General News

Not a single state official has yet to receive any kind of sanction more than one year after Jalisco installed its Fiscalía Anticorrupciónan (Special Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Corruption).

Same-sex marriage may be legal in Jalisco, yet the state’s Civil Code continues to define marriage as a heterosexual union. This creates legal loopholes while undermining human rights, according to civic organizations.  

Based on how merely six out of every 100 homicides were prosecuted in 2018, Jalisco Attorney General Gerardo Octavio Solís has attributed today’s high rate of impunity to ineffectual previous administrations and “too many guns on the streets.”

A rodada (critical mass) comprised entirely of female cyclists from various civic organizations took to city streets on the evening of February 6 to draw attention to growing number of femicides in Jalisco.

More than 600 Jalisciences have enrolled in Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro (Youth Constructing the Future), a national program providing apprenticeships and scholarships to 60,000 young adults in Mexico with few job prospects.

Jalisco’s obligatory vehicle emissions testing program (verificacion vehicular) has been suspended pending a major restructuring initiative.

Seven state police officers assigned to the amphibious police squad based in Chapala were arrested Monday, February 18 following a spot inspection at their headquarters at the Cristiania Park.

A new set of fines for transporting a child on a motorcycle has been approved by the Jalisco State Congress.