General News

Jalisco’s laborious license plate exchange program (canje de placas), which runs through 2025, has created a headache for many car owners—particularly those who have misplaced the original factura (invoice) for their state-plated vehicles.

A few blocks from the downtown core in the Nueva Esquinas zone you will find the annual Feria de Pitaya, where dozens of vendors will be hawking this cactus-type fruit.

New regulations introduced in 2024 now require all individuals over the age of 75 who are applying for or renewing a Jalisco driver’s license to submit a certificate of physical and mental fitness. This certificate, signed by a licensed physician, confirms that the individual is fit to drive.

Artists performing in entertainment venues in Jalisco are now required to sign a letter of intent, pledging not to condone criminal activity during their performances.

The conclusions by federal investigators that the Izaguirre Ranch in Teuchitlán, Jalisco was not used as a “crematorium” or extermination site by drug traffickers have been rejected by the women searchers who discovered the site in March.

Sunday, April 13, one of Mexico’s most charming religious observations, Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday), offers folk artisans an opportunity to demonstrate their skills at fashioning intricate palm-frond designs commemorating Christ’s entry into Jerusalem more than 2,000 years ago.  

María del Carmen Morales, a member of the Guerreros Buscadores collective dedicated to locating missing persons, was murdered early Thursday morning along with her son, Jaime Daniel Ramírez Morales, in the Las Villas neighborhood of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga.

The 25th edition of the Copa Agua Alta de Polo, one of Mexico’s premier polo competitions, will be hosted by the Careyes Polo Club during Semana Santa (April 11-19).