The Chapala government has worked out a property trade-off deal to settle its mounting debt to Grupo Integral de Recolección y Reciclados de Occidente, S.A. de C.V. (GIRRSA), the private company that holds a 25-year contract to collect the municipality’s solid wastes.

Ajijic begins gearing up for Mardi Gras festivities this weekend with the first in a series of cow poke contests and colorful collateral activities.

A 78-year-old Canadian man was murdered on February 1 while walking around the El Dorado subdivision in San Antonio Tlayacapan.  

During a two-hour session held early this week, the Chapala City Council debated and ratified the recent recommendations issued by the municipal urban development commission.

Chapala city councilors could end up in the slammer if they fail to comply with a court order to pay off a 90-million-peso penalty for the settlement of a lawsuit lodged against the municipal government.

The Chapala city hall legal department is preparing to file charges against at least 16 former city officials.