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.
The Guadalajara Chapter of Democrats Abroad will gather at the Real Irish Pub on Sunday, March 17 to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
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.
Feminist groups will make their voices heard in downtown Guadalajara on International Women’s Day (IWD), Friday, March 8.
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.
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.
