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Zapopan

American  
[zah-poh-pahn, ‑-pan, zah-paw-pahn] / ˌzɑ poʊˈpɑn, ‑ˈpæn, ˌzɑ pɔˈpɑn /

noun

  1. a city in Jalisco, SW Mexico, NW of Guadalajara.


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“We want people to know about what goes on in Mexico,” said Héctor Flores, co-founder of Light of Hope, whose volunteers uncovered a human skull in a Zapopan ravine last week.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

On Saturday, federal prosecutors handed Oseguera's body over to his family, which took it from Mexico City to Guadalajara for burial in the suburb of Zapopan.

From Barron's Mar. 3, 2026

Moments before her death, Ms Marquez was sitting at a table holding a stuffed animal at her beauty salon in the suburb of Zapopan doing a livestream.

From BBC May 14, 2025

The band, Los Alegres del Barranco, projected a likeness of the secretive capo during a concert Saturday at the Telmex Auditorium in Zapopan, a suburb of Guadalajara, triggering protests.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2025

"According to preliminary information, the findings...in Zapopan coincided with the physical characteristics of some of the young people being searched for," the statement said.

From Reuters Jun. 2, 2023

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