Jalisco health officials lifted the mandatory mask requirement in schools across the Guadalajara metropolitan area effective March 9, citing high vaccination coverage against measles. 

Jalisco’s tourism sector saw continued growth in 2025, closing the year with nearly 34 million visitors — a three percent increase over the “atypically good” year of 2024.  

Federal and state authorities are intensifying efforts to restore public confidence in Jalisco following the violence provoked by the military operation that killed CJNG cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes.  

An uneasy calm prevails in Jalisco, almost two weeks after the violence that erupted following the military operation in Tapalpa that killed drug kingpin Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho.”

Jalisco has reached a significant milestone in its fight against the region’s worst measles outbreak in decades, surpassing 2.5 million vaccine doses applied across all 125 municipalities. 

As members of criminal organizations sowed chaos and fear throughout Jalisco on Sunday, Governor Pablo Lemus made a swift decision to enact a Código Rojo (Code Red) security alert.