General News

Tapatios and visitors to Guadalajara are flocking in large numbers to “En Casa con Mis Monstruos” (At Home with my Monsters), an exhibit that houses hundreds of objects that have in some manner influenced the life and work of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, a native of the city.

U.S. embassies around the world may have been denied permission by the Trump administration to fly the rainbow pride flag from their flagpoles to commemorate LGBTQ Pride Month, but that didn’t stop the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara from making a splash at the June 1 Guadalajara Pride March.

State authorities concede that a 29-year-old U.S. citizen, a recent graduate of the Autonomous University of Guadalajara (UAG) medical school who was reported missing after his friend was shot to death in Colonia Providenica in the early hours of Sunday, June 16, was probably abducted.

‘Killer’ dogback home

“Pirata,” the pitbull that reportedly mauled to death an intruder at a house in Guadalajara’s Balcones de Oblatos neighborhood last month, has been returned to his owners.

The rainy season has now officially started, weather experts confirm. 

A celebratory and festive atmosphere prevailed as around 10,000 people participated in Guadalajara Pride 2019 last Saturday.

Authorities are looking for a 29-year-old U.S. citizen, a recent graduate of the Autonomous University of Guadalajara (UAG) medical school, who is reported missing after his friend was shot to death in Colonia Providenica in the early hours of Sunday, June 16.

Naasón Joaquín García, the 50-year-old spiritual leader of the Guadalajara-based Luz del Mundo fundamentalist church, has been arrested in California on charges of human trafficking, child pornography and child rape, among others.