Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador this week paid his first visit to Guadalajara since his landslide July 1 election victory — part of a national “Tour of Thanks” he is undertaking prior to his investiture on December 1.

Jalisco’s Secretaria de Movilidad (Semov) resumed random vehicle spot checks at lakeside this week, with local motorists reporting a team of agents posted on the highway west of Ajijic at La Cristina on Wednesday, September 19.

Dissatisfied with the August 31 decision of Jalisco’s Electoral Tribunal (Triejal) to uphold the election of Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) candidate Moisés Anaya as Chapala’s next mayor, representatives of two opposing parties have filed appeals with the regional chamber of the Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación (TEPJF) for a definitive ruling.

Expect Mexico to mark Día Nacional de Protección Civil with heightened pathos on Wednesday, September 19.

Renovations to the Plaza de Armas, the landmark square in Guadalajara’s historic center, will not be completed by this weekend but the traditional “grito” festivities will take place  as usual on the evening of Saturday, September 15.

The Centro Interpretativo Phil Weigand at the Guachimontones archaeological site has become the first museum in Jalisco to be powered exclusively by “green” energy.