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Lake Chapala: an endangered ecosystem

Lake Chapala is brimming today as the 2022 rainy season heads into the final stretch.  As of August, official statistics from the National Water Commission (Conagua) show Mexico’s largest lake standing slightly over 70 percent holding capacity, compared with 58.41 percent one year ago.


Relics uncovered beneath Chapala’s Avenida Madero

Tiny ceremonial vessels used in pre-Hispanic times to deposit offerings of tears and blood to Lake Chapala were uncovered, along with arrowheads and shards of clay objects, during excavations being carried out on August 15 along the portion of Avenida Madero located in front of City Hall.

Firefighters celebrate their day

August 22 is a red-letter day for Mexican firefighters, a date commemorated nationwide marking the anniversary of the founding of the country’s first fire department in the Port of Veracruz in 1873.

Surging lake damages Malecón

A section of the retaining wall located on the western leg of the Chapala Malecón collapsed in the early hours of Monday, August 22 due to erosion caused by surging lake water and wave action stirred up by recent storms.