General News

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s relatively austere 2019 federal budget proposal has been welcomed cautiously by economic analysts and the business community but has come in for fierce criticism in Jalisco for ignoring many commitments to this state that the president made during his campaign.

Data released by the National Statistics Institute (INEGI) reinforces why police reform is a central theme in Mexican politics.

Tourists in Puerto Vallarta and Bahia de Banderas won’t encounter any shortage of public transportation now that electronic “Lime” scooters are available for rent.

A former state prosecutor has been handed the task of bringing some credibility back to the Jalisco Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalia General del Estado) after a torrid year for the agency.   

Less than a month into his term as Jalisco Govenor, Enrique Alfaro is engaged in a tug-of-war with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador over funding for water and environmental projects vital to the state.

Six state police officers were killed in an ambush in the southern Jalisco town of La Huerta at around 4 p.m. on Monday, December 3. One officer survived the attack, in addition to a suspect who had earlier been detained by the patrol.

Since taking his oath of office on December 6, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro has put the state government’s private jet up for sale, requested judges to reduce their salaries while lowering his own, and announced plans to restructure the state police force.

A 57-year-old Canadian man died after falling from the third floor balcony of the Decameron Hotel in Bucerias, Nayarit.