The Chapala government has laid the groundwork to purchase video camera equipment for 15 of the municipality’s police patrol trucks.

While doing his utmost to save the iconic laurel tree at west Ajijic’s Seis Esquinas, Chapala Ecology Director José Jaime Albañes has been taking flak for permitting the felling of other mature trees in the community.

As Chapala’s Public Security Department (DSP) settles into new headquarters built across the street from the Soriana supermarket parking lot, the former police station located at the corner of Niños Heroes and Zaragoza is in the process of being remodeled to house a base for a detachment of the National Guard (GN).

Bright and beautiful Chapala contestant Mariana Macias was awarded the title Miss Jalisco 2019 in a closed-door pageant final held Friday, June 26, after a series of competition setbacks.

Pablo González Rodríguez, the man in charge of setting up a permanent home for Chapala’s Municipal Archives, shows off work in progress to store a collection of documents and historical materials dating back to 1800.

Public debate continues over appropriate use of the unbroken eight-kilometer length of the Chapala-Ajijic ciclovía.