A throng of 15,000 pilgrims is expected to take Chapala by storm Sunday, July 9 to accompany the revered Virgen de Zapopan on her annual summer trek to Mexico’s largest lake.

In an effort to improve the efficiency of garbage collection in Ajijic, town administrator Chuni Medeles has announced the revamping of the local green waste pickup schedule as an emergency stopgap measure.

Friendly rivals Pedro Ruiz from Villa Corona and Ajijic’s Juan Pablo Hernández will face off in the stellar match for a champion’s belt in the Mixed Martial Arts Xstream Tournament set for Saturday, July 15, 7 p.m., at the Huerta de Serna events hall.

A field of 22 warriors will compete in three weight categories during the event.  Advance tickets for open seating are on sale for 100 pesos at the the Family Fitness Center in Plaza Bugambilias. VIP spots with tables and chairs cost 200 pesos.

As the 2017 rainy season cranks up, ideal breeding conditions for disease-carrying mosquitoes will be coming to a peak, increasing the risks of an epidemic of dengue fever in the lakeshore region.

After completion of the first major public works project for Ajijic under the current administration, Chapala government officials gathered Sunday, June 18, to inaugurate the new Unidad Deportiva (sports complex) located on the east end of town just off the Camino Real running through La Floresta. 

Jalisco Governor Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz made a special guest appearance in Ajijic on Friday, June 16, stepping in as padrino (godfather) for the 2017 graduating class at the Preparatoria Regional de Chapala. Addressing the 180 young scholars during the ceremony at the Auditorio de la Ribera he encouraged them to use modern technology without ever forgetting the human side of their endeavors. “Not everything in life is the number of likes. It’s what you can do for others in one-on-one contact that will make you great,” he declared.