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Market vendors vent their anger at illegal rivals

Hundreds of vendors at the San Juan de Dios market in downtown Guadalajara abandoned their stalls for several hours to block major city center arteries in protest at the municipal government’s inability to control the spread of unlicensed traders who sell merchandize in the streets and plazas surrounding the landmark commercial center.


Man killed on bus for jewels

A man who had just left a pawn shop with reclaimed jewels was shot to death aboard a city bus in a botched assault.  The incident occurred on a 51A bus on Avenida Guadalupe, near Rafael Sanzio.

Martyrs’ Sanctuary moves forward at snail’s pace

Speaking recently about the progress of the ambitious Santuario de los Martires (Martyrs’ Sanctuary), Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez, the former archbishop of Guadalajara, said while work on the church structure is almost 80 percent complete, the total project, including all the adjacent infrastructure, has advanced by a mere 20 percent.