General News

“Ariadne’s Thread,” a sculpture all in burnished steel, has appeared at the corner of Lazaro Cardenas and Niño Obrero in Zapopan. 

In yet another shockingviolent incident, the mayor of the small Jalisco municipality of Jilotlán de los Dolores was shot to death last week as he drove alone in his Toyota Prius on the state border with narco-plagued Michoacan.

A plaza in Tonala’s Colonia Ciudad Aztlan was recently dubbed by municipal authorities as “Plaza Enrique Peña Nieto” (after Mexico’s current president).

Friday, April 13, despite its traditional unlucky connotations, was an auspicious day for the Anglican Church of Mexico, with the consecration of Ricardo Joel Gómez Osnaya as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Western Mexico, a very large diocese that includes Tijuana in the north and Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta and Ajijic in its southern extremity.

Enrique Alfaro, the Citizens Movement (CM) candidate for Jalisco governor, plans to spend big to ensure Guadalajara “gets the airport it deserves.”

The Festival de la Tierra, whose mission is to promote environmental consciousness through engagement with art and science, is coming to Guadalajara, Thursday-Sunday, April 19-22, with Forums and workshops taking place at various venues around the city.

Miguel Castro Reynoso, who prior to his current run for governor of Jalisco was a state congressman and mayor of Tlaquepaque, has unveiled an education program he intends to implement upon his hoped-for election. 

A helicopter from the Mexican Navy (Marina) opened fire on five patrol vehicles from Jalisco’s Fuerza Unica rapid response police squad Sunday in an incident that Governor Aristoteles Sandoval later described as “a confusion.”