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Subway line costs to rise

The cost of building Guadalajara’s third subway (Tren Ligero) line will inevitably increase due to the depreciation of the peso, says Rodolfo Guadalajara Gutierrez, director of Siteur, the city’s light train network.


Pedestrian-friendly streets stride on 

A whole lotta’ rock will be carted around Calle Lopez Cotilla through mid-May as Guadalajara municipal authorities undertake renovation of the much-traveled, two-lane street in the five-block stretch between Avenida Chapultepec and Robles Gil. 

Airport chaos back with new protests

Members of a communal land holding (ejido) demanding payment for territory expropriated for the construction of the Guadalajara International Airport nearly 60 years ago have stepped up their protests once more.

Arrest made in US consular officer shooting; embassy issues ‘Guadalajara area’ security advisory

State police have arrested a man in connection with the shooting of a U.S. consular official at a Guadalajara shopping mall on Friday. The Fiscalía General  de Jalisco (State Attorney General’s Office, FGE) sent out a tweet just before 10 a.m. Sunday announcing the detention of the alleged agressor, who was later named by media sources as Zafar Zia, 31.