Tlajomulco mayor flaunts transparency but laments environmental disaster
Ismael del Toro Castro talked up his achievements as mayor of Tlajomulco during his first annual informe on Tuesday, but admitted greater improvements are needed in certain areas.

After almost ten months of wrongful imprisonment, two teenage students from Guadalajara were finally released from jail in Mazatlan on Friday.
Over 190,000 people have signed an online petition for the release of two Tapatio teenagers who have spent nearly ten months in prison for a crime that they did not commit.
Kids love role-playing by mimicking traditionally adult activities. Fourteen years ago, that premise led Mexican entrepreneur Xavier Lopez Ancona to open KidZania, an entertainment/educational theme park where children aged 4 to 12 could acquire real-life skills, learn about working and having a career and be introduced to the fundamentals of financial literacy.
Economically challenged Mexicans lacking health insurance who turned up at the public Hospital General de Occidente (commonly referred to as Zoquipan) in Zapopan this week were surprised to find that charges for medical services had shot up overnight by roughly 120 percent.