General News

The Guadalajara metropolitan area water utility (SIAPA) will suspend service in 892 neighborhoods on Saturday, January 3. This interruption is due to maintenance and electrical reinforcement work at the Chapala pumping plant.  

A small plant store crouches under two huge, spreading trees on busy Calle Enrique Diaz de Leon in Guadalajara, a few blocks south of the Expiatorio cathedral. Garra de Leon (lion’s claw, apparently named after the street) is a plant store that is easy to overlook, yet a stream of plant lovers and coffee sippers testifies to its presence.

A coordinated attack by heavily armed gunmen on a prominent local businessman resulted in a 15-minute street battle, leaving three dead—including a 16-year-old girl—and four bodyguards wounded on the morning of Monday, December 29.

Officers from the Guadalajara and Zapopan municipal police forces traded their regular duties for sleigh bells and toy bags last week, teaming up with Santa Claus and the Grinch to deliver holiday cheer to thousands of children across the metropolitan area.

Juan Pedro Franco Salas, the Aguascalientes native known internationally as the world’s most obese man, passed away on December 29, at the age of 41, due to complications from a kidney infection. His death marks the end of a medical journey that began in Guadalajara and became a story of human resilience.

Opened at the end of last month, Guadalajara’s new Plaza Vía Viva is another addition to the city’s growing number of smaller, upmarket malls. 

In an unprecedented milestone for road safety, the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area reported zero detentions at the “La Curva” drunk driving holding center during Christmas Eve and early Christmas Day.

Just over a week after its celebratory launch, the new Line 4 of the Guadalajara metropolitan area’s Tren Ligero is facing growing criticism over operational and safety issues, despite government assurances that the line is secure.