The Chapala government has formally prohibited the sale of beverages made with hard liquor from commercial stalls beside the Malecon.

Jocotepec’s municipal police force has been credited with the capture of ten suspects linked to the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) following the January 5 fatal shooting of a woman on the outskirts of Tuxcueca.

As Lake Chapala shows signs of a troubling decline, newly appointed general director of the National Water Commission (Conagua) David Korenfeld Federman, and Elias Chedid Abraham, his chief for the Lerma-Santiago-Pacífico region, may be forced to show their professional mettle. Both men boast strong academic backgrounds and administrative experience in water issues.

Property taxes

Impuesto Predial (property tax) on real estate located in the municipality of Chapala is handled at the Catastro (land registry) office located in the main lobby of the Palacio Municipal (city hall), Avenida Madero 202, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Jocotepec will fall into the grip of two straight weeks of unbridled festivity starting next Monday as the townspeople renew their devotion to spiritual patron El Señor del Monte (The Lord of the Mount).

Mexican-American photographer Victor Hugo Casillas Romo capped a fantastic year when his image of Lake Chapala won third place in an international competition in December.