The Guadalajara Reporter
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Investigators assigned to the Jalisco Prosecutor’s Specialized Unit to Combat Kidnapping (UECS) unraveled the twisted tale of a couple who were swindled in a recent telephone extortion scam perpetrated while they were lodged in San Juan Cosalá.
Work on the partial renovation of Ajijic’s central plaza finally got underway Wednesday, January 6, as a work crew began demolition of the adoquín flooring of the raised platform running the full length across the northern perimeter.
Juan Diego Castro Morales and Fredi Rayo Razo have vaulted over the first hurdle to qualify as independent candidates for Chapala’s mayoral race, set for June 6, 2021.
In its final 2020 session on Tuesday, December 17, the Chapala Cabildo (City Council) approved the municipality’s spending budget for the coming calendar year.
It’s a fun name to learn to pronounce; Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos. It’s easier if you pretend it’s two words, Ixtla and then huacán.
Year after year, Ajijic’s madcap Año Nuevo parade has wowed spectators with creative handiwork applied to a string of quirky floats, platoons of paraders decked out in funny costumes, plenty of high-spirited antics and the lively tunes of marching bands peppered with potent sky rockets.
Good things are bound to happen when community leaders put their heads together for a common cause.
Chapala´s Sanitation Department has issued notice that regularly scheduled trash collection has been suspended for Thursday, December 31, and Friday, January 1, due to the holiday closing of the landfill facility that handles deposits of the municipality’s solid waste.
Demonstrating solidarity with Chapala families most vulnerable to the Covid-19 health emergency, the OXXO convenience store chain has donated a load of goods to be distributed to those most in need through the local Family Development Agency (DIF).
