A series of accusations, ranging from cocaine possession to fraud, have been made against a Jalisco politician who hopes to be the next mayor of El Salto.

Demonstrators in central Guadalajara were encouraging people not to vote in the 2015 elections. Protestors gathered on the corner of Calzada Independencia and Avenida Juarez on Wednesday, February 4, to call for a boycott of the political process. The movement is a response to the disappearance of 43 student protestors in Guerrero last September.

Jorge Alberto Arizpe Garcia, the Operations Commandant for the Jalisco division of Mexico’s Federal Police, will appear at the Lake Chapala Society on Thursday, February 12, 1 p.m., for an open public presentation focusing on safe travel in the state and surrounding areas.  He will offer suggestions on preferable travel routes to various destinations and single out locations to be avoided. The talk will also touch on the history of the Federal Police and their current role in providing safety and enforcement activities in the region.

Arizpe will also be accompanied by Fernanda Cerda Vera, also from the Federal Police, who will alert the community to prevalent scams that have been detected in Jalisco. Among the most notorious incidents are telephone extortion ploys in which a purported relative calls the victim, asking for money to get out of some terrible situation. She will explain how to recognize and protect yourself from these cons. 

Everyone is welcome to attend the event and learn more about these timely topics.

Eleven years after its scheduled inauguration, the giant Martyrs’ Sanctuary in southern Guadalajara finally has a roof.

A spokesman for the archdiocese of Guadalajara announced that the building is now almost completely covered. 

The ambitious project to construct Mexico’s largest religious edifice has been slowly progressing thanks to private donations. The project costs an estimated 2 billion pesos ($US68 million).

The building is set to honor Mexico’s 25 Catholic martyrs of the Cristero War of the 1920’s. The idea is to seat 12,000 people in the church with the atrium able to accommodate a further 50,000. 

The best flamenco dance groups in Jalisco will perform each week during February and March at Teatro Alarife Martín Casillas, located at Av. Prolongación Alcalde 1351 in Guadalajara. All shows are Thursdays at 8 p.m.

More than 200 taxis parked on Avenida Juarez in Guadalajara, blocking traffic for four hours on Tuesday 28 December. The protesters, who gathered outside the Government Palace, were calling for a zero-tolerance policy towards “pirate” transport companies like motor-taxis and unregulated services like Uber, which are technically illegal. Demonstrators also demanded the resignation of Transport Secretary Mauricio Gudiño.