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Drunk driving crackdown hits restaurants’ holiday sales

Guadalajara’s chapter of the national restaurant chamber plans to work with officials to dampen the impact on food and drink sales of the city’s new crackdown on drunk drivers.

Guadalajara: Key moments in past 50 years

1963 The Colony Reporter is founded.

1964 Metro area’s one millionth citizen born.

1966 Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport opens.

1969 Plaza del Sol shopping mall inaugurated.

Tempers flare as State Congress approves energy reform

Protestors and police clashed Saturday outside the Jalisco Congress building as legislators approved changes to the Constitution that will open up Mexico’s energy sector to foreign investment.

Elite police force to target heavily armed criminals

Jalisco Attorney General Luis Carlos Najera expects criminal gangs to be "terrified" when confronted by the state's new crack law-enforcement squad, the Fuerza Unica Jalisco.

City lights up

Illuminating downtown: Guadalajara’s seasonal lighting display is switched on this week.