General News

Cerveceros de México — the trade association representing beer producers and sellers — has relaunched the “No te hagas güey” (Don’t play dumb) campaign to prevent underage access to alcohol and promote responsible, informed consumption. 

Jalisco leads the country in solar power installations, with nearly 100,000, according to cleantechnica.com.

A proposal before the Jalisco Congress would make road safety education mandatory from primary through high school, with two hours of instruction per month.

With the images of the violent disturbances instigated by criminal organizations at the start of the year still fresh in everyone’s minds, little was being left to chance as the FIFA World Cup kicked into gear this week. 

Aurora “N”, a U.S. citizen who preyed on older victims through dating apps around Guadalajara and Lake Chapala (as detailed in last week’s Reporter), was sentenced this week to 37 years and six months in prison for the disappearance of an American man in Zapopan.

For years, a seemingly charming woman moved through the communities around Lake Chapala and the streets of Guadalajara, meeting older men and women on dating apps. But prosecutors say Aurora Phelps wasn’t looking for love — she was looking for victims.

The Guachimontones archaeological site and the adjacent Phil Weigand Interpretive Center, located in Teuchitlán about a 90-minute drive west of Guadalajara, is hosting a series of cultural activities over the coming weeks. 

The Jalisco Congress has approved a reform to the state penal code, imposing prison sentences of up to eight years for anyone found guilty of distributing sexually explicit content created using artificial intelligence without the consent of the person depicted.