General News

U.S.-based clothing manufacturer Benefit Apparel is to open a factory in Los Altos de Jalisco, creating 750 direct jobs in the state, it announced at last month’s International Business Summit in Guadalajara.

To the displeasure of Jalisco’s judiciary, Governor Aristoteles Sandoval has vetoed next year’s  planned introduction of open court hearings where prosecutors and defense attorneys present their cases before a judge.

A Frida Kahlo boutique hotel in Guadalajara is just one of 29 hotel/resort projects that will be developed in Jalisco over the next five years, according to the state Tourism Department. In all, investment is expected to reach around 27 billion pesos (2.1 billion dollars).

Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval affirmed this week that he supports a bill that would enhance the rights of same-sex couples but is not in favor of gay marriage.

Jalisco took a step toward sexual orientation equality late Thursday, when the State Congress approved the Ley de Libre Convivencia with 20 votes in favor, 15 against and one abstention.  

Thousands of dead fish washed up on the shores of Lake Cajititlan this week, provoking fears of serious contamination in the water basin often referred to as Chapala’s younger sibling.

Blurring the lines between drug-related violence and terrorism, suspected cartel gunmen attacked two dozen electricity and gas stations in Michoacan in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Razors, tampons, tacos, candy bars, Frosted Flakes – just some of the personal items that members of the Jalisco Congress have charged to expenses despite being the best paid state legislators in Mexico.