General News

Guadalajara police officers have arrested two Peruvians accused of trying to scam ATM customers at a bank located at the intersection of Calle Industria and 58.

There is no exact record of Miguel Hidalgo’s rousing speech that set off a nationwide revolt against Mexico’s Spanish rulers in 1810, but the spirit is captured in modern day orations that will climax with a litany glorifying national heroes and howling cheers of “Viva Mexico!” on Monday, September 15.

Is there a jinx on major public works projects in Jalisco? After legal issues recently halted work on the Zapotillo curtain dam in the north-eastern region of the state, now the city’s Macro Libramiento (outer city ring road) finds itself mired in complications, after environmental authorities cast doubts on the sustainability of the project.

Hundreds of circus performers concerned about their livelihoods marched Thursday to protest new laws that prohibit animals in circus acts in the Guadalajara municipal area.  City councilors on Monday voted 16-5 in favor of banning animals in circuses.

Next weekend’s Expo Pueblos Mágicos will showcase the 83 Mexican municipalities that have earned the designation as “Magic Towns” for their beauty and cultural heritage.

Guadalajara has a passion for breaking Guinness records (the biggest tequila bottle in the world, the most mariachis playing together, the most couples kissing at once), and this year’s International Mariachi Festival offered another opportunity.

The Parque Revolucion (also known as Parque Rojo) at Juarez and Federalismo is about to get a major makeover. 

Chocolate thief nabbed

Ruben Dario Jimenez has a weakness for chocolate that has put him behind bars for the fourth time this year. The 45-year old chocoholic from Colonia Loma Dorado in Tonala was detained by private security guards as he pilfered a chocolate bar on September 9. He had been arrested once late last year and again July 7 and August 4.