ZAPOPAN - “Miss Sinaloa and the Seven Narcos,” ran the headline in Mexican-daily El Universal.

GUADALAJARA - Like it or not, the face of Guadalajara’s historical downtown will have to change, at least if infrastructure headaches are to end and eyesores are to disappear.

ZAPOPAN - For those that like a flutter here and there, it seems Zapopan may soon be the place to be.

GUADALAJARA - While many of us think Santa should be enjoying a hard-earned relaxation period at the North Pole, a few of his many incarnations are still earnestly posing for those family photos in Guadalajara’s Plaza de la Liberacion behind the Cathedral.

GUADALAJARA - A fire at Abastos Market destroyed 17 vendor areas last Wednesday.