A very interesting tradition, alive to the modern day, is that every Sunday after mass, people visit the center of the town (Jardin) and spend their afternoon socializing.

Street vendors sell hollowed out egg shells filled with confetti which is cracked over the heads of someone they admire passing the opposite way.

The parents and older folks sit on the benches along the sidewalk and chat, enjoying watching the young people interact in a safe environment.

The Italian men, originating from Naples, are suspected by Mexican prosecutors of having been part of a ring selling fake-brand power generators.

[3] In relation to the disappearance of the three Italians, one of the leaders of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, José Guadalupe Rodríguez Castillo known as 'El 15', was captured by the Federal Prosecution Office in July 2018.

[4] On July 2, 2018, the mayor of Tecalitlán, Víctor Díaz Contreras, was shot to death by an unidentified group of vigilantes when traveling in his car in the town part Emiliano Zapata.