Jalisco Public Security promptly alerted municipal police in the lakeside region to be on the lookout for movements of criminal gangs involved in the narcobloqueos.
Chapala police chief Reynol Contreras told the Reporter that he immediately dispatched patrols to temporary roadblocks set up at the three main access points to the community. Officers were ordered to keep an eye out for suspicious vehicles passing through check points on the Guadalajara-Chapala highway at near Chapala Haciendas, the Chapala-Mezcala highway at Santa Cruz de la Soledad and the Chapala-Jocotepec highway at the municipal boundary just east of San Juan Cosala. In general, vehicles carrying families and expatriate residents were waved through while those more closely fitting criminal profiles were pulled over for questioning and inspection. In the latter cases, drivers and passengers were asked basic questions such as where they were coming from and the purpose in coming to the area.
Contreras reported that no arrests or weapon seizures were registered during the local police operation. He noted that while some motorists complained about being delayed in the traffic backups, particularly in the vicinity of Chapala Haciendas, many travelers expressed gratitude for the precautions being taken.Aside from the two tractor-trailers that were torched on the Guadalajara-Chapala highway near the airport, two minor incidents linked to the narco attacks also occurred Friday in closer proximity to the north shore area.
Two men were spotted setting fire to a pickup truck on the same roadway between the Santa Rosa junction and Buena Vista, afterwards escaping the scene on foot via a back road. Gunmen armed with automatic weapons reportedly opened fire on the entrance archway located on the western outskirts of Jocotepec as they passed by the structure in a speeding vehicle. No injuries or arrests were reported in connection to those events.