General News

The tsunami warning that was issued following the earthquake that struck off the coast of Michoacan on Monday came to nothing, with only a slight increase in the wave surge reported along the Jalisco and Colima coastlines. 

Mazamitla Mayor Jorge Magaña has canceled all September 15 and 16 independence festivities in the Jalisco tourist town following several recent violent incidents involving rival criminal gangs.

The Jalisco government this week unveiled a new program to promote a “Culture of Peace” in the state.

Despite disagreeing with Mexico’s president on the role of the armed forces in the country’s law enforcement strategy, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro vowed to “close ranks” with federal authorities and “not be distracted by the political debate,” in order to preserve “a fluid coordination” between the different levels of governments, and maintain law and order in the state.

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter just off the Michoacan coast rocked Mexico on Monday, September 19, at 1:05 p.m.

A judge has ruled that Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, one of Mexico’s most notorious drug cartel leaders of the 1980s, can be freed from prison to serve out the remainder of his 40-year sentence in home confinement.

In a case of history repeating itself, thousands of dead fish appeared last weekend in Lake Cajititlan, the small body of water located in the municipality of Tlajomulco midway between Guadalajara and Chapala, and often referred to as Lake Chapala’s younger sibling.

A shipment of 147,000 doses of the Chinese-manufactured CanSino Covid-19 vaccine sent to Jalisco last week is being made available to unvaccinated adults aged over 18 or anyone who has not yet had a booster shot.