General News

The December 11 murder of Efren Alvarez Lopez, 50, the former mayor of San Sebastian del Oeste, joins a list of six deadly attacks on aspiring, active or former political figures that have taken place in the state of Jalisco in the second half of 2014. 

One question asked frequently  by Mexicans: “Why, if Mexico’s police forces are being purged ruthlessly for rogue elements, are the nation’s judges not being subjected to the same treatment?”

Christmas is coming early for thousands of people in the state of Jalisco, as the Mexican government continues its handout of digital television sets in preparation for the analog shutdown next year.

Despite the ongoing violence plaguing the nation, economic hardship, large-scale demonstrations and anguish over the disappearance of 43 students, the denizens of Jalisco enjoy “high levels of happiness,” State Social Development Secretary Salvado Rizo Castelo said this week.

In an unprecedented step, state police have disarmed officers in two Jalisco municipalities and confined them to barracks, under instructions from Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval.

An exhalation of the Colima Volcano midday on Friday sent a plume of smoke and ash soaring three kilometers into the sky.  

Fifty-two people in Jalisco have died as a result of the cold in 2014, prompting welfare agencies to introduce new measures to guarantee that the state’s homeless population are protected this winter.

The United Nations’ MY World global survey that aims to define a new development agenda for the world is coming to Jalisco on December 4.