Students from the Rural Teachers’ College of Atequiza, Jalisco, took two of three buses carrying 70 migrants from Mexico City to Guadalajara, which caused a strong police mobilization. Around 30 students forced the buses to stop when they were passing through the municipality of Atequiza and got on them; the idea was to take them […]
Criminal center found in Mazamitla, Jalisco; criminals flee and abandon weapons and drugs
Elements of the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena), located and dismantled a center of criminal operations in the municipality of Mazamitla, Jalisco, sources from the state delegation of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic confirmed on Tuesday. Criminal operations center located in Mazamitla, JaliscoThe military operation was implemented after the collection of intelligence data that […]
Legislative committees approve tax on foreign tourists in Puerto Vallarta
This Monday, in a working meeting of the Finance and Budget Commission in Congress, in which various opinions were approved, the modification to the Income Law 2025 of the municipality of Puerto Vallarta was approved, to include the fee equivalent to 1.25 times the value of the Measurement and Update Unit, which represents 141 pesos […]
CJNG kidnaps the wife of the mayor of Villa Hidalgo, Jalisco; they demand the dismissal of the Secretary of Security
A criminal group identified with the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, deprived of their freedom at the beginning of this month of February, the mayor of Villa Hidalgo, Jalisco, Jaime Cruz Villalpando, and two other officials of the city council, who presented themselves before the criminal cell, in exchange for releasing their son, previously deprived of […]
Construction of two hotels begins to boost tourism in Costalegre and Puerto Vallarta
With an investment of almost 50 million dollars, the governor of Jalisco, Pablo Lemus, presented the two new hotels that will be in Costalegre and Puerto Vallarta. “What we are looking for is for Jalisco to become the oasis of national investments with a promoter government that attracts investors to Jalisco,” said Governor Pablo Lemus. […]
High parking prices in Puerto Vallarta affect tourism
The lack of parking spaces in the public area in the heart of Puerto Vallarta is one of the biggest problems that the city has and, because of this situation, locals and tourists have to resort to concessioned parking lots, which are abused with excessive rates and are not regulated by any authority. Specifically, the […]
Beach vendors report low sales in Puerto Vallarta
Despite the fact that the city registered a hotel occupancy rate of over 90 percent during the first long weekend of the year, the income of beach vendors has not been as good as they had hoped. “There are people, but they don’t want to buy,” said Julian, one of the many beach vendors in […]
Trump’s protectionist policy threatens tourism; Vallarta faces more risks
Puerto Vallarta, along with four other destinations in Mexico, faces a latent risk due to a possible decrease in the flow of American travelers by air. According to the National Tourism Business Council (CNET), this phenomenon could be exacerbated due to the protectionism implemented by the administration of President Donald Trump. The analysis by Rubén […]
In the last 4 years, violent robberies against pedestrians have increased in Puerto Vallarta
Robbery of pedestrians on public roads or in open spaces is one of the crimes that most affects the people of Vallarta, with an average of 3.5 robberies with and without violence per week being recorded in 2024 alone. The above is based on statistics from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System […]
Soldiers are caught beating a young man in the Macro Plaza of Puerto Vallarta
A video circulating on social media shows members of the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena) beating a young man in the Macro Plaza of Puerto Vallarta. So far, the reasons why he was detained and assaulted before being released are unknown. In the recording, a woman who allegedly documented the incident asks the soldiers not to […]