General News

The Mexican Pacific hurricane season got underway officially on May 15, although the first storm formation doesn’t usually happen until the first days of June.

A federal judge ordered the release of Abraham Oseguera Cervantes, the brother of one of Mexico’s most wanted drug traffickers, a few days after his April 21 arrest by officers from the Mexican Army and National Guard in the Jalisco town of Autlán de Navarro.

Mexico’s current drought affects about 70 percent of the country and is putting a huge strain on water resources for drinking, farming and irrigation.

The death of a Puerto Vallarta councilor brings to three the number of candidates for offices in Jalisco who have lost their lives during the current election season, either by violent means or in suspicious circumstances.

Although the construction and refurbishment of the new Jalisco Interactive Museum (Japi), which replaces the old Trompo Mágico Children’s Museum, is complete, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro says the opening now won’t take place until early June.

The last of four former police officers from Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos implicated in the notorious 2020 case of brutality and of death of Giovanni Lòpez was captured on April 11 in Torreón in a joint operation executed by Coahuila and Jalisco authorities.

The Jalisco Congress is under pressure to act swiftly after a collegiate court this week ordered legislators to eliminate the existing clauses in the state penal code that criminalize abortion.

Temperatures in some parts of Jalisco have already exceeded 40 degrees Celsius, offering a warning of what’s come over the next six or seven weeks before the expected arrival of the rainy season.