Beware Mexico’s latest criminal craze: ‘virtual kidnappings’
In days gone by, criminals would need a weapon, rope or handcuffs, a getaway car and a safe house in order to carry out a kidnapping. Now all they need is a cell phone.
In days gone by, criminals would need a weapon, rope or handcuffs, a getaway car and a safe house in order to carry out a kidnapping. Now all they need is a cell phone.
Several Guadalajara area museums have planned a range of activities to celebrate El Dia del Niño (Children’s Day) on April 30.
Consumption of the illicit synthetic drug methamphetamine has risen 15 percent in Guadalajara in the last three years, according to a study by the State Council Against Addictions (CECAJ).
The residents of the Guadalajara Zoo are tempering their exertions this month as the higher temperatures kick in. But they will be asked to parade themselves in the sun for two extra days next week, as the zoo opens on Monday and Tuesday (usually closed on these days) in honor of Children’s Day.
The latest attack on the Mexican press came in the early hours of Wednesday morning when two explosive devices were thrown at the Guadalajara offices of local Spanish-language daily Mural.
An 18-year-old drunk driver faces a lengthy spell in prison after he was arraigned without bail this week after causing the deaths of two children and a 17-year-old in the Colonia Balcones de Oblatos neighborhood of Guadalajara.
To mark World Book Day on Tuesday, April 23, hundreds of Tapatio literary enthusiasts will take part in a reading marathon of Jane Austen’s classic novel “Pride and Prejudice.”
The Zapopan municipal government has signed a deal with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to create a seed fund worth just under 2.5 million pesos for businesses in Jalisco.
After 20 hours of work by fire brigades two forest fires in western Zapopan Thursday night were still not under control.