General News

Almost 1,000 teachers from various parts of Jalisco briefly blocked the city beltway (periferico) Tuesday, before staging a protest outside the Ciudad Judicial complex, which houses both state and federal civil courts.

A man drowned Thursday when she was swept away by a strong current on a flooded street in Tlaquepaque.

Even though the new Corona Market in downtown Guadalajara is moving forward quickly with workers laboring around the clock, vendors who will occupy the new facility are skeptical it will be finished on schedule by September 15.

Two nuns got the shock of their lives this week after they were detained by Zapopan police officers following reports that the Nissan Van they were driving had been reported as stolen.  

In Guadalajara, you often never know who your neighbors are. Mexican authorities Monday apprehended Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez (“El Menchito”), son of the presumed leader of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), in an upmarket gated community in the Lomas de Altamira neighborhood of Zapopan.  No weapons were fired during Monday’s arrest, which was carried out by the Mexican Army and federal police.

Passengers on 22 buses operating on the 368 route in Guadalajara can now log on to free wi-fi thanks to a pilot program.  

Upper balconies in Guadalajara’s august Teatro Degollado resounded with bad vibrations on the evening of Friday, June 19, as a cadre of ticket holders in sympathy with musicians who have been “congelados” (frozen out) and replaced by players on short contracts staged an unprecedented protest lasting a few minutes.

Mexican authorities have confirmed the apprehension of Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez ("El Menchito"), son of the presumed leader of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG)