General News
Grenade attack targets local newspaper
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 13:04
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The latest attack on the Mexican press came in the early hours of Wednesday morning when two explosive devices were thrown at the Guadalajara offices of local Spanish-language daily Mural.
April’s reading marathon
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 12:27
- Written by GR Staff
To mark World Book Day on Tuesday, April 23, hundreds of Tapatio literary enthusiasts will take part in a reading marathon of Jane Austen’s classic novel “Pride and Prejudice.”
Top ranked matador slated in Tlaquepaque
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 12:47
- Written by GR Staff
The world’s best known matador Spaniard Julian Lopez “El Juli” will make an appearance at Tlaquepaque’s Plaza de Toros El Cenenario April 27.
Zapopan fires keep 200 bomberos busy
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 11:37
- Written by GR Staff
After 20 hours of work by fire brigades two forest fires in western Zapopan Thursday night were still not under control.
Shootings become commonplace in Chapalita
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 12:35
- Written by GR Staff
Even the leafy neighborhood of Chapalita has not been immune to the violence that has periodically gripped the metropolitan area over the past few years.
150 Tapatios to take part in NASA-sponsored ‘hackathon’
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- Published on Friday, 12 April 2013 13:00
- Written by GR Staff
The U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara has joined forces with the TEC University in Guadalajara and the Agencia Aeroespacial de Jalisco to participate in the International Space Apps Challenge – a “hackathon” that will take place over a 48-hour period in cities around the world on the weekend of April 21 and 22.
American murdered in Zapopan home robbery
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 12:34
- Written by GR Staff
More details have recently emerged of the murder of a U.S. citizen whose body was found at the luxury home he had built in a remote region near Guadalajara on February 10.
Drugged cop in fatal accident
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- Published on Friday, 12 April 2013 12:39
- Written by GR Staff
A Guadalajara police officer under the influence of cocaine was at the wheel of a patrol car involved in an accident that took the life of a nine-month-old infant.
New subway line to run from Zapopan to Tlaquepaque
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 12:26
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Although it has yet to be officially confirmed, several local and state officials have said the new line of Guadalajara’s light-rail network will run diagonally from Zapopan through the city center and on to Tlaquepaque.