Dengue brigades go door-to-door
Personnel from the Chapala government and the state health department hit the streets this week with a community outreach dengue fever prevention program.
Personnel from the Chapala government and the state health department hit the streets this week with a community outreach dengue fever prevention program.
It’s no coincidence that tensions have subsided and a sense of tranquility begins to reign anew in communities bordering Lake Chapala’s shoreline.
Work to expand the the rural two-lane road connecting the Guadalajara-Colima highway (Carretera Federal 54) to Jocotepec into a modern four-lane highway appears to be halted after more than two years.
Thanks to the initiative of a private citizen, Ajijic’s waterfront park is now graced with a meandering row of 20 new trees. The reforestation project was carried out along the western extreme of the Malecon on Saturday, July 28 in cooperation with the municipal government.
It’s quince-picking season in the farmlands near Lake Chapala, a great time to plan a day trip to Atotonilquillo for the annual town festival celebrated in conjunction with the summer harvest.
The eagle-eyed owner of an Ajijic coffee shop has become a local hero after providing a tip leading to the arrest of three men linked to a series of home invasions perpetrated in the Chapala area.
A Jocotepec man captured last month in connection with the June 7 kidnapping of the chief of police in the south shore municipality of Tuxcueca has been tied to seven recent homicides committed in the lakeshore area.