The Latest Breaking News from Jalisco

The music executive who built the careers of some of the most successful names in regional Mexican music, including Gerardo Ortiz and Eslabón Armado, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for conspiring to conduct financial transactions with a drug trafficker designated by the United States government. Angel…

The FBI says the Jalisco cartel began operating in the timeshare industry in 2012, running call centers in Mexico where employees impersonated U.S. brokers, attorneys and sales representatives to defraud property owners.

A report published earlier this year by the U.S. Bureau of International Labor Affairs estimated that nearly 30,000 children are currently involved in criminal groups in Mexico.

A former member of the Jalisco Cartel revealed he made thousands of dollars a month flying drones for the criminal organization

During operations, drone operators were ordered to strike rival groups, targeting vehicles and camps. In some cases, the former hitman said the drones were also used against Mexican authorities.

Aguascalientes experienced a series of violent disturbances over the past days, including roadblocks and the burning of vehicles and stores, after authorities arrested 18 suspected members of the Jalisco Cartel

Scientists in Mexico are testing innovative methods they hope can be employed to locate people missing due to cartel violence

Mercury smuggling by Mexican cartels is contaminating rivers and threatening Indigenous communities all over Latin America, a new report warns

Bottles of tequila now command premium prices in trendy bars. On Instagram, celebrity-backed brands of the agave-based Mexican spirit jostle for attention. And debates over cultural appropriation and agave sustainability swirl alongside booming tourism in Jalisco, the western Mexican state that serves as the world’s tequila distillation hub.

An animal shelter in Jalisco is accusing the eponymous cartel of threatening to kill all animals if not paid thousands a month to be allowed to operate

Indira Navarro, leader of Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco, said the site in Las Agujas, Zapopan, is on track to become one of the graves with the highest number of bodies found in the state.