A day after this week’s tragic metro line overpass collapse in Mexico City that killed 24 people, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro ordered an immediate safety review of Guadalajara’s three Tren Ligero lines, with special emphasis on the elevated section of the recently opened 21-kilometer Line Three.

Guadalajara’s 24th annual May Cultural Festival will take a different turn from past editions, offering locals what organizers are calling “an unforgettable multi-sensory experience,” that includes both live and virtual events.

New York-PV flights

JetBlue airlines announced this week that it will begin direct flights between JFK airport in New York and Puerto Vallarta, starting in either January or February of 2022.

A University of Guadalajara (UdG) study has revealed that 20 percent of people vaccinated against Covid-19 with one dose of the Pfizer/BioTech vaccine are still at risk of infection and becoming seriously ill.

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our April editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

Guadalajara suffered a cruel blow on April 22, 1992, when a series of explosions ripped through city streets after thousands of gallons of gasoline seeped into a major sewer pipe line from a leaky gas duct.