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Kodak closing city manufacturing plant

Kodak’s continuing bankruptcy proceedings have brought the hammer down at last on their Zapopan facility. The manufacturing plant, currently focused on producing disposable cameras, will close in November, cutting 350 employees.

Car thieves making hay

Guadalajara is reeling under a spate of car thefts.  In the first six weeks of 2012, there were 1,227 complaints of car theft made in the metropolitan area, a 44.35-percent increase from the 850 complaints filed in the same period last year. This equates to 26.6 stolen automobiles per day, more than one every hour.

Guadalajara wins Youth Olympics nomination

Fresh from the success of the 2011 Pan American Games, Guadalajara has won Mexico’s nomination to host the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. The city was selected ahead of Monterrey by the Mexican Olympic Committee (COM) last Thursday.