Jalisco Culture Secretary Myriam Vachez launches one of many planned events to commemorate the centenary of the birth of illustrious Jalisco author Juan Rulfo (1917-1986).  One of the carriages of Guadalajara’s Tren Ligero (subway) network has been decorated to honor the author of acclaimed novels such as “Pedro Paramo” and “El Llano en Llamas.” In addition, the state agency is donating 1,000 of Rulfo’s works to be handed out free to train passengers.

The pitaya, a beloved, vividly-colored cactus fruit grown in the highlands of the Mexican state of Jalisco, among other places, has been approved for export to the United States.

The Donald Trump administration has no plans to replace the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Roberta Jacobson, who was nominated by President Obama, according to Francisco Palmieri, the acting assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs at the State Department. Palmieri said on Tuesday that Jacobson is “the ideal ambassador to be in Mexico right now.”

After a delay of more than a year, the first stage of the Hospital Infantil Mi Gran Esperanza, Mexico’s first specialist hospital for children with cancer, will open its doors in Tlajomulco next month.

A pilot and his student got a massive break this week after their light aircraft developed a mechanical fault during a flying lesson.

The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in a plowed field in Santa Cruz de las Flores in the municipality of Tlajomulco.  Even though the plane upended on landing, both the pilot and his pupil walked away from the accident without a scratch.

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