Free at last: local students absolved of drugs charges
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- Published on Friday, 13 September 2013 11:24
- Written by Duncan Tucker
After almost ten months of wrongful imprisonment, two teenage students from Guadalajara were finally released from jail in Mazatlan on Friday.
Family beheaded in machete attack
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- Published on Friday, 13 September 2013 11:19
- Written by Duncan Tucker
A family of four and a teenage worker were brutally murdered at their home in San Juan de Ocotan in northwest Zapopan on Sunday morning.
US citizen spends 21 days living in Guadalajara airport
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- Published on Friday, 30 August 2013 10:31
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden was not the only one to spend time living in an airport lounge this summer. In a story reminiscent of Steven Spielberg’s movie “The Terminal,” U.S. citizen Brenda Janet Castro spent the last three weeks living in Guadalajara’s International Airport.
City councilor questions parking meter arithmetic
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- Published on Friday, 06 September 2013 11:37
- Written by GR Staff
A Guadalajara councilor says you don’t need to be a wizard at math to see that something is amiss with the accounts submitted by the municipality’s parking meter concession holder.
US ambassador attends female enterprise forum
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- Published on Friday, 30 August 2013 10:26
- Written by Duncan Tucker
“Incorporating businesswomen into global value chains” was the theme of the second annual WEConnect International Forum in Mexico, which took place at Guadalajara’s Hotel Crowne Plaza on Tuesday.
Still no justice for Tapatio teens
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- Published on Friday, 06 September 2013 11:32
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Over 190,000 people have signed an online petition for the release of two Tapatio teenagers who have spent nearly ten months in prison for a crime that they did not commit.
Downtown’s main plaza to be Mariachi Festival hub
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- Published on Friday, 23 August 2013 12:09
- Written by Michael Forbes
The huge Plaza Liberacion in downtown Guadalajara, wedged between the majestic Metropolitan Cathedral and the Degollado Theater, will be the central focus of this year’s International Mariachi Festival.
Guadalajara kids can look forward to new role-play ‘city’
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- Published on Friday, 06 September 2013 11:28
- Written by GR Staff
Kids love role-playing by mimicking traditionally adult activities. Fourteen years ago, that premise led Mexican entrepreneur Xavier Lopez Ancona to open KidZania, an entertainment/educational theme park where children aged 4 to 12 could acquire real-life skills, learn about working and having a career and be introduced to the fundamentals of financial literacy.
Street vendors reunited with their crafts
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- Published on Friday, 23 August 2013 12:02
- Written by GR Staff
Guadalajara authorities have returned crafts that were confiscated from street vendors in a police operation in the Plaza Tapatia on August 6.
Public hospital shocks patients with new fee hikes
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- Published on Friday, 06 September 2013 11:26
- Written by GR Staff
Economically challenged Mexicans lacking health insurance who turned up at the public Hospital General de Occidente (commonly referred to as Zoquipan) in Zapopan this week were surprised to find that charges for medical services had shot up overnight by roughly 120 percent.
Protests over new cycle track prompt mayor to change plans
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- Published on Friday, 23 August 2013 12:00
- Written by GR Staff
The latest move to create a cycling corridor on one of Zapopan’s busiest thoroughfares is being met with vigorous opposition.
Teachers storm Guadalajara over educational reform
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- Published on Friday, 06 September 2013 11:03
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The nation’s teachers were up in arms this week as Mexico passed controversial reforms that will force all public educational workers to undergo mandatory evaluations.
Prostitutes drive away customers
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- Published on Friday, 23 August 2013 11:59
- Written by GR Staff
Downtown Guadalajara business leaders have asked Mayor Ramiro Hernandez to get tough on prostitutes who they say are affecting their livelihoods.
Costco campaign helps children with cancer
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- Published on Friday, 30 August 2013 10:48
- Written by GR Staff
A month-long donation campaign at the Costco store in Guadalajara has raised more than 321,000 pesos for the Mi Gran Esperanza charity that assists children with cancer.
Federal government implicated in release of Guadalajara capo
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- Published on Friday, 23 August 2013 11:52
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The federal Attorney General’s Office (PGR) was complicit in the release of Guadalajara Cartel founder Rafael Caro Quintero two weeks ago, according to Mexican weekly Proceso.
Guadalajara hosts LGBT business expo
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- Published on Friday, 30 August 2013 10:45
- Written by GR Staff
The general public may enter free of charge on the final day of the third International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Business Expo, which takes place at Expo Guadalajara from Thursday, September 5 to Saturday, September 7.
City hall to put squeeze on casinos
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- Published on Friday, 23 August 2013 11:47
- Written by GR Staff
Guadalajara city hall wants to double the license fee for casinos to operate in the municipality but judging from the much heavier charges applied in some other parts of the country, local gambling impresarios won’t be overly concerned.
Guadalajara city councilors will vote to increase the cost of permits for the 11 casinos in the municipality from 420,000 to one million pesos in 2014.
Governor orders audit as Judicial City opens
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- Published on Friday, 30 August 2013 10:37
- Written by GR Staff
Behind schedule and with doubts over the transparency of its financing and construction, Guadalajara’s new civil court court complex opened this week with a ceremony presided over by Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval.
Local authorities building new parks for skaters
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- Published on Thursday, 15 August 2013 17:46
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Skateboarding is an increasingly popular pastime among young people in Guadalajara, but until now it had never been prioritized by the public programs that aim to promote local youth sports.
Teenagers detained for extorting victim over Facebook
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- Published on Friday, 30 August 2013 10:32
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Four teenagers were arrested in Guadalajara last week for using Facebook to threaten and extort an 18-year-old male, the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office (FGE) revealed on Saturday.
3,000 new potholes appear every day in GDL
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- Published on Thursday, 15 August 2013 14:36
- Written by Duncan Tucker
As this week’s heavy rains tore great chunks out of the city streets, National Action Party (PAN) councilor Mario Salazar Madera accused Guadalajara’s municipal government of not spending a penny of the 38 million pesos it has budgeted for road repairs in 2013.