The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Tourism in Jalisco has bounced back after a sharp decline triggered by the violent events of February 22, when the Mexican armed forces neutralized Nemesio Oseguera, “El Mencho,” the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, state officials report.
The 2026 Pacific hurricane season officially began last week, with forecasters warning of above-average activity — including up to five major hurricanes that could threaten Jalisco’s coastline.
There’s a small window each year when Jalisco’s arid lands offer up one of their strangest and most delicious gifts: the pitaya.
The Jalisco government is alerting residents to a new wave of digital fraud in which scammers send text messages or WhatsApp texts claiming the recipient has outstanding debts with the state — including vehicle fines, retention orders or unpaid tickets — and provide a fraudulent link to settle the payment.
Jalisco reported a 44 percent drop in intentional homicides during the first four months of 2026 compared to the same period last year, according to Governor Pablo Lemus Navarro.
A delegation of 56 performers departed Guadalajara on Wednesday for the 2026 “México en el Corazón” caravan, a cultural initiative that takes traditional Mexican music and dance to U.S. — and, for the first time, Canadian — audiences. A major aim of the tour is to reconnect the Mexican diaspora in the United States with its roots.
After more than a year of forced closure, legal battles and alleged misuse, the Museo Nacional del Tequila will finally reopen its doors to the public on June 5, state authorities announced.
As the world turns its attention to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a Jalisco-based collective is making sure the country’s missing persons crisis is not forgotten, and are using artificial intelligence to give the disappeared a voice.
Eleven people died in a tourist bus rollover on a highway near the community of Pie de la Cuesta in Amatlán de Cañas, Nayarit on Friday, May 1.