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US couple stunned after being fleeced by ‘state police’
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- Published on Friday, 28 June 2013 16:46
- Written by Michael Forbes
A lakeside couple who had barely started the long haul back to the United States in a van loaded with their belongings say they were robbed last weekend by armed men in dark uniforms, who either were, or pretended to be, Jalisco state police officers.
Guadalajara panics as three children go missing
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- Published on Wednesday, 26 June 2013 10:39
- Written by Michael Forbes
The Jalisco Attorney General's Office (Fiscalia General) has issued Amber Alerts after two teens and an infant went missing in Guadalajara.
Bikers bare all to protest car culture
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 16:03
- Written by Michael Forbes
Organizers say 1,600 cyclists stripped off, either completely or partially, to participate in Guadalajara’s Naked Bike Ride last weekend.
Ex-city water chief faces corruption charges
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- Published on Friday, 21 June 2013 16:36
- Written by Michael Forbes
The former director of metro area Guadalajara’s water utility is behind bars and will go on trial for the misuse of public funds.
Unusual tree gets new designation
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 15:55
- Written by Michael Forbes
To mark World Environment Day (June 5), Manuel Corona Diaz, the director general at Guadalajara’s Parque Metropolitano, designated an oddball camichin tree as the park’s official “symbol.”
June’s pothole nightmare
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- Published on Friday, 21 June 2013 15:48
- Written by Michael Forbes
‘Tis the season for drivers to beware of many dangers, not least those scary potholes that can catch you unaware when streets become flooded.
Remembering 49 young lives taken in 2009
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- Published on Friday, 07 June 2013 15:43
- Written by Michael Forbes
Photographs of the 49 children who died in the June 5, 2009 fire at the ABC nursery school in Hermosillo, Sonora were posted on the bandstand in the Plaza de Armas in downtown Guadalajara Wednesday.
Putting smiles on kids’ faces
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- Published on Friday, 21 June 2013 15:30
- Written by Michael Forbes
U.S. television personality Brooke Burke, who visited Guadalajara this week to participate in an Operation Smile medical mission, said she was truly moved and humbled by the experience.
Pride march focuses on same-sex marriage
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- Published on Friday, 07 June 2013 15:18
- Written by Michael Forbes
Demands for legislation to approve same-sex unions comprised a key element of he 17th gay pride parade (Marcha de la Diversidad Sexual) held June 1 in downtown Guadalajara.
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