The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City and all U.S. consulates in Mexico (including Guadalajara) will suspend routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services starting March 18, and until further notice. Meanwhile, routine passport (including consular reports of birth abroad) and notarial services for U.S. citizens will be limited starting March 18. Seehttps://bit.ly/3b2ivNf.

CLASSES SUSPENDED … Jalisco education authorities have decided to suspend all classes as of Tuesday, March 17, meaning that schoolchildren will be absent from school until Monday, April 20, almost five weeks.  Last Friday, federal authorities brought forward the Easter holiday by two weeks, suspending all classes nationwide as of March 20.

Although the Mexican government has made no announcement about banning mass gatherings due Covid-19, organizers of such events are taking matters into their own hands for the public good.

Two investigators assigned to the Ministerio Publico (prosecutor’s office) were killed during a shootout between state police and an armed gang holed up in a house in the Las Huertas neighborhood of Tlaquepaque last Friday.

The U.S. Department of State has issued one of the largest narcotics rewards ever – US$10 million – for information leading to the arrest ofNemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho,” the leader of Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).

The U.S. Department of State has issued one of the largest narcotics rewards ever – US$10 million – for information leading to the arrest ofNemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho,” the leader of Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).