Getting away with murder, literally
This year has been unkind to Jalisco in the sphere of murders. With 171 dead, March was declared the state’s single bloodiest month since 1997.
This year has been unkind to Jalisco in the sphere of murders. With 171 dead, March was declared the state’s single bloodiest month since 1997.
Three fire fighters lost their lives while combatting a blaze Saturday, April 28 near Concepcion de Buenos Aires, a town characterized – like nearby Mazamitla – by dry forests of pine trees.
“Ariadne’s Thread,” a sculpture all in burnished steel, has appeared at the corner of Lazaro Cardenas and Niño Obrero in Zapopan.
Jalisco legislator Veronica Jimenez Vazquez has proposed a new law to punish participation in dog fighting with up to five years in prison and 161,200 pesos in fines.
A plaza in Tonala’s Colonia Ciudad Aztlan was recently dubbed by municipal authorities as “Plaza Enrique Peña Nieto” (after Mexico’s current president).
Vallarta Pride 2018 will run from May 20 to 27 and celebrate the port’s 100th anniversary with the theme, “100 Reasons to Celebrate.”
Enrique Alfaro, the Citizens Movement (CM) candidate for Jalisco governor, plans to spend big to ensure Guadalajara “gets the airport it deserves.”
Construction has begun on a new Patrón Tequila plant in the eastern Jalisco town of Atotonilco El Alto.
Miguel Castro Reynoso, who prior to his current run for governor of Jalisco was a state congressman and mayor of Tlaquepaque, has unveiled an education program he intends to implement upon his hoped-for election.