Stepping out

Los Traficantes del Ritmo plays Adelita’s Bar & Grill in San Antonio Tlayacapan with Jonathan Guzman on vocals and guitar, Sergio Casas on bass and Chelo Gonzlez on drums, Friday April 1. Call 766-0097 for times and reservations.

A Guadalajara man admitted strangling his wife to death because she didn’t have breakfast ready for him when he got up.  

Pretty much everyone has now heard of Mexican soap star Kate del Castillo, even if the circumstances of her new-found fame are almost certainly not of her choosing. 

Jalisco Governor Aristóteles Sandoval turned up among the throng of tourists visiting lakeside last Sunday, sending out this Twitter selfie along with a message reading, “At the Chapala Malecón greeting our people. We’re going for an ice cream!”  The Jalisco chief executive was relaxing after finishing a two-day retreat with his cabinet held at a west-end Ajijic hotel. He scheduled a return visit for Friday, January 22 to preside at several official events before taking time off to celebrate his birthday.