General News

A legislator is seeking to alter the Jalisco penal code to offer greater protections to  citizens who act in legitimate self defense of their persons or property.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has refused to lower the $US50 million bail for Naason Joaquin Garcia, the leader of the Guadalajara-based Luz del Mundo church who faces multiple sex abuse charges in California.

A man who was shot to death in his car in the Solaris Residencial gated community in Zapopan has been identified as Héctor Huerta Ríos, the presumed one-time leader of the Beltrán Leyva drug cartel in the northern city of Monterrey.

Jalisco Health Secretary Fernando Petersen Aranguren has warned that the chances of contracting the mosquito-borne disease dengue will increase significantly once the rainy season commences in earnest later this month.

Street food and plastic are unfortunately synonymous in Mexico. Even if you don’t order your torta ahogada to go, most dishes still come with plastic coverings over reusable plates. Bring your own Tupperware or container and risk major eye-rolling. 

Work on cleaning the muddy streets of San Gabriel after the small Jalisco town was flooded out during a recent storm is almost complete, reports Víctor Hugo Roldán, head of Civil Protection in the state. 

The 3,550 new National Guard (Guardia Nacional or GN) members stationed in the state of Jalisco will not be spending their time hunting migrants but chasing and capturing criminals, Governor Enrique Alfaro stressed this week.

Tweeting after he sat down for breakfast Thursday with U.S. Consul General Robin Matthewman, Jalisco Governor Enrique Ramirez said, “One thing is clear; in Jalisco we have a great working relationship, respect and friendship with our northern neighbor.”