A local passenger bus veered off the Chapala-Jocotepec highway on the afternoon of Monday, March 2, flipping over onto the driver’s side as it landed in a lateral lane on the opposite side of the roadway. 

Residents, businesses and community organizations in Lake Chapala’s north shore corridor gradually resumed normal routines this week in the aftermath of coordinated cartel attacks that rocked Jalisco and other parts of the country on February 22. 

Not everything that happened during the February 22 security crisis was about doom and destruction. Multiple accounts of Mexicanos and foreigners coming to the aid of one another have emerged over the past week. And then there is the tale of Ajijic artist Efrén González, who cleverly demonstrated how improvisation works in the face of adversity.

The relative calm of ordinary life along Lake Chapala's north shore began returning to normal on Monday in the aftermath of the coordinated cartel attacks that rocked Jalisco and other parts of the country on February 22. 

While multiple written sources explore the history of Chapala, Ajijic, Jocotepec and Mezcala, only one delves into the background of San Antonio Tlayacapan. That book, titled “San Antonio Tlayacapan, Recorriendo Su Historia,” was published in 2019. And now an English version is off the presses, ready for a public presentation at a cultural event scheduled for Saturday, February 21, 4 p.m., at the town plaza.

A high-level member of the Canadian government, visiting the lakeside area this week as part of a major trade mission to Mexico, found himself overcome with emotion as he listened to musicians rehearsing for a concert at the Northern Lights Music Festival.