Public sculpture project hits snag
A private foundation faces a fine of 130,000 pesos after erecting a series of public sculptures in the median strip of Avenida Guadalupe without the consent of Zapopan city hall.
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A private foundation faces a fine of 130,000 pesos after erecting a series of public sculptures in the median strip of Avenida Guadalupe without the consent of Zapopan city hall.
A mother was arrested in Guadalajara this week for allegedly kidnapping her own daughter and demanding a ransom of 200,000 pesos from her former husband.
The producer of 70 percent of Mexico’s gold and silver jewelry, Guadalajara, was declared the “Jewelry Capital of America” on Tuesday.
Convention tourism rose by 3.5 percent in Guadalajara in 2012, according to the city’s Visitor and Conventions Bureau.
Former Irish Prime Minster John Bruton was hailed as “a distinguished guest” and presented with the keys to the municipality of Zapopan by Mayor Hector Robles during his visit to Guadalajara on Monday.
A man was shot dead in his vehicle outside the upscale Plaza Galerias mall in Zapopan on Friday, February 15.
At an Ash Wednesday mass in the Metropolitan Cathedral, Cardinal Jose Francisco Robles Ortega, the archbishop of Guadalajara, places ashes on the foreheads of adherents as a reminder and celebration of human mortality, and as a sign of mourning and repentance to God.
The head of Guadalajara’s Department of Tourism has announced the creation of a specialist tourist police unit to assist visitors to the city.
The number of home robberies in Guadalajara rose by 90 percent in January, compared to the number recorded in the same month last year.