As lakeside’s expat community grows by leaps and bounds, an increasing number of foreign born residents are obtaining Mexican citizenship, with voting rights to boot.

In a nail-biting photo-finish, Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) candidate Moisés Anaya Aguilar appears to be the victor in Chapala’s contentious mayoral race.

Jalisco’s Ministry of the Environment and Territorial Development (SEMADET) has given the Chapala government a short deadline to clean-up and relocate a used tire depository that went up in flames in the pre-dawn hours of June 14.

Lake Chapala’s rainy season period of recuperation is off to a rip-roaring start this year, with a 30-centimeter rise in the water level registered over ten days during the second half of June.

Jalisco’s registered voters will go to the polls Sunday, July 1 to elect Mexico’s next president, a new state governor, Senators and Deputies to sit in federal chambers, representatives in the state legislature and mayors and councilors for 125 municipal governments. Voting hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

A dramatic car crash on the Ajijic highway early Monday, June 25 left four passengers injured and extensive additional damage in its wake.