High season has returned to Puerto Vallarta, just in time for visitors to assist sea turtle hatchlings on their first perilous journey to the sea.

The culprit is the avocado seed weevil (Curculionidae), a snout beetle that penetrates the skin and lays one or two eggs inside the fruit, from which the larvae push through to the seed where they incubate and emerge as adults.

The Navy Ministry said that its personnel, in coordination with federal Security Ministry agents, "repelled an armed attack" near the community of Alfredo V. Bonfil, Sinaloa, killing González and one other.

On Wednesday, rainfall totals of 75 to 150 millimeters are expected in central and southern Sinaloa, Nayarit, Durango, the southern tip of Baja California Sur and the coast of Jalisco.

A packed events calendar accompanies the return of high season in Puerto Vallarta, from Día de Muertos celebrations and weekly tianguis to one of only two PGA golf tournaments held annually in Mexico.

From illegal construction and controversial golf course tree culling to new drinking fountains and yet more hurricane impacts, life in Puerto Vallarta has not been dull lately, writes Debbie Slobe.

Back-to-back operations in El Rosario and Mazatlán over the weekend yielded arrests of alleged cartel members who are suspected of involvement in the kidnappings of 10 Vizsla Silver workers in January as well as four tourists in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, in February.

Sheinbaum also weighed in on the IMSS response to protesting healthcare workers and struck an upbeat note on exports at Friday's presser.

The cluster of three intense storms has created a virtually nonstop emergency up and down Mexico's west coast and prompted the federal government to activate the Defense Ministry's DN-III emergency protection plan and the Navy’s “Plan Marina.” 

Puerto Vallarta has taken a beating from a trio of recent hurricanes, but is still getting ready, as it does every year, to celebrate Día de Muertos in style, writes Debbie Slobe.