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Using whistles to prevent crime

Fed up with the recent spate of muggings, burglaries and the theft of vehicles and auto parts in Guadalajara’s Colonia Americana, residents have devised their own security system to keep crime down.


The Maunday Thursday, 7-church ritual

The prospect of going to church seven times next Thursday may not appeal to everyone. Yet that is exactly what thousands of Tapatios do on Maunday Thursday (or Holy Thursday) of Holy Week each year. The “Visit to the Seven Churches” is a Catholic tradition that dates back to medieval Spain.