-year history, Guadalajara has a female mayor (presidente municipal). Verónica Delgadillo, 41, was sworn in on Monday, September 30, along with other mayors in the rest of the Guadalajara metropolitan area, as well as municipalities across Jalisco (see Chapala on page 11).
Firefighters battled a major fire that erupted at the large Walmart superstore located at the intersection of Avenida Guadalupe and the Guadalajara Ring Road (Periférico) in the early afternoon of Saturday, September 28.
A woman was arrested at Guadalajara International Airport for attempting to travel to California with over US$152,000 in undeclared cash.
The new airport in Jalisco’s southern coastal region, commonly known as Costalegre, will be completed by the end of this month, Governor Enrique Alfaro announced recently.
Guadalajara city hall has unveiled amazing new video mapping images honoring the city’s traditions and iconic figures that will be projected onto the facades of the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the historic center.
The designation of Guadalajara’s Colonia Americana as Jalisco’s first “Magic Neighborhood” isn’t being celebrated by most residents.
Canadian low-cost carrier Flair Airlines launched its nonstop Guadalajara-Toronto route on September 13, offering travelers the quickest and most affordable way to travel between these two important destinations.
Thirty-two teams from across Mexico, together with two international teams from Argentina and Spain, competed in the T21 Futbol 5 Down Guadalajara 2024 tournament for players with Down syndrome, held from September 18-21 in the historic center.
Dengue is ‘serious’
Around one-third of the 4,829 dengue cases registered in Jalisco in 2024 should be classified as “serious,” said Héctor Raúl Pérez, an infectious disease specialist and the former director of the Civil Hospitals of Guadalajara.
