The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Thieves hanging around banks listen to the sound of banknote counting machines to identify targets, police warned this week after arresting a man they believe is responsible for at least a dozen assaults on customers.
Several new murals appeared this week in Guadalajara in memory of the sewer line explosions 22 years ago that killed more than 200 people. Services were held and the state government vowed to maintain its support of victims of the tragedy.
After failing breathalyzer tests for the second time in the space of a few months, two intoxicated drivers have became the first Tapatios to have their licenses revoked under new traffic regulations that came into force last November. The pair were banned from driving for two years.
When it comes to the issue of Internet freedoms, it’s best not to mess with the youth of the world.
While ecological groups and neighbors insist that authorities demolish the polemic Villa Panamericana (Pan American Games athletes village) bordering the Primavera Forest, residents of Zapopan would prefer to see the complex put to good use.
There’s depressing news for those hoping crime might be dropping under Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval and his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Guadalajara’s popular annual state fair, known as the Fiestas de Octubre, looks to be on the move, although some residents living near the proposed new site are far from happy about the switch.
The metropolitan area of Guadalajara is well endowed with cultural spaces but more are on the horizon.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden this week swore in Guadalajara-born Maria Contreras-Sweet as the new Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) – the second Hispanic in President Obama’s second-term cabinet.
