Traffic backed up this week on streets encircling downtown Zapopan as work started on the Basilica station of the city’s third Tren Ligero (subway) line.

Around 40,000 young devotees walked five kilometers under a blazing sun on Wednesday as part of the annual “Santa Convocacion” celebration of the Guadalajara-based Luz del Mundo evangelical denomination.

Under the protective custody and sturdy gaze of Mexico’s heroic boy soldiers, and regardless of gender, race or religion, couples gathered at the Niños Heroes monument in Guadalajara last weekend for the ‘Beso más grande GDL’ event. 

Organizers said they had no political or social agenda but wanted the occasion to demonstrate that ‘we are all human and here to live and be happy.’ The slogan of the initiative was ‘there is more love than fear in the world.’

The intersection of three major traffic arteries in downtown Zapopan will be closed for 18 months beginning the evening of Saturday, August 8, due to the ongoing construction of the third Tren Ligero (subway) line.

The Mercado Corona in downtown Guadalajara is quickly taking shape with the outside Y-shaped steel columns now visible.

A plan to mount the biggest nativity scene (nacimiento) in the world is moving forward in Tonala despite the objections of some residents.