General News

The mother of the 16-year-old boy, Salvador “Chavita” Macias Lopez, located last week after being stolen in 2005 as a newborn, has spoken out about her decade-and-a-half quest to find her son.

As part of the Black History Month celebration observed by the U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara during February, Vice-Consul Chaniqua Nelson made two virtual presentations about Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

The sound and light spectacle GDLuz returns to downtown Guadalajara in the first week of March, after the cancellation of last year’s popular event due to Covid restrictions.

Eager Tapatios lined up for pan dulce and chocolate as Guadalajara celebrated 480 years since its foundation on Monday, February 14.

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our February editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

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Grand Art Fest was total success

The Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office (FGE) announced Thursday that investigators have identified an adolescent living in El Salto as the one-day-old baby boy stolen from a Guadalajara Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) hospital in December 2005.

In a marketing strategy that appears to be aimed mostly at the younger age group, Netflix has installed a 2,000-square-meter exhibit in the parking lot of Expo Guadalajara to showcase nearly 80 of its exclusive series and movies.

Tourist police are to pace the streets of central Guadalajara after a 15-year interval, Municipal Police Commissioner Juan Pablo Hernández announced this week.