A helicopter from the Mexican Navy (Marina) opened fire on five patrol vehicles from Jalisco’s Fuerza Unica rapid response police squad Sunday in an incident that Governor Aristoteles Sandoval later described as “a confusion.”

The 41th International Gastronomy Festival organized by the Jalisco Consular Association (Cuerpo Consular Jalisco) takes place Sunday, April 22, at the Centro de la Amistad Internacional in Guadalajara.

Bill Wolff, a U.S. resident of Jocotepec who disappeared Wednesday, April 4, has been returned safe and sound to his lakeside domicile.

While those living lakeside won’t be as affected by the following news as those residing in Guadalajara, it nonetheless bears mentioning that Uber, the controversial taxi service – a key player in the equally controversial “share economy” – will be raising its prices in Jalisco starting sometime this month.

Street dogs euthanized

It’s been found that eight out of every ten street dogs in the municipality of Tlajomulco are euthanized. 

The fiercest fire of the hot season so far tore through Bosque La Primavera, the large area of forest to the west of Guadalajara sometimes known as the city’s lungs, for about 40 hours, between Tuesday and Thursday, charring about 2,200 of its 30,500 hectares before being brought under control.