General News

Mothers from Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras whose children disappeared in Mexico led a procession through the streets of Guadalajara Wednesday to the Zapopan Basilica. 

Jalisco car owners have once again delivered a slap in the face to the state’s beleaguered emissions inspection program.

Feted by Governor Aristoteles Sandoval at the Casa Jalisco this week was Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia. Sandoval reportedly gave Wales a rundown on how Jalisco has become Mexico’s science and technology leader.

With excitement building for the blockbuster opera “Carmen,” set for this weekend, higher-ups in the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra seem loathe to focus on the complaints recently voiced by some instrumentalists about Marco Parisotto, who has been director of the orchestra just since January.

Deaths in road accidents where alcohol has been involved have dropped by 40 percent since the “Salvando Vidas” (Saving Lives) anti-drunk driving program started one year ago, Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval announced this week.

The large Revolution Day parade in Guadalajara takes place on Monday, November 17, running from the Agua Azul Park to La Normal Glorieta along 16 de Septiembre and Alcalde, starting 10 a.m.  Expect to see floats depicting revolutionary themes, sportsmen, women and children and demonstrations by emergency services.

Construction of Guadalajara’s third subway (tren ligero) line is causing headaches for motorists.

Street vendors and others angered at a police raid to confiscate pirated items on sale at stalls set up in their “patch” around the San Juan de Dios Market pelted officers with stones and set fire to vehicles in a disturbance that rocked the Guadalajara city center last Friday afternoon.