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Natural gas leak provokes panic, prompts evacuation

More than 6,000 people were evacuated from their homes and offices and 15 schools were closed after natural gas leaked from an underground distribution pipe on Guadalajara’s Avenida Cruz del Sur on Wednesday morning.


Bus drivers to get proper training

More than 3,000 Guadalajara bus drivers will receive a 40-hour crash course to help them improve their driving techniques and social skills for dealing with the public.

Jabil workers protest

Employees and ex-employees at the Jabil electronic plant outside Guadalajara protested this week at their unfair treatment in the wake falling  demand for Blackberry products. 

Gang of bank robbers detained

Four members of a gang of bank robbers responsible for at least a quarter of Jalisco’s total of 120 heists this year are under lock and key, Attorney General Carlos Najera announced this week.

Huge turnout for Virgin's homecoming

Some Guadalajara Spanish-language newspapers reported that 2.5 million people assembled to watch the colorful procession honoring the revered statue of the Virgin of Zapopan on October 12. Among the distinguished guests was Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio (the Pope’s envoy) to Mexico.

Lawyers to sue authorities over pothole problem in ‘Bachelajara’

Fed up of driving along roads riddled with potholes, a group of Guadalajara-based lawyers have banded together and are preparing legal action to force the local authorities to carry out adequate road repairs.