The state that gave Mexico tequila, mariachi, and its most iconic cuisine , and the one dealing with cartels, fentanyl, and the violence that made Guadalajara a household name for the wrong reasons.
Puerto Vallarta
Three Puerto Vallarta municipal offices each said they weren't responsible for alcohol at the Pride 2026 block party. Documents show the city approved the event with 13 stands and no alcohol permit. The drinks flowed anyway.
Puerto Vallarta
After the fatal attack, Mayor Luis Munguía announced that the city has opened formal talks with Marina Vallarta's residents' association and the federal environmental agency Semarnat.
Mexico
The DEA just called fentanyl "a threat like we have never seen before" and put two Mexican cartels on the top of its hit list. The language is different this time.
Mexico
One receipt showed a coat rack priced at 200,000 pesos.
Mexico
The question had come from the back: search collectives say you won't meet with them.
Puerto Vallarta
You pull out your water bill in Puerto Vallarta, scanning the charges for another month of cloudy tap water you would not dare drink, and then it hits you: the 541 people who run the city's water.
Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta just picked up a trophy that matters more than any beach award. Mexico's 2026 Urban Competitiveness Index put the coastal city near the top of its class.
Tourist Safety
An English tourist was robbed at 10:00 AM outside a hotel on Avenida Mariano Otero in Zapopan, Jalisco on Tuesday, June 23, in yet another daylight attack on a foreign visitor in one of Mexico's most
Crime
A convicted weapons and fentanyl trafficker who escaped from a Kentucky federal prison in 2023 was captured this week at a shopping mall in Tlajomulco, Jalisco, after a precision operation coordinated
Tourism
The US State Department bumped Jalisco to Level 3 two days before the World Cup. Cartel violence and virtual kidnappings cited. What tourists in Guadalajara need to know.
Tourist Safety
Two men from Guadalajara, ages 20 and 39, are missing off the coast of Colima after they ignored warnings about dangerous surf from Tropical Storm Boris and waded into one of Mexico's most treacherous beaches.
Child Trafficking
Tourist packages with children included. That's not a sick joke, it's how trafficking networks are reportedly advertising in three Jalisco hotspots as the World Cup kicks off.