Following the assassination of Jesus Gallegos on March 9, hotelier Enrique Ramos Flores was sworn in as Jalisco’s new Secretary of Tourism the following Friday.

Just an hour’s drive west of Guadalajara, the town of Teuchitlan is the place to visit for spring equinox celebrations this weekend.

As one of ten austerity measures proposed by Governor Aristoteles Sandoval, the Jalisco government is selling 500 vehicles designated to state officials in the previous administration.

More than half of the inmates housed in Jalisco’s prisons system could be released if the State Congress finally approves penal reforms first proposed back in 2008.

Jalisco officials are investigating the case of a seven-year-old boy who died on Saturday,   March 9 following an allegedly violent bullying incident at school.

A new outbreak of bird flu in the state of Guanajuato has spread to 18 farms, according to agricultural officials.