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Portrait of extinct Chapala beast

The discovery of the skeletal remains of a giant pre-historic critter long hidden on Lake Chapala’s shoreline has been memorialized in a mural painted on the face of an abandoned tar storage tank located adjacent to the highway at the entrance to Santa Cruz de la Soledad.

Mayor anaya’s goodbye grito

Chapala Mayor Moises Anaya repeated the September 15 Grito de Independencia ceremony for a third and final time, once again held inside City Hall from the balcony overlooking the central lobby.

Giant star in mini globo show

Although Ajijic’s traditional Regatta de Globos was cancelled for the second consecutive year, keen-eyed folks looking skyward on the afternoon of Saturday, September 11 observed an alternative hot-air balloon spectacle put on without a public audience.

Aguirre to appoint town delegates

Alejandro Aguirre Curiel announced that he will name interim administrators to take charge of Chapala’s five Delegacion offices and three smaller government agencies once he takes office as mayor on Friday, October 1.