General News

As the coronavirus threat cranks up, the Jalisco Health Department (SSJ) has the use of an ambulance that has been specially equipped to respond to chemical, biological and radiological emergencies.

Although the Mexican government has made no announcement about banning mass gatherings due Covid-19, organizers of such events are taking matters into their own hands for the public good.

There are now 5 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the state of Jalisco, although the real number is probably higher given the limited amount of testing available.

Two investigators assigned to the Ministerio Publico (prosecutor’s office) were killed during a shootout between state police and an armed gang holed up in a house in the Las Huertas neighborhood of Tlaquepaque last Friday.

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City and all U.S. consulates in Mexico (including Guadalajara) will suspend routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services starting March 18, and until further notice. Meanwhile, routine passport (including consular reports of birth abroad) and notarial services for U.S. citizens will be limited starting March 18. Seehttps://bit.ly/3b2ivNf.

The U.S. Department of State has issued one of the largest narcotics rewards ever – US$10 million – for information leading to the arrest ofNemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho,” the leader of Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).

CLASSES SUSPENDED … Jalisco education authorities have decided to suspend all classes as of Tuesday, March 17, meaning that schoolchildren will be absent from school until Monday, April 20, almost five weeks.  Last Friday, federal authorities brought forward the Easter holiday by two weeks, suspending all classes nationwide as of March 20.

The U.S. Department of State has issued one of the largest narcotics rewards ever – US$10 million – for information leading to the arrest ofNemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho,” the leader of Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).