The municipality of Chapala has seen a significant uptick in home burglary cases this summer, with six criminal complaints filed in June and 11 more reported in July, according to statistics for high-impact crimes registered by the National Public Security System (SESNSP).
Going back to the first of the year, SESNSP reported that 18 home burglary investigations were opened in January, putting Chapala in second place in that category among municipalities located outside the Guadalajara metropolitan area, surpassed only by Puerto Vallarta with 27 incidents. Eight additional cases went on record for Chapala during February.
There was a lull between March and April when Chapala did not rank among the top ten interior municipalities registered on the home burglary index.
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