Early this week the Chapala government posted a notice on Facebook that a dry law (ley seca) would be applied in the municipality from midnight to 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 2, Mexico’s election day.
The warning was subsequently eliminated after the press office put word out that the ban on the commercial sales of alcoholic beverages had been canceled in line with regulations established in metro Guadalajara. Nonetheless, some local convenience stores and liquor stores had already put up signs announcing that the sale of booze would be suspended as early as Saturday, June 1.
Local inhabitants wanting to be certain of having a supply of liquor on hand would be wise to stock up in advance.
Alcohol sales will be permitted throughout the metropolitan area of Guadalajara on June 2, it was agreed Thursday at a meeting of the Mesa Metropolitana. Tonala and El Salto city halls had both previously announced they would be imposing a dry law but—like Chapala—reversed their decision after the other metro-area municipalities chose not to endorse the measure.
The Guadalajara metropolitan area is comprised of the municipalities of Guadalajara, San Pedro Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, Zapopan, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, El Salto, Juanacatlán, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Acatlán de Juárez and Zapotlanejo.