A heavy downpour hitting the south shore of Lake Chapala early Monday, June 26 provoked a flash flood that swept through Villa Emiliano Zapata, a rural village located between the municipal seat of Tizapan el Alto and the Michoacan border.

Chapala area traffic commandant Hector Magaña Rios has launched a “No Coyotes” campaign after learning that some foreign residents were paying third-party facilitators more than double the cost of fixed fees to obtain Jalisco driver’s permits.

Thousands of lakeshore area inhabitants will mark a milestone in modern day electoral history on Sunday, July 1 as they join the pioneer generation of electronic voters.

Organizers of the Lakeside Victims’ Fund set up to off-set some of the financial difficulties created when family members of nationals were killed in local violence are delighted by Lakesiders’ generosity.

Barreling down the final stretch on the 2012 campaign trail, candidates running for the Chapala’s mayor seat will do their best to drum up support during the final series of rallies slated in different localities through Wednesday, June 27.

The Chapala Ministerio Publico (MP) district’s attorney’s office reports an odd string of deaths among elderly foreign residents registered between May 31 and June 6.