Guadalajara police officers have captured two carjackers who found their getaway stymied by the city’s congested streets.  

Downtown Guadalajara merchants wasted no time in applying pressure on mayor-elect Enrique Alfaro, drawing attention this week to the growth of unlicensed street trading, which they say has exploded under the administration of current Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) Mayor Ramiro Hernandez.

The adjective “conservative” is commonly applied to Jalisco by journalists looking for a quick way to summarize its culture. Few can deny that the description is apt, especially when compared to “liberal” Mexico City, which has legalized abortion and gay marriage. 

Progress is already visible in the construction of a third line in Guadalajara’s tren ligero (light-rail network). The supporting columns for the rail track are in place on Prolongacion Laureles, between the planned stations of Mercado del Mar and Basilica. The new line will run diagonally from the northern periferico (beltway) in Zapopan, via downtown Zapopan and Guadalajara, to the Nueva Central Camionera bus station in Tlaquepaque. The new track is expected to open in June 2017.

Two men belonging to the indigenous Wirrarika (Huichol) people of Jalisco and Nayarit have been arrested at the Guadalajara International Airport after being discovered in possession of peyote, a plant known for its psychoactive properties.

The National Forestry Commission (Conafor) is reporting only 177 forest fires this year in Jalisco compared with 420 at the same time in 2014.  Despite this, two firefighting planes, one owned by Conafor and the other rented by the municipality of Zapopan, have made nearly 200 flyovers to dump water loads on fires raging during the hot season.