The tragic death of a young Ajijic athlete put a damper on the Chapala leg of the November 13 national race series titled “Moving Mexico for Your Health.”

A Chapala family got a lot more than they bargained for after booking a moonlight cruise on the Batur Lake Chapala tour boat to celebrate a birthday party among friends and relatives. 

An early-morning tip-off called in to the Chapala Police Department led to the November 16 capture of a local man suspected of operating with a gang linked to a recent string of business burglaries.

At an award ceremony November 3, the Vocational Skills Training Committee of Butterflies en Mexico (BeM)/Mariposa Project, A.C., headed by Mac Whyte, President of BeM, presented Laura Ochoa Hernandez of Tepeque with a diploma for the completion of her Front-of-Restaurant/English apprenticeship at La Mision Restaurant.

“Protection for Lake Chapala has priority on the government agenda, “declared Jalisco Governor Aristóteles Sandoval during a November 8 visit to kick off the Chapala Limpio program aimed at keeping the proliferation of aquatic weeds in check.

November 8 dawned like a typical fall day on the shores of Lake Chapala. Under sunny skies, folks placidly went about their everyday business, showing no signs that a world scale political shakeup was brewing on the horizon.