With registration now closed, the Jalisco Electoral Institute (IEPCJ) has confirmed that five candidates will compete in the July 1 gubernatorial election.

With Easter vacation coming up, now is a great time to start planning your next trip to the soft sands of the Pacific, the clean, stark charm of one of Mexico’s colonial towns, the hot, pushy jungles of the south or even the fast, cosmopolitan delights of the nation’s capital. Busing it to any of these destinations can not only save some money over more elevated modes of travel, it enables some splendid vistas of countryside ripe for bored eyes.

Last Friday’s disturbances in Guadalajara fueled rumors that Mexico’s most powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, had finally been caught. While such speculation proved unfounded, authorities did come within a whisker of capturing the billionaire fugitive in Los Cabos recently.

A fantastic new facility in Tlajomulco will enrich the lives of hundreds of children in two of the municipality’s most deprived neighborhoods.

At the Guadalajara Film Festival’s opening gala, Mayahuel awards were presented to Gabriel Retes, Andy Garcia and English director Mike Leigh.

A idealistic, red-haired, Chilean-born photographer who has lived in or visited a dizzying number of places, from Nice, France, to New York, is opening a show at Casa Escorza in central Guadalajara. Appropriately enough, considering Emiliano Thibaut’s peripatetic life, this collection of 19 medium- and large-format photos focus on New York City, specifically its down-and-out population.