General News

Jalisco’s Salvando Vidas (Saving Lives) campaign to keep drunk drivers off the road will continue through the holiday period in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, the state Traffic Department (Semov) has announced.

In the midst of the ongoing health crisis, the Jalisco Red Cross this week began its annual “colecta” (collection), which has the goal this year of raising 185 million pesos.

Three former municipal police officers in Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, two men and a woman, have been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of a man more than two years ago.

More than 7,000 small and micro business owners and self-employed workers applied for loans and handouts just hours after the Jalisco government published the regulations for its coronavirus-related economic relief program, according toRuben Masayi González Uyeda, coordinator of the Jalisco Industrial Chamber (Consejo de Cámaras Industriales).

As Easter Week began last weekend, state health authorities and the Jalisco Traffic Department installed “filters” (screening points) to check passengers in vehicles leaving Guadalajara, as well as at the entrance to Chapala.

Flights not suspended

At press time, no measures had been taken to suspend flights to Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta from U.S. cities that have strict coronavirus containment measures in place, such as Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, say the airport’s operators, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP).

More than a quarter of a million individuals who make a living from day to day, including street workers and the self-employed, have applied for handouts from the Jalisco government, Governor Enrique Alfaro said Tuesday. 

The Comisión para la Protección Contra Riesgos Sanitarios en el Estado de Jalisco (Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risks – Coprisjal) has sent a directive to all pharmacies in the state restricting the sale of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin.