Jalisco’s upgraded emissions testing program (Verification Responsable) finally got some teeth this week, as fines kicked in for non-compliers March 1.

Discounts and preferential treatment for Jalisco exporters were key points in the agreements reached between Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro and his Nuevo León counterpart Samuel García during a meeting with business leaders from the two states held Thursday, February 23 at Ajijic’s Centro para la Cultura y las Artes.

Moisés Anaya will take an indefinite unpaid leave of absence from Chapala’s City Council following his February 15 appointment as regional liaison director for the Jalisco government’s Social Assistance System.

Municipalities will be asked to collaborate in enforcing the country’s new anti-tobacco law, said Denis Santiago Hernández, director of the Jalisco Commission for Protection Against Sanitary Risks (Corpisjal).

A private security guard at a gated subdivision in Tlajomulco was shot to death by a partygoer after the official went over to a house in the early hours of Sunday morning to ask the revelers to turn down the volume of the music, the state police reported.

Jalisco captured 38 percent more in direct foreign investment last year compared with 2021, according to preliminary data from the country’s Economy Ministry.