DEA ‘deeply troubled’ by early release of Guadalajara Cartel founder
After serving 28 years, Rafael Caro Quintero, a founding member of the now-defunct Guadalajara Cartel, was quietly released from a Jalisco state prison in the early hours of Friday morning.
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News
Sunday mass not sacrosanct for crooks
You might think a Sunday mass would be the last place to encounter the criminal class.
500 drug plantations go up in smoke
The National Defense Department (Sedena) destroyed hundreds of marijuana and opium poppy plantations across western Mexico last month.
Tourism infrastructure ramps up in Costalegre
Jalisco Tourism Secretary Enrique Ramos Flores has announced a 1.75-billion dollar in investment by 32 developers in 14 projects along the Costalegre....
Financial indicators as of Thursday, August 8, 2013
- Mexican Stock Market (BMV) opened at 42,246.50 an increase of 1,408.62 points from Thursday, August 1, 2013.
Star of Mexican soccer league dies of sudden heart failure
Just months after winning the Liga MX title with Club America, Ecuadorian striker Christian “Chucho” Benitez died suddenly at a Qatar hospital in the ...
Chapala fountain fixed
Chapala’s landmark Fuente de Pescadores is fully intact once again following the reinstallation of a damaged piece and other repairs completed on Frid...
New online firm advances better sexual health in depressed Mexican communities
An online company offering a discreet condom delivery service has set up a philanthropic program to enable people in marginal communities to receive f...
Jalisco's US expats want to vote for governor
Expatriate Jaliscineses in the United States have filed a petition with the state Congress to change the law so they will be able to vote for the next...
Kay Schallau Walker
Former Ajijic resident Kay Schallau Walker passed away peacefully at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines on the morning of July 16.
Expat Living
Pope Francisco’s statement on homosexuals divides local gay community
Guadalajara is known as one of the bulwarks of Catholicism in Mexico, and maybe because of that fact it is also the base of a strong, well organized a...
Children’s Art Program promotes folk art
On Saturday, August 2, maestros Jose Luis Cortez, an award-winning ceramicist from Tonala, and Jose Manuel Robles, a painter from Tlaquepaque, spoke t...
Texas festival in Nueva Vallarta
Texas natives residing in this region might want to pencil June 11-18 in their diaries. Those are the dates of the ninth edition of the Texas Music F...
La Manzanilla Memo - April 13, 2013
License experience
Getting a Mexican driver’s license was the most fun I’ve had with this country’s bureaucracy in the 13 years I’ve dealt it. My Cal...
City Living - August 10, 2013
Junior charro championship
Mexico’s most accomplished young equestrians are gathered in Guadalajara for the 21st annual Campeonato Nacional Charro y ...
Laguna Chapalac - August 10, 2013
Red Cross increases fees
As of August 1, the Chapala Red Cross has increased fees for many of its services.
North Banderas Beat - April 6, 2013
A smaller PEACE
It would be a vast understatement to say that community leaders in the northshore were caught off-guard by the news of the demise of ...
Arts & Entertainment
Guadalajara Jazz spot ready for festival
After a long career in the media and art world, Eduardo Diaz Barraza, a middle aged tapatio was taking a trip across France when the idea of a new ven...
Ribera Arts Review – August 10, 2013
Viva
The third concert in Viva La Musica’s 2013 summer season takes place at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church on Sunday, August 18, 4 p.m. The concert fe...
Chapala dance company gathers steam
The birth of lakeside’s first regional dance company is on the horizon following an open audition for prospective artists held on Friday, August 2 at ...
The Heat
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence — and hyper-arrogance. Shann...
Columns
Long-distance walker to traverse Mexico’s Copper Canyon
Cam Honan, originally from Australia and now living in Jalisco, may have done more walking than anyone else on earth. Honan has hiked over 80,467 kilo...
Signs of the season
We’re told by the Red Cross that certain pests get more active during the rainy season. We’re talking chiefly about scorpions, spiders, flying insect...
The search for the real mexico continues
“Friedman Gets Lost South of the Border” announced a headline from Center for Economic and Policy Research think tank February 23. In recent days, som...
3D printers: Will we soon need a background check to buy ink?
As a teenager I became an avid Trekie, never missing an episode of the original series, TNG, DS9 or STV. Readers who have never heard of Star Trek ma...
Mexican Lifestyles
Thumbs up on local Apple availability and pricing
People seeking Apple products in Guadalajara have little reason to pout, with Macs, iPods and iPads available in at least 61 spots in metro Guad, incl...
City eatery to host unique salsas contest
If you enjoy old-time Mexican recipes, this event should be on your “do” list.
1 in 5 patients unhappy with IMSS service
Surveys carried out by the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS) in recent years show that around 80 percent of those covered in the national hea...
Ajijic goes cruising
A 20-year cruise industry veteran is bringing a new business to Ajijic that offers luxury, river and expedition cruises.
LCR editor Judy King publishes first book on Lakeside living
In her first book, “Living at Lake Chapala,” local writer Judy King has compiled a treasure trove of information with equal appeal for seasoned expat ...
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