Lake Chapala

Animal Shelter’s future in the balance

Geoffrey Kaye is a committed animal rights supporter but he says his latest run-in with the municipality may be his last. Once again, animal activist Geoffrey Kaye, founder of the Animal Shelter and its attached dog adoption center in Riberas del Pilar, is faced with the possibility of closure.

Lakeside kidnap victims among dead in May 9 massacre

Residents of the Chapala area are reeling under a pall of shock and dismay after learning that a number of its native sons were among the bodies of 18 persons found early Wednesday, May 9 in the boundaries of Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos.

15 bodies found beside Guadalajara-Chapala highway

At least 15 bodies, some of them badly mutilated and dismembered, have been discovered in two vehicles abandoned just off the Guadalajara-Chapala highway in the municipality of Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos.

Mayoral candidates go on the stump

Candidates vying to win the Chapala mayor’s seat have hit the physical and virtual campaign trail for all they’re worth.

Electronic voting set for third trial run

The Jalisco Electoral Institute (IEPC) has scheduled its third trial run of electronic gear to be employed for the 2012 state and local elections in 43 designated municipalities, including Chapala, Jocotepec, Poncitlan and Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos.

Chapala to host national bonsai confab May 16-20

Chapala miniature plant expert Alfonso Mendoza is coordinating the organization of the 10th National Bonsai Convention scheduled for May 16-20 at the Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo. Bonsai enthusiasts from all over Mexico will congregate in Chapala later this month to attend the 10th annual national convention of the Federacion Mexicana de Bonsai, headquartered at the Centro Cultural Gonzalez Gallo.