An English-speaking scam artist continues to prey on lakeside expats, according to several Guadalajara Reporter readers who may have missed an alert published in the paper’s September 1 edition.

A reporter from USA Today will cover October’s meeting of the Lakeside Tea Party, according to Ed Cage, husband of Karen Cage, the group’s president.

Fresh from the National Democratic Convention, Tim Whiting, president of the Lake Chapala Chapter of Democrats Abroad, brought signs, slogans and chants to a raucous meeting at La Nueva Posada last week in a bid to get members fired up for the fall elections.

In his September 12 appearance at the monthly meeting of the Canadian Club of Lake Chapala, regional SVT traffic department commandant Hector Magaña Rios addressed questions from the audience reflecting the most common concerns about regulations for motorists driving foreign-plated cars.

Jalisco authorities have detained 12 suspects tied to the La Resistencia crime syndicate who are now under investigation for possible involvement in the mass murder of 18 persons whose mutilated bodies were discovered May 9 on the outskirts of Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos.

The charity Operation Smile Mexico has received a generous donation from the estate of a deceased resident of Ajijic.