The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Monday, March 7, Jalisco will return to the green (low risk) category on the federal government’s Covid stoplight platform, the mechanism that determines what activities are safe to resume and/or with what restrictions on a state-by-state basis.
Jalisco and federal authorities have beefed up security in municipalities bordering the state of Michoacan following reports of a massacre last weekend at a wake in the town of San Jose de Gracia.
The Jalisco government has intensified security and surveillance on its border with Colima following a recent spate of violent incidents in the neighboring state.
Carnaval fiestas in Puerto Vallarta, Merida and Morelia are cancelled this year. Campeche first cancelled and then reactivated its fiesta. Veracruz has decided to run its top-notch Mardi Gras festival in July.
State authorities stress that the new program of random searches of vehicles for weapons in the Guadalajara metropolitan area is being conducted with full respect for civil and human liberties.
Governor Enrique Alfaro has named the lakeshore town of Jamay as Jalisco’s next candidate for Pueblo Mágico status.
Family members of two women arrested in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Eduardo Salomón staged a protest last weekend, insisting that their relatives are scapegoats and have nothing to do with the crime.
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro is expected to announce changes to state Covid-19 mandates on Friday, February 25.
If the downward trend in Covid-19 infections continues at the current rate, the fourth wave of the pandemic in Jalisco and the rest of Mexico could be over a matter of weeks, says University of Guadalajara epidemiologist Carlos Alonso Reynoso.
