General News

Chapala Mayor-elect Javier Degollado is back in town after a ten-day trip to California where he met with native sons and daughters and their descendants who have put down roots north the border. The main purpose of the series of encounters held in the Los Angeles-San Francisco corridor was to trump up financial and moral support for the cornucopia of projects the incoming presidente municipal has up his sleeve for the next three years.

A group of around 100 sight-impaired tourists from 14 countries spent a full day in the Chapala area on Tuesday, August 18, experiencing local attractions for their ears, fingertips, noses and taste buds.

In a case that was the talk of Tennessee – and lakeside too – nine-year Ajijic resident Perry March was deported in handcuffs in August 2005 and subsequently  convicted in Nashville of the 1996 murder of his wife Janet. 

The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) this week sealed the deal to buy a lakefront property juxtaposed to the southeast perimeter of its main campus. According to President Ben White, the new add-on will allow the organization to expand services and activities, in line with projections for future growth.

The Antigua Presidencia, Chapala’s former town hall, is finally ready for its reincarnation as central hub for cultural activities. The stately building located at the city’s main intersection will be formally reopened Thursday, August 27, 6 p.m.

At the petition of native and foreign residents, Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta has given his seal of approval to the blueprints for the International Garden developed at the western extreme of Ajijic’s waterfront Malecón. 

Chapala Fire Department chief Lorenzo Salazar Guerrero has issued a warning to foreign residents who are being approached for cash donations to support the August 22 celebration of Dia del Bombero.  

The lakeside Century 21 franchise AccessMex hosted a group of more 140 real estate agents and brokers from five states at the company’s regional summer meeting Friday, August 14 at Ajijic’s Hotel Real.