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Another carjacking on Highway 80D comes to light

Taking the toll road between Guadalajara and Lagos de Moreno is becoming a perilous drive.

This newspaper in its May 4 edition described how a Canadian couple was held up by armed carjackers on this stretch of highway (80D)—a harrowing incident on the kind of road that has traditionally been considered the safest way to travel through Mexico.   


Jalisco makes u-turn in textbooks dispute

Jalisco education authorities flip-flopped this week and decided to distribute the federal government’s free textbooks to Jalisco’s 1.6 million primary and secondary school students after legal and academic experts at the University of Guadalajara deemed them lawful and ethical, despite some error-strewn content.

Hurricane Hilary on course for BC

Formed 470 miles off the coast of Manzanillo on Wednesday, and moving northwestward toward Baja California, category three Hurricane Hilary was expected to bring 70 to 90 kilometer-per-hour wind gusts and waves of between four and six meters to the Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco coastlines.

January-June tourism booms

Despite a strong peso reducing the purchasing power of visitors’ dollars and euros, Mexico is still one of the world’s most popular destinations—and Jalisco is leading the way!