General News

Following an oral trial lasting ten days, the former health secretary in the administration of Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval was sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of engaging  in various corrupt practices, including the “diversion and misuse of public resources.”

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro last week became the first state governor in Mexico to be granted a private audience with Pope Francis at his private residence in Santa Marta in Rome.

Wealth, political power and a sluggish justice system proved to be no match for the tenacity and courageous resolve of the indigenous community of Mezcala.

While the majority of Jalisco’s population has been vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19, there are still remote pockets of the state where the inoculation program has yet reach.

The Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Office (FGE) has announced that three individuals named as the probable perpetrators of a shooting attack against Chapala Public Security officers and agents of the state Investigative Police will face trial on criminal charges based on the indictment presented in court by the District V Special Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

The 21st Encuentro Nacional de Mariachi Tradicional (Traditional Mariachi Festival) gets into full sway Sunday, October 2 with a grand gala at the majestic Teatro Degollado at 6 p.m. and ends with a “Gran Fandango” in the city center on Saturday, October 8.

At least 14 churches in southern Jalisco dating from the 17th and 18th century suffered structural damage from 7.4-magnitude earthquake that rocked large swath of central Mexico on September 19.

Tickets for the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Guadalajara Open can be purchased at boletomovil.com.