The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
1966
Episcopal camp on Lake Chapala
Near the indigenous pueblo of Tepehuaje on the south shore of Lake Chapala, a youth camp was built, sponsored by the Episcopal churches and missions of the area. Two encampments have been built to date on the 3.5‑acre fenced lot, each designed to hold about 40 youths of all denominations.
The cartel violence of February 22 made an impression on tourists and foreign residents in Puerto Vallarta, as they peered in shock from their timeshares, big-name hotels, and docked cruise ships. Plumes of smoke from burning vehicles and businesses obscured the sunny skies — the reaction by drug cartel affiliates to the killing of their leader by Mexican armed forces earlier that morning. Similar vandalism erupted throughout Mexico, but was concentrated in Jalisco, from which the cartel in question, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), takes its name.
Americans living in western Mexico are ramping up efforts to register voters and boost turnout ahead of upcoming U.S. elections, with Democrats Abroad chapters in Guadalajara and Lake Chapala organizing weekly voter assistance sessions and a pair of rallies planned for March 28.
The Jalisco Hotel Association is urging state and local authorities to implement stricter regulations on short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb, arguing that these services should be treated as lodging businesses rather than private residences.
The National Infrastructure Fund (Fonadin) has approved 1.5 billion pesos to extend the new Guadalajara Airport BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) system to Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, according to a report by the Spanish-language daily, Mural.
Jalisco vehicle owners have less than two weeks to take advantage of the free license plate exchange program before costs and fines kick in starting April.
Jalisco health officials lifted the mandatory mask requirement in schools across the Guadalajara metropolitan area effective March 9, citing high vaccination coverage against measles.
Officers from the Tlajomulco municipal police detained a 37-year-old man on March 14 for alleged “crimes against biodiversity,” after he was found in possession of a crested caracara.
Jalisco’s tourism sector saw continued growth in 2025, closing the year with nearly 34 million visitors — a three percent increase over the “atypically good” year of 2024.