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What is esoteric mumbo-jumbo to some is a deadly serious matter to others.  This Tapatio is having a shamanic energy cleanse at the Ixtepete Pyramids in the southwestern suburbs of Guadalajara to mark the first day of Spring – the vernal equinox.

Mexico's Defense Department has confirmed the arrest of Erick Valencia Salazar, the leader of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, along with his second in command, who has not been named.

Why not recharge your life’s batteries with solar energy at the spring solstice festivities planned for Wednesday, March 21 at the Ixtepete pyramids on the outskirts of Guadalajara? More than 6,000 people are expected to turn out to welcome in the spring. Many new age groups hold special ceremonies at the site on this day, carrying on a tradition that has been celebrated by societies around the world for thousands of years.

Here’s a name we will surely be hearing more about in the future: nine-year-old pianist Daniela Liebman.

Drivers heading down Calle Mexicaltzingo in Guadalajara have been given a helping hand in negotiating the many potholes on the street by a handful of activists and creative residents.

A new Guadalajara-based airline is set to take to the skies of Mexico – as long as sufficient investors are found, of course.

After wreaking havoc across Guadalajara, the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion has left messages across the city apologizing to local inhabitants.

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.