After dodging the bullet earlier this month, serious gasoline shortages began hitting the lakeside area one week ago.

The mayors of Jocotepec and Chapala are on board for a new era of transparency, joining in as affiliates of the Jalisco branch of the Colectivo Ciudadanos por Municipios Transparentes (CIMTRA), a national network of citizen advocacy groups related to government accountability.

The delivery man for the Lala milk company was caught in the act of stealing merchandise from a popular grocery store located on Chapala’s main avenue on Tuesday, January 15.

Extinction Rebellion is an international movement dedicated to raising the alarm about the dire threat of climate change by using public parades to force governments to take action. 

Presiding at his first town meeting with inhabitants of Ajijic Monday, January 7, Chapala Mayor Moisés Anaya pledged to stand against development near the Tepalo waterfalls and hiking trail, in the interest of preserving the natural landscape.

Motorists in the Lake Chapala area have encountered sporadic fuel shortages at local service stations over the past week.