General News

Just over 8,000 Jalisco car owners have been issued with fines for not taking their vehicles for an emissions inspection since the “Responsible Verification” program kicked in earlier this year.

Claudia Shenbaum, top contender for the Morena party candidacy in next year’s presidential election, included Chapala on her itinerary for a one-day visit to Jalisco  on Sunday, July 9.

July 11, low-cost carrier Volaris launched a new non-stop flight from Guadalajara to Loreto in Baja California.

Guadalajara journalists and photographers staged a protest in the Parque Rojo Monday to demand justice for the murder of a colleague in the neighboring state of Nayarit.

The FBI has issued a statement announcing that U.S. citizen Monica de Leon Barba, 30, was recently released by her captors after being kidnapped by five men in Tepatitlán, Jalisco on November 29, 2022 while walking her dog.

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro has ended the speculation concerning his future, announcing that he will not run for president, nor seek any other political post after he finishes his six-year term in 2024.

Around 1,200 demonstrators from around 30 civilian organizations and groups dedicated to locating missing persons marched in Guadalajara last Sunday, urging the state governor to reverse his decision to stop searches for clandestine graves based on leads provided by anonymous sources.

If you want a taster of the multitude of crafts, foods and other products made in the state of Jalisco, make a bee line for downtown Guadalajara anytime over the next three weeks.