Overview
- The state-approved fare will rise from 9.50 to 14 pesos on April 1, with officials offering an 11‑peso effective fare through a mandatory “Tarjeta Única” that requires personal data and operates on a private Visa card system.
- Hundreds marched in Guadalajara in a sixth protest led by the PT, with organizers announcing further demonstrations on January 24 and 31 and Morena promoting a larger action on February 14.
- The Jalisco Congress issued agreements including an exhortation for the governor to reverse the increase and signaled plans to seek a referendum on the fare decision.
- The IEPC says both citizen and legislative referendum requests lack required formal elements even as a citizen drive shows 11,515 preregistered signatures versus the 3,369 needed, with a January 26 deadline to file complete documentation.
- Rights groups, including Amnesty International and more than 50 collectives, condemned the January 10 detentions of four protesters as rights violations, while the state prosecutor keeps the investigation open.