Luz de Malla, a local non-profit group dedicated to developing sustainable fishing practices at Lake Chapala, is running a series of out-of-the-ordinary Mexico tours to help support its activities.

Duncan Taylor, the recently installed British ambassador to Mexico, will be hosted at a reception in Chapala on Sunday, October 20, from 5:30-7:30 pm.

The terrible consequences of letting kids run wild in the streets have come to the forefront after a Chapala teenager was shot dead last week in the heat of a brawl on the city’s main avenue. City officials and local residents are now grappling with ways to finally quell the untamed violence that has plagued the community for many years.

The United States Consulate in Guadalajara says it has suspended its next monthly Chapala outreach for consular services “due to the lapse in federal government appropriations.”

Omar Alejandro Chavez Campos, a native of Huejotitan, a tiny rural village located on the far edge of the municipality of Jocotepec, has become a local hero after his recent return from an international science confab held last month in the United Arab Emirates with a major award for Mexico.

After waiting on standby for the past several weeks, personnel at Cruz Roja Chapala finally picked up their rucksacks Tuesday, October 1 to head off to the state of Guerrero where they will to help out in communities that were badly battered by tropical storm Manuel.