General News

Jalisco’s thousands of artesanos (craftsmen and women) received a verbal promise of a better future from Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, who dropped into Tlaquepaque last week to host the annual National Ceramics Prize ceremony.

The Colima state congress has approved a bill permitting the legal union between same-sex couples, with 23 of 25 votes in favor of the resolution.

Governor Aristoteles Sandoval (R) receives Shuichiro Megata (C), the Japanese Ambassador to Mexico, at the Casa Jalisco this week.

The number of dengue fever cases reported in Jalisco spiked suddenly last month, with 69 cases recorded from June 23 to 29. 

The search for seven headless bodies continued in Jalisco this week, following the recent discovery of seven severed heads at a property close to the Guadalajara-Colima highway.

Some civic organizations say new regulations published last week that detail how Jalisco’s anti-tabacco laws are to be enforced aren’t restrictive enough.

Local authorities have demanded strong action against those responsible for the death of thousands of fish at La Hurtado reservoir in Acatlan, Jalisco last week.

Molasses dumped illegally into a canal leading to La Hurtado Reservior in Acatlan, Jalisco have caused the deaths of at least 500 tons of fish.