The Jalisco DIF has purchased thousands of sweatshirts, shirts and scarves for families vulnerable to the cold of winter.

The U.S. State Department updated its advice for travel in Mexico this week, declaring “no recommendation against travel to Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta.”

With the aim of promoting tourism in Jalisco, the state government has paid out over 401 million pesos (30 million dollars) in sponsorship deals since 2009.

Jalisco authorities are searching for the brother of local boxing hero Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, following the murder of a 19-year-old man on the outskirts of Guadalajara.

Not only is their sacred land threatened by Canadian mining corporations, but the indigenous Huichol people must now also contend with the Mexican government undermining their peyote-infused religious rituals.

Jalisco’s outgoing Governor Emilio Gonzalez introduced a bill to the State Congress this week proposing that citizens with no party affiliation be allowed to stand for political office.