The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
A cyclist identified as a 72-year-old inhabitant of San Antonio Tlaycapan died instantly when he was run down by a taxi driver while attempting to cross the highway around 7:30 a.m. on Friday, June 19.
With Jocotepec now ranking as Jalisco’s number one dengue fever hot spot, the state’s Department of Health (SSJ) is targeting Lake Chapala shoreline municipalities for an all-out public awareness and disease prevention campaign.
In a dramatic turn of events unfolding within a matter of hours after several hundred people gathered at the steps of Chapala City Hall to call for action concerning a rash of abductions of local inhabitants, state authorities announced that a police raid at an Ajijic property resulted in the rescue of eight persons being held there against their will.
Chapala’s Hotel Montecarlo is one of two University of Guadalajara (UdeG) properties that have been tapped for adaptation as temporary living quarters for Covid-19 patients requiring isolation without hospital treatment.
While calling on citizens to redouble efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the Chapala government is simultaneously launching a campaign to prevent the outbreak of a dengue epidemic.
Chapala’s Ecology Department is undertaking radical treatment of the ancient tree standing at Ajijic’s Seis Esquinas intersection in hopes of keeping it alive.
Chapala’s Mercado Municipal is ready for prime time following the conclusion of a six-month renovation project.
As recent public opinion polls show President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) sinking in popularity ratings, a national movement calling for his resignation appears to be gaining steam.
The Frente Nacional Anti AMLO (FRENA) announced that Chapala has been added to the list of places where protests against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will be held on Saturday, June 13.
