In the town of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, state and federal police are the objects of rage as citizens demonstrate over the imprisonment and alleged torture of a security guard, Antonio Luna, whom authorities have accused of killing his three young sons, ages 4, 8 and 11, in a January 14 late night shootout involving police. Authorities also allege that on the same occasion Luna tried to kill his wife. 

Governor Aristoteles Sandoval says Jalisco needs to look further afield than the United States to rid this state of its economic “dependency” on its northern neighbor. 

It’s no wonder Jalisco is so keen to grab a slice of the U.S. avocado market that neighbors Michoacan currently monopolizes.  Americans are loco for the fruit – especially when Super Bowl time comes around.

The first shipments of avocados sent from Jalisco to the United States in more than 100 years were unable to cross the border last week and Mexico’s federal government is being blamed for the fiasco.

Ajijic tried it a few years ago with mixed success; now the town of Tequila is hoping to draw movie fans by hosting its own International Film Festival from Tuesday, February 8 through Saturday, February 11.  

A massive give-away of tacos in Guadalajara’s Parque Revolucion managed to bring in more than 800 kilograms of food for the Jalisco Family Development Agency (DIF) to distribute to needy families.