General News

Criminal violence took a heavy toll on the Jocotepec government last week when a City Hall official and two local police officers were shot and killed in separate incidents.

Monday, March 7, Jalisco will return to the green (low risk) category on the federal government’s Covid stoplight platform, the mechanism that determines what activities are safe to resume and/or with what restrictions on a state-by-state basis. 

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro announced the end of the obligation to present a Covid-19 vaccination certificate or negative test result to enter large-scale events and access bars and clubs in the state.

Jalisco and federal  authorities have beefed up security in municipalities bordering the state of Michoacan following reports of a massacre last weekend at a wake in the town of  San Jose de Gracia.

International Women’s Day saw the establishment of a separate multi-party “women’s caucus” in the Jalisco State Congress, comprised, initially, of 21 of the legislature’s 24 female representatives.

Carnaval fiestas in Puerto Vallarta, Merida and Morelia are cancelled this year. Campeche first cancelled and then reactivated its fiesta. Veracruz has decided to run its top-notch Mardi Gras festival in July.

Few endeavours undertaken by charismatic wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson fail to turn to gold.

Governor Enrique Alfaro has named the lakeshore town of Jamay as Jalisco’s next candidate for Pueblo Mágico status.