General News

Classes for around 1.6 million educación básica (preschool, primary and secondary level) students and 84,000 teachers officially began July 1.

Authorities in Guadalajara are ramping up efforts to protect students from a surge in cyber-enabled crimes—including data theft via fake QR codes, phone extortion and virtual kidnapping—through a coordinated strategy between police, education officials and digital security experts.

The Jalisco Transportation Department (Setrans) has announced the introduction of a new version of the state driver’s license, which includes English translations.

The ranchero group Los Alegres del Barranco, who became public enemy number one after displaying images of most-wanted drug lord “El Mencho” (Nemesio Oseguera) during a concert at Guadalajara’s Telmex Auditorium, have made a dramatic about-face.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on five individuals, four of whom are believed to be top leaders of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), including its alleged leader Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” a fugitive who carries a bounty of US$15 million on his head.

There are over 5,000 patients on waiting lists for organ transplants in Jalisco, according to Eduardo Tapia Alcalá, the organ and tissue donation coordinator at the Old Civil Hospital in Guadalajara.

Teuchitlán is receiving a timely boost following recent negative publicity surrounding the municipality’s alleged ties to organized crime. At a press conference held at the Guachimontones archaeological site, state officials announced the fifth round of the “Jalisco Corre” racing series, set for Sunday, July 13.

Two candidates tied to the religious organization La Luz del Mundo won seats in Jalisco’s federal judicial elections on June 1.