In a move that may be copied by other tourist centers in Mexico,  Puerto Vallarta’s municipal government has opened an office to attend specifically to the multiple needs of visitors and foreign residents.

Chili Cookoffs are becoming all the rage among expat communities in western Mexico.

Plans are moving ahead to combine the municipal police forces of Puerto Vallarta and Bahia de Banderas in a bid to stop criminals escaping justice.

A two-year-old boy from Colorado was murdered, allegedly by his babysitter’s ‘drug-induced’ ex-boyfriend, at a rented vacaction home in Sayulita last Thursday.

Puerto Vallarta’s street vendors are up in arms about having to leave the Malecon. The new city administration is trying to clear the boardwalk of ambulantes to create a better image to visitors.  

A heavy police and military presence descended on Jalisco’s southern coastal region this week, following several shootings, one of which resulted in the death of a municipal police officer.