Drunken man drowns in rain puddle
A man found dead early Monday, June 15 in Riberas del Pilar appears to have been the victim of a freak accident attributed to excessive drinking and bad weather.
The Guadalajara Reporter
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A man found dead early Monday, June 15 in Riberas del Pilar appears to have been the victim of a freak accident attributed to excessive drinking and bad weather.
With a medical chief now fully certified to practice forensic studies, the one-room morgue installed in a spare room at the Chapala Civil Protection and Fire Department base is finally ready to go into service.
Chapala Mayor-elect Javier Degollado won’t be taking time off for a post-election vacation. Having received official certification of his election victory Tuesday, June 16, he is eager to start laying the groundwork for a three-year term of office.
The crash of a bus that was transporting Walmart employees home from work around 5 a.m. Monday, June 15, left 26 injured passengers.
Carlos Bernardo Gutierrez Navarro, director of the Jalisco division of the federal Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT), is promising to improve the condition of highways throughout the lakeshore region.
Juan Jose Torres, the fourth director of Chapala’s Department of Regulations, Inspection and Vigilance appointed by Mayor Joaquin Huerta, has resigned from the post, effective May 15.
Citizen’s Movement (MC) and Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidates dominated the mayoral elections throughout the lakeshore region and most neighboring municipalities.
Thanks to seasonal rains kicking in, the level of Lake Chapala rose by three centimeters in less than four days this week, according to the National Water Commission.
Javier Degollado Gonzalez, head of the Institutional Revolutionary Party-Mexico Green Ecologist Coalition (PRI-PVEM) election slate, has been declared the winner in a tight race for mayor (presidente municipal) of Chapala.