The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Two dozen singers from the Jalisco State Choir (Coro del Estado) and accompanying musicians “disguised” as ordinary commuters staged surprise performances February 19 and 24 in wagons along two lines of Guadalajara’s Tren Ligero and in the main station at Avenidas Federalismo and Vallarta.
The American School in Guadalajara is inviting artists, art lovers, the school community and the public in general to its annual Art Fest on Saturday, March 7.
A Californian woman has filed a civil lawsuit against the Guadalajara-based Luz del Mundo evangelical church, saying she was treated as a virtual sex slave for almost two decades, suffering abuse at the hands of its current leader, the incarcerated Naasón Joaquín García, as well as his late father, Samuel Joaquín Flores.
The U.S. consulate general in Guadalajara issued a pre-emptive warning of possible retaliation and public disturbance in the metropolitan area following the February 20 extradition of Ruben Oseguera-Gonzalez, alias “El Menchito,” who is the son of Nemesio “Mencho” Oseguera-Cervantes, the alleged leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
Swooping in during the dead of night Wednesday, February 12, officers from the federal National Guard (GN) security force ended an 87-day occupation of the Guadalajara Airport parking structure by a disgruntled farmers’ cooperative.
Tickets are now on sale for the second annual sunset/full moon boat cruise to benefit The Ranch no-kill dog shelter.
Indigenous Festival
Friday, February 21 is International Mother Language Day, a worldwide annual observance to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and promote multilingualism.
Zapopan city hall has unveiled a monument to the victims of the Holocaust inspired by the poem “The Butterfly” by Pavel Friendmann.
In a pilot program, electronic ticketing machines have been distributed to Jalisco traffic cops to test out ways of streamlining the process of issuing infractions. The devices allow officers to enter details of the infraction, including photographs, and print out folios (tickets) that can be paid at a convenience store or bank of one’s choice. (As with the hand-written tickets, 50-percent discounts are available for swift payment.) The electronic tickets also have a QR code, permitting online access to details of the infraction, in addition to payment of the fine via a smartphone or other device. The first stage of the project will be limited to the Guadalajara city center.
