General News

Ilox, lakeside’s new high-speed fiber optic Internet service provider, opened its Ajijic customer office this week and began trial runs for the first of 300 pre-paid clients.

After three days of fun in the sun, the 41st Mexican Chili Cookoff left a multitude of winners in its wake.

Ajijic’s government building opposite the town plaza is the latest local Delegación office that will rely on sun god Tonatiuh for electricity.

Raúl Valencia Saucedo, a retired lieutenant colonel of the Mexican Army Infantry, was sworn in Wednesday, February 20 as the new Commissar of Chapala’s Public Security Department (DSP).

Native son Juan Antonio Aguayo de la Cruz has been named the winner of a contest to design a name sign for San Antonio Tlayacapan.

Apparently prompted by the recent uptick in violent crime, the Chapala government finally established the municipality’s new Public Security Advisory Council on Monday, February 18.

The services of an English-speaking agent from Chapala’s Ministerio Público (public prosecutor’s office) previously offered on the grounds of the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) have been suspended indefinitely.

The lifeless body of a homeless Chapala woman around 35 years of age was discovered early Tuesday, February 19 on the patio set off Avenida Hidalgo near the west of the Malecón where she customarily slept.