Pan Ams

The Pan American Games are coming up, and Guadalajara is sprucing up it's streets. I've heard the city has extra police and federales from Mexico City to make sure there's no trouble from the cartels during the next couple weeks. All around the city streets have been repaved, outdoor artwork has gone up and advertisements like this one are everywhere.

The rumor is as soon as the games are over the zetas (a split off from the Gulf cartel) may try to take Guadalajara as their territory. We'll see. School is out for the next two weeks mostly because traffic will be so bad the kids won't be able to get to school. The Pan Am's will have all sorts of events, much like the Olympics but only for the Americas. To bad it's also a great time to travel, so I won't get a chance to see any of the events.