Guadalajara city hall’s latest move in its no-nonsense approach to local affairs is to outlaw the handing out of fliers (volantes) in the street.

The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) is to begin charging homeowners and businesses in the Guadalajara metropolitan area by the month instead of every two months.

Citizens are taking the opportunity to voice their dissent in greater numbers than ever before. 

The music has stopped in Guadalajara’s once landmark Plaza de los Mariachis, where grown  men could hang out with beer and tequila, openly  shed tears and sing along to soulful melodies of requited love.

Two incidents on consecutive days suggest that criminals targeting bank customers are prepared to use more aggressive methods.

Many civic minded citizens rose well before the crack of dawn on Monday, January 4 to stand in line at metro-area tax collection offices to pay their annual bills. Discounts are offered for early payment of municipal and state property, water and vehicle taxes. Above, Tapatios brave the chilly morning weather to wait outside the state tax collection office (recaudadora) in the city center to pay their annual car tax (refrendo).