President Calderon inaugurated the first of two large water-treatment plants being built in the Guadalajara metro area last weekend.

Finally repaying benefits owed to former Mexican migrant workers in the United States, President Felipe Calderon apologized for the delay of up to 60 years.

Jalisco’s leftist alliance has been shattered ahead of the July 1 gubernatorial elections due to a lingering feud between the coalition leader and local elites of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).

Although Jalisco has more swine flu cases than almost anywhere on earth in 2012, both local authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) have said there is no cause for panic.

New security measures have been implemented in the wake of last Friday’s city and state-wide narcoblockades.

Anti-bullying legislation approved by the Jalisco Congress defines bullying in state law for the first time and outlines prevention policies that school administrators are obliged to take.