Native son Juan Antonio Aguayo de la Cruz has been named the winner of a contest to design a name sign for San Antonio Tlayacapan.

The services of an English-speaking agent from Chapala’s Ministerio Público (public prosecutor’s office) previously offered on the grounds of the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) have been suspended indefinitely.

After three days of fun in the sun, the 41st Mexican Chili Cookoff left a multitude of winners in its wake.

Raúl Valencia Saucedo, a retired lieutenant colonel of the Mexican Army Infantry, was sworn in Wednesday, February 20 as the new Commissar of Chapala’s Public Security Department (DSP).

Apparently prompted by the recent uptick in violent crime, the Chapala government finally established the municipality’s new Public Security Advisory Council on Monday, February 18.

The lifeless body of a homeless Chapala woman around 35 years of age was discovered early Tuesday, February 19 on the patio set off Avenida Hidalgo near the west of the Malecón where she customarily slept.