General News

How on earth do you make vegan Mexican food, you might ask? Well, the answer to that question may be found at the “Vegan Fest Mx. Festival de Sabores,” this Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29, ensconced in a stately mansion occupied by festival organizer Jardin Americana (Vallarta 1305, two blocks east of Chapultepec) in central Guadalajara.   

Survivors and relatives of victims gathered April 22 in Guadalajara’s Analco neighborhood to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the city’s sewer line explosions that killed more than 200 people.

A non-denominational observance of the National Day of Prayer in the United States will be held at Guadalajara’s American Society (Amsoc) on Thursday, May 3, from 11 to 11:30 p.m.

To put matters lightly, the supposedly resolved case of three film students kidnapped in Tonala last March was, is, and remains murky at best.

Friday, April 20, also know among pot smokers as “4:20,” a smoke-wreathed brigade of primarily 20-somethings paradedon bicycles down avenida Vallarta to avenida Chapultepec in a show of support for marijuana decriminalization.

The Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalia General del Estado, FGE) revealed this week that three Guadalajara film students, missing since March 19, were tortured and killed by members of a drug cartel before their bodies were dissolved in tubs of acid.

With little to no warning from the city’s transportation authority, a stretch of busy 16 de Septiembre has been unceremoniously shut down for construction.

The Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalia General del Estado, FGE) revealed yesterday that three Guadalajara film students, missing since March 19, were abducted by members of a drug cartel who mistakenly believed they were in the employ of a rival group. The three young men, all in their early 20s, were tortured, murdered and their bodies dissolved in acid, the agency said.