A police task force operating under command of Jalisco’s Attorney General Office swooped in the Chapala area Wednesday, February 22

While the landing of a Black Hawk helicopter on Chapala’s municipal soccer field raised alarm among the public on February 20, the maneuver was executed to deliver several high-ranking Naval officers for an appointment at the local Capitanía del Puerto (Port Captain Command Post).

Ricardo Vera Lira, chief of the Jalisco branch of the Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM), welcomed 103 foreign immigrants into the fold during a patriotic ceremony held Friday, February 24 at the Centro Cultural Ajijic.

After an extended lull, another rash of canine deaths by poisoning has raised concerns among Ajijic residents over the past week.

While Chapala’s Carnaval celebration heads toward a feverish finale, Ajijic is simultaneously cutting loose with its own last blast of frivolity before the start of Lent. 

About 30 sign-bearing Americans, some from Ajijic, and the same number of reporters converged on a sidewalk near the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City Thursday afternoon.