General News

Guadalajara’s thirst for setting new Guinness records shows no sign of abating any time soon.

An annual report by a respected Mexican non-governmental organization that analyzes urban murder rates throughout the world is shining an unflattering light on Mexico, showing that 15 of the most dangerous cities on the globe are in this country.

Municipal authorities sacrificed a whopping 93.5 percent of Guadalajara’s stray dogs and cats in 2018, according to information obtained by Spanish-language newspaper Mural.

Guadalajara may boast a network of handsome bike lanes and an inexpensive and well-run public bike rental system, but a recent survey by World Resources Institute Mexico reveals that many potential users, even those who venture out every Sunday for the well established and popular Via Recreativa, lack the confidence to carry out their daily activities on two wheels. 

Tuesday, March 19 marked the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of three young Guadalajara film students, who, authorities say, were kidnapped, murdered and dissolved in sulfuric acid by the Jalisco Nueva Generacion Cartel after being mistaken for members of a rival gang.

The somewhat unkempt Ixtepete pyramids on the outskirts of Guadalajara are deserted most of the year but leapt into a flurry of activity as “new agers” descended to recharge their batteries with solar energy on the spring equinox, Thursday, March 21. 

The recent deployment of soldiers in the historic center of Guadalajara has been met mostly with approval by residents, businesses and tourists, according to several media outlets that have carried out impromptu surveys.

Tapatío students joined 105 nations in calling for more intense efforts to combat climate change in a protest held Saturday, March 16.