General News

The final stage of the restoration of Ajijic’s iconic Capilla de Nuestra Señora del Rosario was initiated on September 19, raising hopes that the image of its spiritual resident will return home by the end of next month after a four-year absence.

Healthy seasonal recuperation of Lake Chapala and adequate water supplies for the Guadalajara metro area (ZMG) are in peril due to current drought conditions throughout the state of Jalisco.

There’s finally a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel in the prolonged renovation of Chapala’s central thoroughfare.

This year’s Regatta de Globos Ajijic got off to a slow start, but by 5 p.m. the soccer pitch was a sea of humanity enjoying the food and libations, while visiting with friends and relatives and watching the visual spectacle.

Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre made much ado about the benefits rendered to his constituents in his second Informe de Gobierno (state-of-the-municipality report), delivered on September 13.

A middle-aged man was found dead in his Ajijic home on Friday, September 8, a presumed victim of suicide.

The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) will host its second annual Intercultural Celebration of Life and Honoring Death Festival on October 29 and 30. 

Officials from the District V Regional Prosecutor’s Office based in Chapala are investigating a probable case of femicide following the September 10 discovery of the body of a 54-year-old woman in her home in the Senderos del Lago development at Chantepec on the eastern outskirts of Jocotepec.