General News

The  bodies of three Central American youngsters found washed up within the past week on disparate Pacific Ocean beaches in southern Mexico could spur this country, which many observers call exceptionally oriented toward children, to implement recent constitutional changes establishing the right for outsiders to seek asylum here, say human rights specialists working in the area.

Although speaking carefully so as not to encroach into the presidential campaign debate, recently arrived U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson said the proposal by presumptive Republican Party nominee Donald Trump to build a border wall would “not help” in furthering relations between the two nations.

In his first ever media interview, notorious drug capo Rafael Caro Quintero said he is no longer a participant in the narcotics trafficking trade and disclaimed any involvement in the kidnap, torture and murder of a  U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent in 1985 for which he was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

The worldwide tendency for banks to close branches is now being seen in Jalisco – although lines don’t seem to be getting any shorter and many customers still complain!

Incidents of homophobia have increased in Mexico in the wake of President Enrique Peña Nieto’s proposal to legalize same-sex marriage, a leading NGO attests. 

Jalisco’s burgeoning relationship with Canada received another shot in the arm last month following a visit to two provinces by an education and research mission headed by Jaime Reyes Robles, state secretary for Innovation, Science and Technology.  

Italian airline Alitalia has launched a direct service from Mexico City to Rome, the “city of external love.”

Respecting a campaign pledge, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week announced that Canada will lift its controversial visa requirement for Mexican visitors in December.