Traffic cops were respected 60 years ago
Before the rapid expansion of the Guadalajara metropolitan area in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, the local traffic police (Transito) were held in much higher esteem than they are today.
Before the rapid expansion of the Guadalajara metropolitan area in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, the local traffic police (Transito) were held in much higher esteem than they are today.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our December editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
Jalisco’s new governor Enrique Alfaro took the oath of office Thursday, promising no letup in the fight against crime in the state.
Any illusions that the crime wave in Jalisco would abate in the wake of a new governor assuming office were quickly shattered after at least 40 homicides were reported in the first four days of Enrique Alfaro’s administration.
This newspaper will close its offices Tuesday, December 25 and Tuesday, January 1. Both days are official Federal holidays.
Mexico’s fourth KidZania, a “family entertainment center” that puts children in simulated work environments, opened in Guadalajara’s Plaza Patria December 6.
A grenade attack on the U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara on Friday evening may have been ordered by the leader of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), many Mexican newspapers are reporting.
A ritzy new commercial mall and multi-use development has opened its doors to the public on one of Guadalajara’s most prominent avenues.
In one of his final official acts Sunday, Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval cut the ribbon on the city’s new planetarium, an attraction that he described as “among the best of its kind anywhere in the world”