General News

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.

The producer of 70 percent of Mexico’s gold and silver jewelry, Guadalajara, was declared the “Jewelry Capital of America” on Tuesday.

Gerardo Godoy Jimenez, the mayor of Ixtlahuacan del Rio, is promoting a move to build a cable car (teleferico) system across the Huentitan Canyon that would connect his municipality with Guadalajara.

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.

Jalisco authorities are investigating the case of a girl, supposedly just nine years old, who gave birth at a Guadalajara hospital last month.