General News

Benito Juarez was given his due on the day commemorating his birth, March 21, in downtown Chapala.

The Chapala government has taken the initiative to promote basic rules of the road for canine masters who exercise their pets in public spaces. 

A 29 year-old man was stabbed to death during a brawl that occurred in a popular downtown Chapala watering hole on the night of Saturday, March 20. A 17-year-old was also injured in the fray.

Lakeside communities are bracing for a huge influx of outside visitors as the Easter holiday period commences this weekend, while the resident populace prepares for religious observances that will break with long-held customs for the second year running, to reduce the risks of Covid-19 contagion.

Employees from Chapala’s Public Works Department are making headway to restore the stone fountain at the city’s main intersection that was damaged on March 11 when it was hit by a loaded cargo truck that had lost brake power while en route from Guadalajara to Ajijic.

After 16 years at the helm, local artist-entrepreneur Diane Pearl has drawn the curtain on Colecciones, the iconic Ajijic shop at the corner of Calles Ocampo and Colón, where she dealt in an eclectic assortment  of hand-crafted merchandise.

A party taking place at a private residence in central Chapala on Tuesday, March 23 ended abruptly after one or more guests on the premises fired several gunshots into the air.

With some loose ends still pending, Chapala’s first round of Covid-19 vaccinations concluded Sunday, March 21 as the last batches of 8,000 available Sinovac shots were plunged into the arms of senior citizens who showed up at the city’s La Cristianía Park.