The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
At least seven armed individuals raided the Fabricas de Francia department store in Guadalajara’s Gran Plaza earlier this week, breaking glass cases and making off with a haul of expensive watches and assorted jewelry.
During a visit to the city this week, Transportation and Communications (SCT) Secretary Gerardo Ruíz Esparza announced that sections of metro-area Guadalajara’s much anticipated third Tren Ligero (subway) line could be up and running as early as October.
Resurfacing work will begin Sunday, July 2, on a 6.5-kilometer section of the southern Guadalajara Periférico (beltway), running between the Chapala highway turnoff and Avenida Ocho de Julio.
The effectiveness of the 911 emergency service has been called into question after a disorientated woman, wandering the lanes of the Guadalajara periferico (beltway) in the middle of the night, was struck and killed by a car, local daily NTR reported this week.
Drivers of the city center’s new electric (horseless) calandrias have received uniforms designed by students from the fashion faculty of the University of Guadalajara’s Centro Universitario de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño (CUAAD).
A series of events has been planned to honor El Parián, one of Tlaquepaque’s most iconic landmarks, which celebrates its 140th birthday this month.
The University of Guadalajara is once again in mourning, this time after one of its brightest students died Monday during a mugging in Colonia Vicente Guerrero.
Around a dozen U.S. citizens, some affiliated with the Guadalajara chapter of Democrats Abroad, staged a small vigil outside the U.S. Consulate General Saturday, June 30, to protest the Trump administration’s family separation policy at the U.S. border.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our December editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
