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Eye in the sky: new crime-fighting device takes off

The Guadalajara Police Department has a pair of new recruits – two drones that will be deployed to bolster security in the historic center and other high-crime areas. Guadalajara Mayor Enrique Alfaro says the drones will be used to combat high rates of street robbery and car theft.


Tinted window crackdown in full effect

More than 1,000 drivers have been fined in the two days since state authorities decided to strictly enforce regulations governing  tinted car windows. The legislation also aims to tackle the problem of drivers covering their licence plates to avoid being detected by security cameras for infringements. Traffic agents were strategically posted in five points of metropolitan Guadalajara and inspected hundreds of cars. At the end of the second day, 14 cars and four motorcycles had been seized for having their licence plates covered.

Poor turnout for anti-gay marriage protest

A few thousand people armed with protest banners, sky-blue and pink balloons and Mexican and Jalisco flags made a bee line for Guadalajara’s Plaza de la Liberation last Saturday to vent their opposition to same-sex marriage in the state.

Thanks but no thanks

Some Guadalajara street traders have returned the cycle carts given to them by the municipal government as part of its move to regulate trade in the city center.

Santa Tere market cuisine focus of classy video short

Every Christmas, Seattle-based filmmaker Len Davis visits his wife Analia’s family in Guadalajara.  They live near Santa Tere, a barrio Davis has gotten to know well. “I go solo daily for my favorite Agua de Versace green juice at Tita’s in the market as an escape from my Mexican family,” he says.  “It’s been my annual routine going on 15 years.”