Guadalajara neighborhood takes pedestrian safety into own hands
Residents of Colonia Camino Real put on their painting overalls last weekend as they took steps to make crossing the street in their neighborhood a much safer exercise.
The Guadalajara Reporter
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Residents of Colonia Camino Real put on their painting overalls last weekend as they took steps to make crossing the street in their neighborhood a much safer exercise.
Twelve years since construction began, the main congregation hall of Guadalajara’s elaborate Martyrs’ Temple (Santuario de los Martires) is now 70 percent complete and the entire project could be finished within three years.
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.
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.
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.
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.