General News

The head inspector from the National Water Commission’s regional headquarters, (Conagua), along with officials from the Jalisco branch of the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection and Jalisco’s equivalent agency Proepa, toured Chapala on Wednesday, October 28 to detect possible misuse of lakefront areas designated as federal zones.

The beloved statue of the Virgen de Zapopan is scheduled to tour lakeshore communities over the coming week as is customary in the latter half of October, to give thanks for each year’s rainy season.

The period for submitting observations on ordinances drawn up to govern environmental conservation and urban development in the Lake Chapala region has been extended for a second time, with a new deadline set for November 23.

Following last week’s announcement of the closing of Chapala area cemeteries on Monday, November 2, the local government order has been amended to cover the extended three-day period of Day of the Dead commemorations starting Saturday, October 31, as dictated by state authorities.

Jocotepec Mayor José Miguel Gómez López is recuperating at home after testing positive for Covid-19 infection this week.

As Chapala’s Protección Civil y Bomberos (firefighters) unit continues the hunt for at least one crocodile spotted recently along Lake Chapala’s shoreline, an aquatic team from state Civil Protection was dispatched last week to join the search.

Agents from the Jalisco Special Prosecutor’s Office for Disappeared (FEPD) returned this week to the house located on the western outskirts of Ajijic, where eight abduction captives were rescued alive on June 16.

Chapala’s Malecon is receiving throngs of weekend visitors, with many flouting Covid-19 mask wearing regulations.