Overview
- Authorities expect about 2.5 million participants for the 291st Romería, with coordination across municipal, state and federal forces including the National Guard and Army.
- Guadalajara will field nearly 2,300 staff from 15 departments with 284 vehicles, seven ambulances, two medical modules, eight lost‑person tables, a C5 post outside City Hall and 200 portable toilets.
- Zapopan will deploy more than 2,800 public servants and 200 units, plus five medical modules, six ambulances, a mobile urgent‑care clinic, four Civil Protection posts, four DIF modules, four hydration points, two Red Cross posts and 330 portable toilets.
- Mobility measures include staged street closures from Oct. 10–12, suspension or restrictions on sections of the Vía RecreActiva, and the closure of Line 3 stations Plaza Patria and Zapopan Centro until 13:00 on Oct. 12.
- Preventive checks completed 750 inspections of amusement rides, all with favorable rulings, and organizers plan for 34,500 dancers to accompany the route as officials confirm no citywide dry law, with sales limits along the procession corridor.