General News

Police have arrested a man who is suspected of drugging tourists and stealing their belongings after befriending them at the Guadalajara International Airport. 

The mock-up below shows how a park could transform the Avenida Chapultepec/Mexico corridor at the site occupied for many years by the Bodega Aurrera supermarket. 

Sources suggest that the owners of the land, Walmart de Mexico are keen to develop the plot for high-rise apartments. Residents of Santa Teresita have submitted proposals to Guadalajara municipal authorities to build a neighborhood park. 

State police discovered a major haul of illicit items during a five-hour raid of cells at the Puente Grande penitentiary this week.

Jalisco’s top environmental official has rejected calls for Guadalajara to follow the lead of Mexico City and prohibit a large chunk of the city’s 1.9 million cars from being driven on specific days.

Zapopan is looking to become the first municipality in the state of Jalisco to outlaw bullfighting.

Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” will be read out aloud in a day-long session to be held in the pedestrian corridor – Rambla Cataluña – that runs alongside the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdG) rectory on World Book Day, Saturday, April 23.  The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

A change.org petition asking Guadalajara Mayor Enrique Alfaro to halt the sacrifice of dogs and cats in municipal pounds has obtained more than 40,000 signatures.

The fourth City Express hotel in the Guadalajara metropolitan area is set for its official inauguration next week. The four-star hotel is situated on the highway to the airport/Chapala at Las Pintitas, just past the El Salto turnoff.  The Guadalajara International Airport is three kilometers away – a five-minute drive to the terminal building.