Three Nobel Prize winners are set to grace the halls at this year’s International Book Fair (FIL), the largest literary festival on the continent.

Former Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez spent 2.5 million dollars on studies to build a third Tren Ligero (light-rail) line to the Tlajomulco suburbs that federal officials are now saying they never considered a viable option.

Around 100 students from Guadalajara’s many private schools protested the federal government’s proposal to tax private education in the Parque Metropolitano last Sunday.

An inebriated driver dragged a motorbike under his vehicle for seven kilometers along busy city streets with Tonala police officers in hot pursuit.

Six street vendors were detained and later released on Wednesday following violent clashes with the police in downtown Guadalajara.

Renamed Iconia, the ambitious Puerta Guadalajara development project to the north of the city that was abandoned last year has been revived by new investors.