General News

With few concrete accomplishments to brag about for his first year in office, Chapala Mayor Alejandro focused much of his September 12 Informe de Gobierno on what he labeled as work for and close to his constituents.

After months of a general public perception that the Chapala area enjoys a low rate of high impact robbery, the scenario has undergone a dramatic shift over the past week with a rash of auto thefts reported through local social media networks.

Night owl residents of Lake Chapala’s north shore were left wondering whether aliens from outer space were on the verge of a close encounter with earthlings as they gazed into the heavens on the night of Wednesday, September 7.

Local school kids make up color guards that will march in the Día de Independencia parades on the morning of Friday, September 16.

Carlos and Gamaliel Soto received a certificate of appreciation on behalf of their mother María Pérez, presented by Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre during Ajijic’s Desfile del Rebozo on Sunday, September 11.

Two men and a woman were taken into custody in the aftermath of a gun battle between public security officers and criminal suspects that broke out Tuesday, September 13, in the Chapala suburb of Riberas del Pilar.

Since many of lakeside’s traditional festivities are considered incomplete without a ruling monarch, it’s no surprise that the area has been rife with beauty pageants held during the run up to this week’s celebration of Independence Day.

An elderly foreigner presumed to be a U.S. citizen was pronounced dead of natural causes where his body was found Tuesday, August 30 on the west end of Ajijic.