Despite having been freed by a court in Miami last month, Sandra Avila Beltran, better known as “La Reina del Pacifico” or the “Queen of the Pacific,” found herself behind bars once again upon returning to Mexico this week.

Residents of Temacapulin rejoiced last Thursday at the news that the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation had blocked plans to flood the town by raising the Zapotillo dam to 105 meters.

Car insurance (third party minimum) is obligatory in Jalisco but only one-fifth of all motorists in the state are taking out cover for their vehicles, according to two automobile sector institutions. 

A group of retired citizens protested outside the Jalisco Government Palace this week to demand the release of federal pension funds denied to them since the beginning of the year.

A seven-year-old girl was stung to death by a swarm of bees in San Agustin, Tlajomulco on Sunday.The girl, identified only as Jocelyn, died just before 8:30 p.m. at a private hospital in Santa Cruz de las Flores after being stung more than 50 times that afternoon.

The National Defense Department (Sedena) destroyed hundreds of marijuana and opium poppy plantations across western Mexico last month.