Mi Bici, the eight-week-old public bike share system that is slated to revolutionize non-motorized transportation in Guadalajara, seems to be one of those things that should be about as difficult as cooking a hamburger. But I say this recalling the friend who once asked how to avoid ending up with a burger that’s black on the outside and raw on the inside. So the moral is that if nobody tells you crucial details, you may have problems.

The former administrative director of the Seguro Popular healthcare program in Jalisco has been arrested for allegedly siphoning off funds. 

Guadalajara set a new Guinness record Sunday with a 2,757-meter cochinita pibil taco, beating the previous record of 1,900 meters.

Campaña Electroacopio Jalisco, the annual campaign to collect unwanted electronic items organized by the Jalisco Environmental Agency (Semadet), got underway last weekend in Zapopan.  While items are no longer being accepted in this municipality, the program will continue through mid-March in 60 other municipalities, including Guadalajara, when collection centers will be open on February 27 and 28.

Police raided a company in Zapopan after an anonymous tip-off suggested that Korean bosses were physically and sexually abusing workers. Further investigation established that the claims of exploitation were false and the “gang of suspected human traffickers” was actually a group of Korean engineers.

Giving his 2015 state-of-the-state address (informe) Sunday, Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval bragged about his administration’s transparency and cost-cutting policies that have permitted greater funds to be channelled to education, health initiatives and combatting poverty.