The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Twenty-nine drivers spent time in the cells on Christmas Eve after being snagged in one of the Transport Department (Semov) roadblocks that are set up to catch drunk drivers.
Two men died in a gun battle that took place outside a well-known private hospital in Colonia Chapalita December 24.
Guadalajara native and photojournalist José Hernández-Claire curently showcases 50 gripping black-and-white photographs in his “Resistencia” (Resistance) exhibition at El Refugio Cultural Center in Tlaquepaque.
Thanks to Cam Esser and Eliza Osher, the American Society (Amsoc) hosted a fun kids Christmas party.
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.
Pressure is mounting on Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro to revoke a bus fare hike that his predecessor Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval enacted days before his departure on December 6.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our December editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
Surreal, existential, out-of-this-world? The seven striking sculptures crafted by Sophía Crimen that make up the “El Transeúnte” (The Passer) installation outside the Jalisco State Library in Zapopan can be interpreted in any way one chooses, says the artist.
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.
