The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Jalisco Tourism minister Enrique Ramos Flores introduced himself to lakeside’s expatriate community last week, appearing as a guest dignitary during the formal delivery of a batch of permanent residency immigration permits held September 13 on the grounds of the Lake Chapala Society (LCS).
Despite getting caught smack in between tropical storms churning off Mexico’s eastern and western coastlines, Fiestas Patrias festivities in the lakeside area were kept pretty much on schedule, drawing enthusiastic though smaller-than-normal crowds.
Chapala’s Municipal Council on Public Security was formally constituted Tuesday, September 10 with Mayor Joaquin Huerta presiding.
A timely alert to Chapala police foiled the attempted heist of a local branch of the Farmacias Guadalajara chain on Thursday, September 12.
Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta will deliver his first state of the municipality address during a formal session of the city council to be held Saturday, September 14, 11 a.m., at the Auditorio de la Ribera, La Floresta. The Informe de Gobierno event is open to the public.
Patriotic party time has arrived, with loads of lively events happening over the next few days wherever you go in the Lake Chapala area.
Jalisco immigration chief Ricardo Vera Lira this week named a new head officer for Chapala INM services in the first major staff shake-up since the permanent lakeside branch office opened its doors in April 2011.
Drawn by an intense stench of death, a pair of local field hands discovered the badly decomposed body of a man while they were cutting down brush on the hillside above the Chapala-Ajijic Libramiento early Wednesday, September 11.
Gloria Judith Maldonado Rojas, glamorous Jalisco delegate for the federal Ministry of Social Development (Sedesol), was greeted by a full house of women and children when she arrived at Chapala’s DIF family service center on Wednesday, August 28.
