General News

In a flurry of activity in the last days before taking an election-season leave of absence, Chapala Mayor Moisés appeared March 4 at the inaugural ceremony for an eight-meter tall statue of the Virgen de Guadalupe erected at the main entry to Atotonilquillo.

A huge cargo truck apparently lost brake power while traveling south along Avenida Madero around 4 p.m. Thursday, March 11.

Scores of women in the north shore corridor peacefully took to the streets Monday, March 8, to commemorate International Women’s Day, keeping Chapala, Ajijic and Jocotepec buzzing with activity throughout the entire day.

Chapala’s Ecology Department has issued a regrettable death sentence for the emblematic tree that has shaded the atrium of the village church in Cruz de la Soledad for almost 100 years.

Like a giant human jigsaw puzzle dismantled by political winds and reassembled by deft hands, Chapala’s City Hall staff has undergone a major shakeup over the past week.

Chapala Mayor Moisés Anaya Aguilar has acknowledged he is preparing to take a temporary leave of absence to seek reelection for a second three-year term under the Movimiento Ciudadano banner.

The latest local place to get tested for Covid-19 opened its doors last week when a mini-laboratory popped up in the northwest corner of the Soriana supermarket parking lot in Chapala.

After new sets of traffic lights were installed this week, the renovations of the nodo vial (traffic knot) connecting the south end of the Libramiento bypass and the Chapala-Jocotepec highway have been completed in time for an inauguration ceremony set for Friday, March  5, 7 p.m., just an hour before Mayor Moisés Anaya steps down for an election season leave of absence.