While many were still celebrating Independence Day in the early hours of Sunday morning, police on the southern shore of Lake Chapala were called to investigate Mexico’s latest grizzly massacre.

With just two weeks left in office, Chapala Mayor Jesus Cabrera will present his third and final annual report.

Natives of San Antonio Tlayacapan began raising hell this week after discovering what appears to be a clandestine landfill project encroaching on federal land along Lake Chapala’s shoreline.

Lakeside’s original community-based crime report website was reincarnated this week under new management at the revised URL www.lakechapalacrime.com. The site was revived following the sudden demise of Lakeside Crime Tracker, an alternate site developed after Lakeside Crime Watch folded last May.

Some 200 supporters turned up to witness the inauguration of the new office of the recently formed Business Association of Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos.

The outfit responsible for operating the metered pay-to-park zone in downtown Chapala has put metal vehicle immobilization devices on public display as a warning  that more stringent measures may be applied against motorists who omit payment, overstay  allotted times or occupy parking spaces reserved for the disabled with legitimate need.