The Nayarit coast's burgeoning fame as an attractive tourist destination has inevitably led to increased development, which has just as inevitably led to protests on environmental and public-access grounds.

Prosecutors in the United States have formally accused Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other current and former Mexican officials of drug trafficking and related weapons offenses, alleging that they colluded with the Sinaloa Cartel.

The massive bridge, a priority project in President Sheinbaum's transportation strategy, will cut the commute time from Puerto Vallarta to the Riviera Nayarit by 25 minutes.

Over a 10-year horizon, the residential development is expected to generate over 10,000 direct jobs and produce an economic spillover exceeding 180 billion pesos (US $10.3 billion), according to Nayarit Governor Miguel Ángel Navarro.

In a statement, the navy boasted its precision in locating and arresting the target — who was surrounded by at least 30 pickup trucks and 60 armed personnel — without firing a single shot.

Protests against luxury developments continue to grow in Nayarit following the shooting of environmental activist, Erik Saracho.

Mexico's latest National Survey of Urban Public Security (ENSU) began the day after Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes died after being shot in a military operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco, drastically altering perceptions of insecurity in western Mexico.

The victim, mine supervisor Leandro Isidro Beltrán, 54, was approximately 350 meters below the surface inside the Santa Fe mine when a tailings dam collapsed on March 25, flooding the mine with water and debris. 

Life for residents of Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, proceeds at two tempos: one for the slow season, and another for the high season.

There are some amazing beaches south of Puerto Vallarta, but the only way to get to them is to hike the trail, jump in a panga or a little of both.