General News

Following up on the December 13 protest march in defense of the mountain range overlooking Lake Chapala’s north shore, 20 young activists took it a step further four days later by staging a citizen closure of the Punto Niza residential complex currently under construction on the hillside of Chapala’s Barrio de Lourdes.

During a graduation ceremony held December 4 at the Municipal Coliseum, Police officers from ten Jalisco municipalities were awarded certificates for completing a three-month training course at Chapala’s Regional Police Academy.

When Chapala’s land registry department (Catastro) begins collecting 2021 property taxes on January 1, it will be operating with innovative payment methods designed for the convenience of the taxpayers as the Covid-19 pandemic continues.

Lakeside people alarmed by the murder of local restaurateur Carlos Robledo Reyes and other recent acts of criminal violence held a peace march on Monday, December 7, to demand greater public security.

As Jocotepec Mayor José Miguel Gómez López has taken a leave of absence to recuperate from pneumonia caused by a relapse of Covid-19,

The SOS Dog Rescue non-profit association and the Chapala government have forged an agreement to maintain operations of the municipality’s Refugio Canino (canine shelter) on a permanent basis.

During a graduation ceremony held December 4 at the Municipal Coliseum, Police officers from ten Jalisco municipalities were awarded certificates for completing a three-month training course at Chapala’s Regional Police Academy.

With the aim of pressuring local government officials to act responsibly in the protection of Lake Chapala’s neighboring mountain range, some 150 inhabitants of lakeshore communities staged a protest march through the streets of Chapala on Sunday, December 13.