The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Although the abundant 2021 rainy season has pumped up Lake to Chapala to 75 percent of full holding capacity, recent news on the state of its pollution levels is rather bleak.
Regular trash collection in Chapala and Jocotepec was interrupted over the past weekend when garbage trucks servicing the neighboring municipalities were temporarily denied entry to the landfill facility in Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos where their solid wastes are deposited.
Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre held a press briefing on Wednesday, October 24, to introduce the officials he has appointed to head up local police operations.
The Virgin of Zapopan arrived for an overnight vigil at Chapala’s San Francisco parish on Wednesday, October 27, repeating the customary fall visit of Lake Chapala’s religious patroness in thanksgiving for the benefits of the rainy season.
The male driver of an SUV died instantly in a head-on collision with a passenger bus on Sunday, October 24, in the Piedra Barrenada restaurant zone of San Juan Cosalá.
Jalisco’s Secretariat of Security reports that state police have been picking up individuals suspected of being involved in the trade of illicit substances during routine patrols in the municipality of Chapala
The abundant 2021 rainy season has been generous to Lake Chapala, as shown in a photo captured last week at the Chapala Malecón.
Chapala Mayor Alejandro Aguirre has doubled down on his promise to act decisively against encroachments and prohibited uses of federal land bordering Lake Chapala.
Mariana Macías, the San Antonio Tlayacapan native crowned last July as Miss Grand México 2021, is featured in a promotional video produced to accent Día de Muertos observations in the Chapala area.
