In solidarity with teen activist Greta Thunberg, around 75 lakeside residents showed up for the Climate Strike demonstration held Saturday, September 21, at the main traffic circle in La Floresta.

Dr. José de Jesús González, director of Chapala’s state operated Centro de Salud, reports that only five confirmed cases have been registered locally to date.

Ana Maria Pandura Gonzalez, an employee of the  Comision Para la Protección Contra Riesgos Sanitarios del Estado de Jalisco (Jalisco Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks or Coprisjal), was shot to death by an unknown assailant as she arrived for work in Colonia Jardines de los Arcos Wednesday morning.

The Chapala Police Department announced the September 12 detention of a local man who has reportedly confessed to the recent murder of another Chapala resident.

Jalisco police patrols mounted an emergency operation in the early hours of Saturday, September 14, after gunshots were heard in the vicinity of the force’s regional headquarters at Chapala’s Cristiania Park, raising concerns that the facility was under attack.

MK Ideas Tech and Comers, the sister corporations that inked a 2011 concession deal with the Chapala government to operate a paid parking system in the downtown area, may be back in business after a five-year hiatus thanks to a ruling from an administrative tribunal.