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Angry teachers picket court complex

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.


Builders hurry to finish Corona Market

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.

Feds nab cartel boss’ son in gated city community

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.

State orchestra tensions explode at Friday concert

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.

Construction crews to test downtown’s patience

Negotiating downtown Guadalajara in a car will become more taxing than ever as construction continues on the city’s third Tren Ligero (subway) line. This week saw the partial closure of Avenida 16 de Septiembre to facilitate the start of work on the below-ground “Cathedral” station.   The new line will run from central Zapopan to the Tonala bus station. Five of its 18 stations will be underground, all in the city center.