The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Speed cameras in Jalisco are a cash cow for the state government but authorities are still losing millions of pesos in fines for various reasons.
A record number of denuncias (criminal complaints) for sexual abuse in Jalisco were filed in 2019. Investigators opened 3,175 case files, compared to 2,821 in the previous year.
The Parque Metropolitano is hosting a graphic exhibition celebrating the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has jumped the gun by declaring that work on the third Guadalajara subway (Tren Ligero) has concluded and that the service will be up and running in April, reports here suggest.
Zapopan Mayor Pablo Lemus has waged war on slot machines ever since taking office in October 2015.
The first person in Jalisco to be released from prison under President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s Amnesty Law was enjoying her freedom this week.
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, the operators of the Guadalajara Airport, have turned off the water and electrical supply in the facility’s car park, which has been commandeered by a protesting farmers’ collective (ejido) for more than a month.
Weapons foroff-duty cops?
Guadalajara Mayor Ismael del Toro says he has spoken with federal legislators about changing national laws to permit off-duty police officers to carry weapons.
Since last October, 668 people have been detained under Guadalajara’s municipal ordinance prohibiting apartalugares, individuals who reserve public spaces with cones and charge drivers to park there.
