General News

Renovations to the Plaza de Armas, the landmark square in Guadalajara’s historic center, will not be completed by this weekend but the traditional “grito” festivities will take place  as usual on the evening of Saturday, September 15.

A team of at least seven armed men ambushed and killed four Guadalajara police officers Monday, including a high-ranking supervisor of the municipal force.

The Centro Interpretativo Phil Weigand at the Guachimontones archaeological site has become the first museum in Jalisco to be powered exclusively by “green” energy.

The Jalisco Congress has approved revisions to the state’s Animal Protection Law (Ley de Protección y Cuidado a los Animales) that will make it compulsory for animal shelters to maintain a register of all its animals, as well as those given for adoption and put down.

The Encuentro Gastronómico (food festival), showcasing produce from Jalisco,will take place on the city’s Paseo Chapultepec, Friday, September 7, through Sunday, September 9, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day.

The zika virus is spreading in Mexico and Jalisco is the worst affected state.

The Jalisco Culture Secretariat has made two additions to its Inventario Estatal de Patrimonio Cultural, a list of tangible cultural sites and traditions in this state that is similar to the well-known Unesco designation.

State and federal police joined forces this week to incinerate 138,600 marijuana plants that had been discovered in a rural location near Tequila.