In making good on his campaign promise to complete the rehabilitation of all state highways within the first 18 months of his administration, Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus Navarro includes a proposal to build a flyover bridge to relieve the traffic bottleneck through the center of Ajijic.
“This is the most viable solution to overcome traffic congestion in this popular Pueblo Màgico destination,” Lemus declared this week.
The two-lane overpass will be located along the Chapala-Jocotepec highway, built above the existing roadway to span the segment between La Floresta and the Ajijic cemetery. Planning is now on the Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure (SIOP) drawing boards, with a July target date set to begin construction.
If you believed that crazy tall tale, label yourself an innocent little dove. It’s just an example of the type of facetious cover stories that pop up in Mexican newspapers on December 28, Día de los Santos Inocentes.
Drawn from a gruesome episode in biblical history, the Day of the Holy Innocents recalls the massive slaughter of male infants ordered by King Herod in a failed attempt to exterminate the newborn Messiah.
As Mexico’s version of April Fool’s Day, it’s the customary date for playing harmless jokes and pranks on friends and relations, and the one day journalists can trade fact for fiction, pulling one over on their readers with eye-popping headlines and spurious hot copy.
It’s an occasion when people try to catch guileless friends and relatives off guard, typically asking them for a loan of cash or some object of value. If the person falls for the ploy he or she will be handed a piece of candy or a silly gift and teased with the refrain, “inocente palomita who let yourself be fooled.”