Jalisco’s police officers struggle to make ends meet
Data released by the National Statistics Institute (INEGI) reinforces why police reform is a central theme in Mexican politics.
Data released by the National Statistics Institute (INEGI) reinforces why police reform is a central theme in Mexican politics.
A former state prosecutor has been handed the task of bringing some credibility back to the Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalia General del Estado) after a torrid year for the agency.
With a new Jalisco state government under the stewardship of Enrique Alfaro set to assume office Thursday, December 6, the outgoing administration is involved in a mad scramble to inaugurate public works, even though many are incomplete.
Six state police officers were killed in an ambush in the southern Jalisco town of La Huerta at around 4 p.m. on Monday, December 3. One officer survived the attack, in addition to a suspect who had earlier been detained by the patrol.
With less than one kilometer of paving left in the nine-month repaving project on the Santa-Rosa turnoff to Chapala highway, motorists can begin to breathe easy as they head into Guadalajara.
A 57-year-old Canadian man died after falling from the third floor balcony of the Decameron Hotel in Bucerias, Nayarit.
Vigilante justice may seem like an admirable cause in Mexico, where certain law enforcement officers cooperate with organized crime units, but sometimes innocent people pay the price.
On November 26, UNESCO representatives from 24 countries convened in Port Louis, Mauritius.
The Chapala government believes the municipality stands to reap huge economic, social and environmental benefits from its recycling program that is being introduced in gradual stages.