Local law enforcement authorities have reportedly broken up a presumed gang of robbers that preyed on distributors of commercial merchandise working in the lakeshore region and elsewhere in the interior of Jalisco.

Alerted by a citizen report on Monday, October 19, agents of Chapala’s traffic department found an abandoned Toyota van parked on an isolated dirt road located off the Libramiento bypass near the local Instituto Tecnológico Mario Molina.

Chapala police officers apprehended a local man accused of destroying 18 young trees planted in the barriers bordering the Carretera cycling path, reported in the early hours of Thursday, October 15. 

The seven suspects rounded up in Ajijic in an October 7 sting will be processed for prosecution on charges of drug dealing and possession of illegal weapons, the Jalisco’s Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalia or FGE) says.

Bikers from Guadalajara joined up for a group ride to Chapala Sunday, October 18.

To counteract risks to public health due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chapala government will prohibit entry to all local cemeteries on Monday, November 2, Mexico’s Día de Muertos.