An angry crowd of more than 300 Chapala residents showed up at the headquarters of Jalisco’s Electoral Tribunal on Thursday, August 2, to demonstrate against the official outcome of the municipal election.

Expat motorists who get pulled over by traffic police on the outskirts of Chapala, Ajijic and Jocotepec are not being targeted because they look like foreigners, but rather due to the detection of flagrant violations of Jalisco transit laws, according to staff at the regional office of the state’s Secretaria de Movilidad (Semov).

The death of an elderly expatriate whose body was found floating in the lake early this week has been provisionally labeled a probable suicide by drowning.

Four men identified as suspects in a violent attack on campaign supporters of Movimiento Ciudadano candidate Moises Anaya more than two months ago in Chapala were captured last week, according to a press release divulged by the Jalisco Attorney General (FGE).

Ana Guadalupe “N”, the teacher accused of molesting her kindergarten pupils in San Nicolas de Ibarra, was arrested on new charges Thursday, July 26, only minutes after being released on probation to serve out a suspended four-year sentence on three counts of aggravated sexual abuse. 

Exchanging a friendly handshake to show their election rivalry is over, Chapala mayor-elect Moises Anaya and incumbent Javier Degollado met briefly Monday, July 30, to initiate the first steps toward the transition to a new government administration taking charge as of October 1.