The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Jalisco’s Secretaria de Movilidad (Semov) resumed random vehicle spot checks at lakeside this week, with local motorists reporting a team of agents posted on the highway west of Ajijic at La Cristina on Wednesday, September 19.
Dissatisfied with the August 31 decision of Jalisco’s Electoral Tribunal (Triejal) to uphold the election of Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) candidate Moisés Anaya as Chapala’s next mayor, representatives of two opposing parties have filed appeals with the regional chamber of the Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación (TEPJF) for a definitive ruling.
The Encuentro Gastronómico (food festival), showcasing produce from Jalisco,will take place on the city’s Paseo Chapultepec, Friday, September 7, through Sunday, September 9, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day.
Expect Mexico to mark Día Nacional de Protección Civil with heightened pathos on Wednesday, September 19.
The Jalisco Culture Secretariat has made two additions to its Inventario Estatal de Patrimonio Cultural, a list of tangible cultural sites and traditions in this state that is similar to the well-known Unesco designation.
Renovations to the Plaza de Armas, the landmark square in Guadalajara’s historic center, will not be completed by this weekend but the traditional “grito” festivities will take place as usual on the evening of Saturday, September 15.
A team of at least seven armed men ambushed and killed four Guadalajara police officers Monday, including a high-ranking supervisor of the municipal force.
The Centro Interpretativo Phil Weigand at the Guachimontones archaeological site has become the first museum in Jalisco to be powered exclusively by “green” energy.
The Jalisco Congress has approved revisions to the state’s Animal Protection Law (Ley de Protección y Cuidado a los Animales) that will make it compulsory for animal shelters to maintain a register of all its animals, as well as those given for adoption and put down.
