There were fewer homicides, kidnappings and bank robberies in Jalisco in 2014, although reports of extortion increased. 

The Colima Volcano registered signs of increased activity this week, with lava emissions, and exhalations reaching 700 meters in height. Jalisco Civil Protection officials, however, said the activity does not pose to a threat to the nearby population. An official took this photo Tuesday during a flyover to check on the volcano. Lava can be seen clearly pouring from the crater’s left side. The volcano is one of the most active in the Americas, although its last major eruption was in 1913.

The Feast of the Three Kings will be celebrated all over Mexico next week, but nowhere with greater devotion and religious fervor than in Cajititlán de los Reyes.

Poor service

A gang of young people left an explosive device in a Tlajomulco restaurant because they didn’t like the service. New The group set off an array of fireworks in the bathroom of the chicken restaurant on Monday December 30, causing significant damage to the sinks and walls. Given that the cause of the explosion was unknown, the police sent a group of bomb experts to the scene. Soon after, the restaurant was called by an unidentified individual who said he was responsible. The owners have handed the CCTV tapes to the police.

The December 11 murder of Efren Alvarez Lopez, 50, the former mayor of San Sebastian del Oeste, joins a list of six deadly attacks on aspiring, active or former political figures that have taken place in the state of Jalisco in the second half of 2014. 

Christmas is coming early for thousands of people in the state of Jalisco, as the Mexican government continues its handout of digital television sets in preparation for the analog shutdown next year.