Since taking his oath of office on December 6, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro has put the state government’s private jet up for sale, requested judges to reduce their salaries while lowering his own, and announced plans to restructure the state police force.

Data released by the National Statistics Institute (INEGI) reinforces why police reform is a central theme in Mexican politics.

A former state prosecutor has been handed the task of bringing some credibility back to the Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalia General del Estado) after a torrid year for the agency.   

Six state police officers were killed in an ambush in the southern Jalisco town of La Huerta at around 4 p.m. on Monday, December 3. One officer survived the attack, in addition to a suspect who had earlier been detained by the patrol.

A 57-year-old Canadian man died after falling from the third floor balcony of the Decameron Hotel in Bucerias, Nayarit.

On November 26, UNESCO representatives from 24 countries convened in Port Louis, Mauritius.