General News

The Virgen de Zapopan, Lake Chapala’s legendary miracle worker, will arrive in Chapala on Sunday, July 13, for her annual summer pilgrimage. Thousands of devotees will gather to offer prayers for a favorable rainy season.

Two large boulders tumbled down the hillside along Chapala’s Avenida Hidalgo during a fierce storm on the night of Monday, June 23. One struck the street below, damaging part of a historic home.  Meanwhile, the Jocotepec bypass has been closed to traffic due to weather-related landslides.

A highway accident that seriously injured an elderly U.S. expatriate has erupted into a local scandal, after Chapala police detained two bystanders who attempted to assist the victim, disrupting first responders at the scene.

Organizers of Ajijic’s Papalote Trail Race held a press conference last week to unveil the official jersey for this year’s participants. The mountain running event, set for July 27, features three routes: a 6.6-kilometer course, an 11.5-kilometer course, and a challenging 24-kilometer trail.

As media coverage intensifies around the Jalisco government’s controversial plan to construct a replacement aqueduct to extract water from Lake Chapala for the Guadalajara metropolitan area, state officials have finally responded to calls from lakeshore stakeholders for broader dialogue on the project.

The potent storm that dumped a deluge on Chapala on the evening of Monday, June 16 night ravaged the city’s sewage system.

Some frustrated Ajijic residents say foreign motorists are among the worst offenders when it comes to parking violations. A Mexican reader of the Reporter submitted photos of several expat vehicles parked illegally along the north side of Calle Parroquia during the June 14 No Kings rally—despite posted traffic signs and yellow curb markings clearly prohibiting parking on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

In a remarkable medical achievement, Guadalajara’s Antiguo Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde recorded its third multi-organ and multi-tissue donation in one week. Thanks to the generous family of a deceased teenager, five patients in need of transplants received life-saving organs. The donation included both kidneys, corneas and the liver.