Blazing over the slippery, rock-studded trail in scarlet running shoes last Sunday, Fernando “Dory” Mejia Gonzalez captured his fourth consecutive title as overall champion of Ajijic’s annual Chupinaya mountain race.

Following the water spout that provoked a debris slide that crashed through the Senderos del Lago housing development at El Chante last week, Jalisco Civil Protection Director Trinidad López Rivas warns that similar disasters could strike other points along Lake Chapala’s north shore during the remainder of the rainy season.

Three-time champion Fernando “Dory” Mejía González is set to defend his title in the field of 500 scrappy runners lined up to tackle Ajijic’s grueling 13.8-kilometer Chupinaya mountain race on Sunday, July 15.

Alejandro Aguirre of the National Action Party (PAN) is filing a series of appeals intended to overturn the result of Chapala’s mayoral race. He is citing a host of irregularities during the process.

Moisés Anaya Aguilar has been declared Chapala’s mayor-elect following the July 10 announcement of the final vote breakdown.

A potent storm that struck Lake Chapala’s north shore around dawn on Thursday, July 12 provoked flooding and landslides in the vicinity of El Chante on the eastern outskirts of Jocotepec.