General News

The municipality of Chapala has seen a significant uptick in home burglary cases this summer, with six criminal complaints filed in June and 11 more reported in July, according to statistics for high-impact crimes registered by the National Public Security System (SESNSP).

Call Lois Cugini the poster girl for the proverb, “great things come in small packages.”

The ChangeMakers Lake Chapala program aims to help girls to become successful in their chosen fields by assisting with education, information and personal support.

The stand-out décor recently added to the exterior of a small building located opposite the east side of the San Antonio Tlayacapan plaza is a sign of progress in the initiative to retell the town’s history through a collection of antiquities.

Following an August 18 meeting with Jalisco’s top security brass, Chapala Mayor Moisés Anaya has announced that state traffic police are planning to re-instate random spot-checks practiced regularly in March and April 2019 along the Chapala-Jocotepec corridor to snare drunk drivers, errant motorcyclists and stolen or improperly documented vehicles.

Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramirez started a working tour of the north shore region Wednesday, August 26, by kicking off the revamp of the Chapala-Mezcala highway.

The Ajijic branch of Correos de Mexico, the nation’s postal service, was eliminated early this month, with all of its post office boxes and services relocated to the main branch in Chapala on Calle Degollado, a few doors away from DIF headquarters.

Chapala First Lady Mariana Villanueva Ochoa was the guest speaker at the August 13 meeting of the Chapala Sunrise Rotary, held over breakfast at the Acapulquito Restaurant.