The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The crash of a bus that was transporting Walmart employees home from work around 5 a.m. Monday, June 15, left 26 injured passengers.
Juan Jose Torres, the fourth director of Chapala’s Department of Regulations, Inspection and Vigilance appointed by Mayor Joaquin Huerta, has resigned from the post, effective May 15.
Citizen’s Movement (MC) and Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidates dominated the mayoral elections throughout the lakeshore region and most neighboring municipalities.
Thanks to seasonal rains kicking in, the level of Lake Chapala rose by three centimeters in less than four days this week, according to the National Water Commission.
Javier Degollado Gonzalez, head of the Institutional Revolutionary Party-Mexico Green Ecologist Coalition (PRI-PVEM) election slate, has been declared the winner in a tight race for mayor (presidente municipal) of Chapala.
Chapala Mayor-elect Javier Degollado won’t be taking time off for a post-election vacation. Having received official certification of his election victory Tuesday, June 16, he is eager to start laying the groundwork for a three-year term of office.
Barring legal actions that might turn around the June 7 election results, Javier Degollado is scheduled to take charge as Chapala’s new chief executive on Thursday, October 1.
Carlos Bernardo Gutierrez Navarro, director of the Jalisco division of the federal Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT), is promising to improve the condition of highways throughout the lakeshore region.
Chapala police patrols were mobilized on Tuesday, June 9 to provide back-up for state agents reported to be in hot pursuit of a cargo truck used to transport fuel stolen from Pemex pipelines.
