Incidents of cars thefts and break-ins rose 18 percent in the municipal area of Guadalajara last year, according to statistics compiled by the city’s public safety office.

Two members of a citizen watchdog organization that shed light on potentially illegal practices at Guadalajara’s Hospital Civil say they are afraid for their lives.

The Guadalajara Zoo spent 2.5 million dollars on its new aquarium and so far the reaction of visitors is a big thumbs up.

A citizen cast a vote in downtown Guadalajara on whether Mexicans should accept a current reform bill that would open up Mexican oil monopoly Pemex to limited private investment.