The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Pedro Kumamoto, whose groundbreaking 2015 victory as a raw 25-year-old independent candidate in a Jalisco congressional district shook up the state’s political establishment, is transitioning from political battles to an important international position.
The arrival of Pablo Lemus to the Jalisco statehouse has led to a relaxation of security measures at both the Government Palace and the governor’s official residence, Casa Jalisco, on Avenida Manuel Acuña.
Owners of Jalisco-plated vehicles will be required to change their license plates in 2025, the state legislature ruled last week.
The final stretch of the Guadalajara-to-Puerto Vallarta toll road (often referred to as the Vía Corta, or short route) is nearing completion, federal authorities say.
In one of the final acts of his administration, Governor Enrique Alfaro inaugurated the Instituto Jalisciense de Cancerología (Jalisco Cancer Institute), a facility the state government claims will be one of the most advanced of its kind in Latin America.
Jalisco’s third airport, Chalacatepec Airport, designed to serve the Costalegre region, was officially inaugurated last week.
A California couple visiting Mexico was shot and killed on Wednesday, December 11 in the state of Michoacán, according to multiple U.S. news sources, including CNN and The New York Times.
Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus has criticized the funds allocated in the 2025 federal budget to improve the state’s deteriorating federal highways, calling the amount “a joke.”
Officers from Jalisco’s Family Violence Unit (Unidad de Violencia Familiar) have rescued an 11-year-old boy who had been chained to the roof of his home in Tlaquepaque. The boy’s mother was arrested, and two other children, aged two and five, were taken into protective custody.
