General News

Ixtlahuacan de Los Membrillos was the venue for last weekend’s Campeonato Nacional de Ciclismo Infantil y Juvenil, in which more than 400 young cyclists from across the country tested their mettle in races for competitors aged five to 14.

Three suspects linked to a number of lakeside home and business burglaries were caught red-handed Thursday, July 16, by Chapala police. 

Chapala’s Urban Development department (DDU) has ordered the suspension of the renovation of the Ajijic pier and remodeling of adjacent restaurant bar until the building’s owner, Héctor Fabio Rizzo Jasso, obtains written authorization from the National Water Commission (Conagua), the federal agency responsible for supervising Lake Chapala’s federal zone.

A giant statue of the Virgin of Zapopan mounted at the Chapala waterfront for her July 12 visit to Lake Chapala has been given a permanent home on the boardwalk, just across the street from the San Francisco church. 

Two elderly expatriates who lived alone have been found dead in their homes over the past two weeks. Both apparently expired due to natural causes.

The Ajijic pier and the shabby abandoned restaurant attached to its east side will be getting a major facelift at the expense of prominent Guadalajara businessman Hector Fabio Rizzo Jasso and well-heeled investors from the city’s gastronomic services sector.

It’s quince-picking season in the farmlands near Lake Chapala, a great time to plan day trips to Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos and Atotonilquillo to attend their respective summer harvest town fairs.

Hundreds of off-road enthusiasts roared into Riberas del Pilar last Sunday to mix it up at lakeside’s 17th Festival del Lodo.