The state of Jalisco has the highest rate of identity theft in the country, according to data collected by the Guadalajara College of Certified Public Accountants (CCPG). There were 30,000 cases reported in 2015 out of a total of 92,000 complaints reported in the whole of Mexico. This represents a rise of seven percent compared to the previous year.

State health authorities are playing down the seriousness of the spike in flu cases, even though doctors say clinics are bursting at the seams with probable sufferers.

Citizens and civil society groups are seeking to gather the 120,000 signatures needed to present a historic anti-corruption initiative to the Jalisco Congress.

The music of ten mariachi bands filled the patio of the Jalisco Congress this week as legislators gave their approval to naming November 27 as Dia del Mariachi (Mariachi Day) in the state.  

Jalisco is behind schedule in the task of getting all of its police officers up to speed in time for the implementation of the nation’s new criminal justice system. So far, 15,000 state and municipal police officers have taken the necessary training course, which represents 71 percent of the various forces in Jalisco.

The opening of the new court complex in Chapala ties in to a 2008 amendment to Mexico’s constitution, mandating the country’s transition from an inquisitorial criminal justice system to the adversarial legal system familiar to citizens of the United States, Canada and Great Britain. 

Jalisco is one of the states that has been slowest to make adjustments for the overhaul of the penal justice paradigm. But with a deadline looming four months ahead, things are finally in full motion.