General News

Ana Maria Pandura Gonzalez, an employee of the  Comision Para la Protección Contra Riesgos Sanitarios del Estado de Jalisco (Jalisco Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks or Coprisjal), was shot to death by an unknown assailant as she arrived for work in Colonia Jardines de los Arcos Wednesday morning.

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The Chapala Police Department announced the September 12 detention of a local man who has reportedly confessed to the recent murder of another Chapala resident.

Since appearing at Chapala City Hall on September 10 to reclaim his job and payment of a hefty monetary compensation from a labor suit, former Chapala press and public relations director José Guadalupe Vidrio Oliva has failed to report to work.

Jalisco police patrols mounted an emergency operation in the early hours of Saturday, September 14, after gunshots were heard in the vicinity of the force’s regional headquarters at Chapala’s Cristiania Park, raising concerns that the facility was under attack.

A throng of spectators crammed the Ajijic soccer field Saturday, September 14 to catch the traditional Regata de Globos where 12 teams of villagers gathered to launch scores of colorful tissue paper hot air balloons hand-crafted in diverse sizes and shapes.

MK Ideas Tech and Comers, the sister corporations that inked a 2011 concession deal with the Chapala government to operate a paid parking system in the downtown area, may be back in business after a five-year hiatus thanks to a ruling from an administrative tribunal.

In a refreshing departure from the usual cut-and-dry format, Chapala Mayor Moisés Anaya Aguilar took over the stage of the Auditorio de la Ribera Saturday, September 14 to deliver his first Informe de Gobierno (state of the municipality report).