Jalisco has once again lost out on a major international investment as German carmaker BMW announced plans to build a plant near San Luis Potosí in central Mexico.

The Jalisco State Congress this week approved political reforms that will allow state legislators to run for four consecutive terms of office and mayors for two terms.

Jalisco’s conservative National Action Party (PAN) is set to expel a young militant who formed what local media is referring to as a “neo-Nazi” splinter group.

Jalisco health authorities have confirmed the first case of the chikungunya virus in the state.

A district judge has ordered federal and state authorities to halt work on the Zapotillo Dam in northeastern Jalisco, demanding the curtain be kept at a height of 80 meters rather than the 105 meters in the original design.

Homicides in Jalisco in the first five months of 2014 have decreased by 66.4 percent compared to the same period last year, according to statistics released by the Instituto Jalisciense de Ciencias Forenses (Jalisco Forensic Science Institute or IJCF).