The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
You don’t need to be a scientist to recognize that Lake Chapala is shrinking at an alarming rate. The untrained eye can see sandy beaches hugging the shoreline getting wider day by day as the water line grows more distant.
Six members of the Chapala police force are under investigation for suspicion of collusion with organized crime following the abduction and shooting of two local men reported late Friday, March 22.
In lakeside’s predominantly Roman Catholic communities, the Easter season is marked by the most transcendent of its many religious celebrations and the traditional public pageants that bring to life biblical accounts of the Passion of Christ.
Effective this weekend, new parking restrictions will be applied on two streets in central Ajijic. All parking on the north side of Calle Parroquia, running from the San Andres church to Calle Colon, is now prohibited. Vehicles are allowed on the left-hand side of the one-way street.
Semana Santa gets underway on Palm Sunday – March 24 – with religious processions and church services commemorating Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Pilgrims carry herbal bouquets or symbolic figures fashioned from palm fronds purchased from street vendors, to be blessed with holy water by the clerics.
Although newly installed meters are now functioning in downtown Chapala’s expanded pay-to-park zone, tickets for parking violations will not be issued to vehicles occupying spaces along Avenidas Madero and Hidalgo until after the Easter holidays.
Ajijic town administrator (delegado) Hector España has made big strides during his first month in office, garnering solid backing from the expat community.
The Lake Chapala Crime website ceased operation as of March 18.
Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta has been threatened with a possible 15-day forced suspension from his duties, without pay, stemming from a labor suit filed against the city by a former city hall official.
