Big storm takes a toll on area
A powerful storm blew into the Chapala area in the early hours of Tuesday, August 13, bringing with it steady thunder, lightning, rain and high winds that left widespread damage.
The Guadalajara Reporter
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A powerful storm blew into the Chapala area in the early hours of Tuesday, August 13, bringing with it steady thunder, lightning, rain and high winds that left widespread damage.
Following a report called in Friday, August 9, at around 3 p.m., Chapala police and paramedics found a man lying face down along the service road near the main entrance to Villa Nova.
An intense storm that struck the Chapala delegación of Atotonilquillo before dawn Tuesday, August 6, caused a water channel to overflow, flooding 13 homes located on the streets Juan de la Barrera and Juan Escutia.
Chapala’s amateur soccer team has battled its way to the quarter final of the Copa Jalisco after winning two bruising round-of-16 games against Zapotlán el Grande by an aggregate score of 4-2.
After two days of play on the course at Chapala’s Cristianía Park, the results are in for the Pajarete Open, the first Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) international tournament hosted in Mexico.
Jorge Arturo Ramírez Morales, of Guadalajara, showed off top form to earn the title in the sixth annual Mr. Chapala Body Building Competition, held Saturday, August 3, at the city’s municipal coliseum.
In a few short months, Ajijic’s incipient recycling project has taken hold, with 28,368 kilos of collected material sold to Guadalajara dealers.
A new and affordable educational option has arrived at the doorstep of local students interested in pursuing high-school level studies together with career training as Cetac Jocotepec opens its Ajijic extension for the 2019-2020 term.
The First Civil Judge of Chapala, Melchor Augusto Gómez Córdova, narrowly escaped death in a drive-by shooting that occurred Friday, August 2 while he was traveling on the Macrolibramiento ring road after leaving his place of work.