The Jalisco Congress has rubber-stamped an annual permit charge of 6,000 pesos ($US317) that owners/drivers of trailer trucks must pay to enter the Guadalajara city limits.

A long-abandoned school building, located on Calle Niños Héroes a block and half away from Chapala City Hall, is undergoing renovations to house various local government agencies.

The body of a middle-aged man who disappeared in Lake Chapala was located Monday, December 9, washed up on the rocky shoreline in the vicinity of Mirasol.

Thousands of counterfeit 500-peso bills (including the new, blue kind) are circulating in Mexico, and the lakeside area is not immune to the problem.