The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
A full day of religious devotions, communal feasting and unbridled revelry will keep Ajijic’s Barrio de San Sebastian awake on Sunday as the neighborhood pays tribute to its twice-martyred patron saint.
Lakeside area officers under the command of SVT traffic department chief Alberto Alvarez Ahumada implemented intense patrol operations throughout the recent holiday season, carrying out a strict crackdown on wayward drivers.
Jocotepec’s municipal police force has been credited with the capture of ten suspects linked to the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) following the January 5 fatal shooting of a woman on the outskirts of Tuxcueca.
Alberto Alvarez has responded to expats' complaints of harassment and attempted shakedowns by traffic cops who threatened to confiscate their foreign-plated cars.
As Lake Chapala shows signs of a troubling decline, newly appointed general director of the National Water Commission (Conagua) David Korenfeld Federman, and Elias Chedid Abraham, his chief for the Lerma-Santiago-Pacífico region, may be forced to show their professional mettle. Both men boast strong academic backgrounds and administrative experience in water issues.
Mariscos Lety’s will get a new lease on life following an eviction and demolition order executed this week by city authorities.
Property taxes
Impuesto Predial (property tax) on real estate located in the municipality of Chapala is handled at the Catastro (land registry) office located in the main lobby of the Palacio Municipal (city hall), Avenida Madero 202, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Chapala government has formally prohibited the sale of beverages made with hard liquor from commercial stalls beside the Malecon.
Jocotepec will fall into the grip of two straight weeks of unbridled festivity starting next Monday as the townspeople renew their devotion to spiritual patron El Señor del Monte (The Lord of the Mount).
