The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Two women died Wednesday in an unprovoked knife attack by a young man at a private university campus in Guadalajara, the kind of violent incident rarely seen at Mexican educational institutions, although, unfortunately, now somewhat commonplace in the United States.
Municipal and state authorities have cut the ribbon on what they are calling the “final section” of the Paseo Alcalde in downtown Guadalajara, although this part of the “walkway” is not free of vehicles.
Municipal police officers and officials from the National Migration Institute (INM) rescued 77 migrants, most of them Guatemalans, who had been abandoned by traffickers at a hotel in the Las Conchas neighborhood of Guadalajara.
The Guadalajara Chapter of Democrats Abroad will gather at the Real Irish Pub on Sunday, March 17 to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
Reports suggest that the eagerly awaited new section of the Guadalajara-Puerto Vallarta “Vía Corta” (Short Route) running between Compostela and Las Varas in the state of Nayarit has been completed by the constructors and is currently undergoing inspection by federal authorities prior to its opening, possibly by the last week of March.
Body found
After a ten-day search, rescuers have retrieved the body of José Luis Díaz Morales, the missing Jalisco mountaineer from a recent expedition to the Pico de Orizaba, Mexico’s highest peak. Díaz Morales was among a group of 12 Jaliscienses who encountered adverse weather conditions on the mountain.
Nariz Roja (Red Nose), the Guadalajara-based charity that supports children with cancer, has managed to raise 7.3 million pesos (US$426,000) needed to complete the purchase of a property to house its third shelter in the city.
Feminist groups will make their voices heard in downtown Guadalajara on International Women’s Day (IWD), Friday, March 8.
A festival in Zapopan that wraps up this weekend coincides with International Mother Language Day, a worldwide annual observance to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity that was marked on Wednesday, February 21.
