Chapala police detained Debra Ann Cuevas Gates, 36, by in the early hours of Tuesday, December 9, as the prime suspect in the fatal stabbing of her aunt, retired Chapala school teacher Maria Eugenia Cuevas Alcantár.

Freshly painted highway markings and new speed limit signs that appeared this week at the bottom end of Libramiento bypass stand as an excellent example of how pro-active citizens and government officials  can work together to resolve local problems.

Chapala Mayor Joaquín Huerta recently presented three certificates of appreciation to leaders of Ajijic’s Indigenous Community in recognition for the organization’s contributions to the community.

A series of jubilant traditional holiday events dash through the December calendar in villages, towns and cities all across the Republic. Leading the pack is surely the year’s most heart-felt celebrations – the Friday, December 12 Feast of Guadalupe commemorating the 1531 anniversary of the appearance of Guadalupe, the Mother of Mexico on a mountaintop near Mexico City.

Ajijic’s Fiestas de San Andrés ended with customary festive fanfare bankrolled by the town’s Hijos Ausentes, the native sons, daughters and descendents who reside abroad or in far off places.

Access to Chapala’s central plaza was cordoned off with chicken wire covered in black plastic as work on a major renovation project got underway early Wednesday, December 12.