General News

Around 100 relatives of missing persons in Jalisco marched Wednesday in Guadalajara to send a message to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, urging him to keep his word and intensify the search for their loved ones.

Rodolfo Velarde, the police officer who was set alight by a protestor during a demonstration in the city center on June 4, has been honored for his service by Guadalajara City Hall. 

With the rainy season now in full swing, motorists – especially those in Guadalajara – should be aware of the hazards that sudden downpours can bring.

The University of Guadalajara (UdG) will lend 2,000 pulse oximeters to patients with mild symptoms of Covid-19 who are not hospitalized, Rector Ricardo Villanueva announced.

The Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG) – postponed from March – will hold its 35th edition from November 20 to 27, based at the University of Guadalajara’s Cineteca theater.

Yes to Grito

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Mexico City will host an Independence Day parade on September 16, as well as the Grito ceremony on the previous evening, when only 500 people – in representation of the country’s 32 states – will be permitted in the capital’s huge Zocalo (main square).

Parts of city center sealed off

Guadalajara City Hall has cordoned off various public areas in the historic center to discourage people from “recreational” activities, says Mayor Ismael del Toro.

A Tlaquepaque city councilor was shot three times while waiting with his family to take a table at La Trattoria, one of the city’s most popular Italian restaurants, located on Guadalajara’s Avenida Niños Heroes.